A few years ago I experienced how hard that is. Our passion had been given to my husband and me, but it would be months, possibly years, before it could be realized. And instead of just praying, I started planning. Have you ever done that?
I researched, plotted, outlined, and planned - all the time wondering how that could be wrong when God had given me a glimpse of what the future would hold for our family. But the pieces I was trying to fit together to make the dream a reality were from two different puzzles. I was trying to put pieces of my puzzle from the past together with the few pieces from the future that God had allowed me to see. I prematurely took possession of those pieces and tried to fit them into a life that God was still trying to build the puzzle table for. Looking back I can see that I was trying to force something to fit for all of the wrong reasons.
Will you visit a few years back with me?
Back in 2010 a group of the most extraordinary women came together for a very special cause - Love. They formed a friendship and support group around a woman they barely knew because they were obedient to God's call to action and to Love. Then they invited others to join them. They told a story about a little baby named Glory and her mommy, daddy, and big sister. They thought that maybe others might want to support Glory and her family so they decided to sell T-shirts to raise money for the family.
You may have heard of them - The Glory Girls:)
A few years after that another group of women decided to join forces and fight injustice. STIR1024 was born (Socials To Ignite Response centered around Hebrews 10:24 which commands us to STIR up one another to Love and good works). They came alongside Glory's mommy and have supported the families at Arkansas Children's Hospital (where Glory was in the CVICU) numerous times with food, toiletries, gift bags, etc.
And this past Tuesday night another local organization gave a financial donation to what has lovingly become The Glory Girl Foundation. The Van Buren Kiwanis Club has followed Glory's story from the beginning and is continuing to support a passion...
...a passion that is becoming closer and closer to reality because God continues to give our family more of the puzzle pieces. And as we pray over them instead of making a huge plan of where to place them on the table, our dream to have a foundation that comes alongside families in Little Rock with sick children with love and to provide them with housing is closer everyday to becoming a reality.
I'm so blessed to be able to be Glory's mommy. So blessed to have so many individuals come alongside me and share in my passion. My dream is that this blog will be used to update you on what your love and support can accomplish for the weak and unable. We can do this together...here's to the next puzzle piece!
