#BETHECHANGE
you want to see in the world
I have been wondering lately,
does it really matter?
Does it matter if I make dinner tonight, does it matter if the laundry is clean and the kids are picked up from school and the oil is changed in the car?
did it matter that I listened as someone told me of their broken heart?
Does any of it really make a difference at all?
I KNOW that it does!
so why do I FEEL like it does not.
How many times have you went out of your way to be kind?
how many messes have you cleaned that were not yours?
how many meals have you cooked and not been thanked for?
how many nights have you not slept for the love of another?
HOW MANY DAYS DO YOU FEEL INVISIBLE AND UNREMARKABLE?
TO MANY TO COUNT?
ME TOO.
So here is what I want to do, I want you to remember that what you do DOES matter!
because when we see the needs around us and do our best to meet those needs...
we are saving starfish...we are changing the world for that ONE!
I WANT STORIES! LOTS OF THEM!
think about a time when you changed the world for one and tell us about it.
little things mean a LOT and I want to encourage as many people that I can to do the little things. I think when we hear stories, and by sharing our stories we are reminded and encouraged to go out there and do the same.
SOOOOO
on my fb page share your stories of how YOU changed someones life just by SEEING a need, small or large. I want to know how you have seen God work in your lives. OR share how someone doing something little for you made all the difference and tag them in the post. chances are they didn't even know it was that important.
lets ENCOURAGE each other to
HAVE COURAGE AND BE KIND!
I'll go first :-)
there is a woman at Costco that signs people up for the credit card, her name is Song. Every time I walk in the door she gives me a huge smile and asks about the kids and tells me what a wonderful mommy I am. I LOVE going to Costco because of Song...she will never know how much she brightens my day and gives me the courage to keep on keeping on.
One story that I am always humbled by is the story of Peggy. She was Ellies 4th grade teacher. She was the best teacher I had ever seen. She knew how to get the best out of her students, she was kind, soft spoken and amazing....and very angry with God. I saw so much of Jesus in her that I wanted more then anything to share HIS love with her. I went into the classroom almost every morning for 5 min. and gave kids hugs as they entered the room. 5 min. that is all. I always tried to encourage her and tell her how wonderful she was and I gave her a gift and the end of the year with a card that told her that I felt she was a gift from God that year with the book the giving tree......and then life went on.
6 years later
she has found Jesus love and is on fire for HIM. she sent me a picture of the card and book that I had given her 5 years earlier and shared that I was the start of a long journey that helped her find HIM, that she saw something in me that she wanted. The Holy Spirit :-)
I share this story not to brag but to let you see that 5 min. a day....that simply being kind can change a life! YOU can change a life!
SO GO FOR IT! I CANT WAIT TO HEAR YOUR STORIES!
#starfishstories
here are some links to encouraging blogs
a special needs/adoptive mommy and her amazing story
http://feet2ourfaith.blogspot.com/
pulling the thread
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=849772985036663
own your life
http://sallyclarkson.com/ownyourlife/
