Shoes for Orphan Souls

One of my favorite things happens to take place this month

We begin our collection for

SHOES FOR ORPHAN SOULS!

It is always such an amazing time for me personally

My eyes are so often opened to a new and deeper reality of who God is

I remember last year I found myself each day heading up to church to see if any more

shoes, socks or shoe laces had been turned in. I was somewhat a crazy woman about it all!

I think that somewhere between receiving the promo packet and setting up the tables for the collection God got a hold of my heart.

This shoe drive was no longer about patting ourselves on the back because we let a few bucks go to buy a pair of shoes. No, it was FAR beyond that! The Lord opened my heart to the reality of this amazing ministry! The reality of their mission that we had been granted permission to be a part of!

Our Shoes for Orphan Souls collection was a life changing moment for me and my walk with Christ last year!

With every item that came in, it was so clear to me that God wanted me to SEE the bigger picture.

It is easy to be caught up in the idea of "we need to buy some shoes for the collection at church"

HOWEVER, when the Lord grips your heart and allows you to see that this is not all about shoes...

that is when the change begins!

Each shoe, shoe lace and pair of socks donated last year represented a child that would not only receive a pair of shoes but MOST important of all,

they would HEAR THE GOSPEL!

I remember laying each pair of shoes out to prepare to box them up. It seemed that they went on for days..which I LOVED! As I crawled around on the floor making sure each was tied together, I just poured over each pair in prayer. We had collected 316 pairs of shoes last year and I couldn't pull myself away from prayer. I knew that with each pair of shoes, the Lords name would be lifted up. I knew that all of this was for HIS glory! 236 pairs of sock! 119 shoe laces!

HAHA...I stand in AWE again tonight as tomorrow is our kick off date. I know that God is going to amaze me again this year.

So, I am not setting a goal again this year! His ways are not my ways...His ways are HIGHER!

Looking forward to another great collection!

Lets see how many children will hear the Gospel