It will Happen!

Last night as I was wrapping up the Big Brother Auction on Instagram I was hesitantly excited. I just knew that all the money we needed to raise would be there and the last few days of the month would just be icing on the cake. My husband calculated everything up and informed me that we raised $698 in those few short hours. Is that not incredible?! But I felt defeated.

I knew how much money we needed for the $2000 goal to be met and we were shy of that. And by a lot in my mind. How could this be? WHY has this month been SO hard for me?! Sam looked over at me and said, “Are you focusing too much on the goal? Is that what you’re upset about?”

Ouch.

“Of course not. No, I’m upset because I  want to help these eight orphans. I had hoped we would just fly by that goal like last year.” I rebutted. As I plead my case and recounted my sob story of all the obstacles, doors slamming in my face, etc. that I’ve faced this month, Sam listened. Then he leaned over to me, “That’s right. Even with ALL of that $698 was raised tonight. That’s AWESOME!” He didn’t get it. Well at least that’s what I was thinking in that moment.

He did though. I had started to focus more on the meeting my goal, raising the $2000, rather than WHY this all started…for the orphans. Everyone had been praising me on my efforts. Talking about how awesome it was that I was trying to help these people out. How bad would it look if I didn’t reach my goal?! And that’s when I realized. I am no role model. It’s not about me, nothing gets done through me.

It’s about Jesus. It always HAS been about Him and it WILL always be about Him. And that my friends gives me comfort! So it’s not my goal anymore. He’ll take care of it.

As we slide into the last few days of this month I have no clue how the money will be raised. There are no more tips or tricks up my sleeve. Nope, but I am confident it will happen. There’s just a peace about it. Because my focus is and will remain on those sweet, precious orphans.

 

However, I was emailed today from someone I contacted to donate to the auction. Even though the auction is over, I thought the items were too good to pass up! Tieks shoes is offering up TWO $100 gift cards! How amazing is that?!

If you haven’t heard of Tieks, you should go check them out…they have the CUTEST ballet flats EVER!

Tieks \\, noun. The most versatile designer flats in the world. Made of the finest Italian leathers and designed to fold and fit in a purse. Wearable all day, every day.

So instead of doing this shin dig auction style, we’ll run it more like a raffle! For every $10 you donate to the Purpose Project you’ll be entered in the raffle to win one of the gift cards! How does that sound?! The contest will run from now until Midnight CST on October 29th! (my birthday)

To enter, just click here and donate!

Feel free to share with your friends as well!

**All donations are tax deductible!**

*winners for this raffle and the Starbucks one will be announced together!**