Humility is Strength

Often it’s the strongest ones who have the hardest time admitting they need help. This was demonstrated in a team meeting just last week as we gathered to talk about ideas and strategies on this project. One of our own was carrying a deep heaviness and decided to speak up. A mother’s heart has a way of falling to pieces when one of her children are in a season of suffering.

Stefanie spoke fast – making plans to open a doorway of hope for this young man. And over the course of days following, there was a spark of action stirring in the midst of our group. Sometimes all we need is a voice of care and compassion to help us sort through our options. And other times, these divine conversations can open up ideas of action.

This morning that mother received a phone call from Texas. A man who had worked alongside of her years ago had taken it upon himself to reach out to her son and had driven to his house and picked up her son this morning. They were in the car together getting needed items done as this mother’s heart was overflowing with gratitude in hearing of this news.

Telling a friend about your struggles isn’t weakness. It’s courage – a laying down of our own ego and pride. And when we step out in that courage, mountains begin to move in places unexpected. Hope begins to rise. Humility becomes the very strength unlocking doors for a life to be saved.

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When We Do Nothing

I read a story this morning capturing interviews with a group called Project GRL. These beautiful hearts go out into red light districts with vans hosting medical professionals who give free care to women who are in a prison of prostitution. One of the ladies speaks of how it took her time to build up the courage to go into a van. She needed help but was fearful of the smiling faces that greeted her with love in their eyes – offering her help that she needed and wanting nothing in return.

Once she said yes to accepting their help, she began to open up to the volunteers about what had happened to her. She spoke about the moment her mother gave her away (selling her to a man who wanted to take her as a wife). This woman was taken into captivity and became a sex slave and a mother. Her son who was equally subjected to the dark took his own life at age nine.

In closing her testimony she said,…

‘Those who do nothing are contributing to the problem.”

I thought about how different our world might be if we all made the choice to act when we see another hurting, entangled in abuse or simply absent with a fear that we recognize as abnormal – one of the many characteristics of one who’s been isolated in darkness. What if silence became the peculiar response to another’s pain and a helping hand was the first-response we make? What if we stopped speaking about what we perceive as wrong in social media posts and gossip circles but instead used our voice to formulate action plans and thereafter went into the trenches to pave the way of freedom for another?

When we do nothing we are in a sense saying we accept, tolerate and agree with what we know is wrong – normalizing in societal views what we ourselves would certainly never wish for our own lives or that of our children to experience. Yet by doing nothing, are we assisting in building the very traps that left unattended grow stronger and therefore increasing the odds that such a tragedy could knock on the door of our own children and grandchildren?

I say “yes” to saying “no” to doing nothing.

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The Seed & the Stone

October is big for the Stefanie Stone team as this month marks the launch of something sacred, magnificent and powerful. We’ve formed our team on a solid foundation, (hearts that seek to serve) and we have made the decision to say “YES” to our mission. We believe the heart calling that’s been charged to us is by divine design; a seed that was planted long ago – and watered as we’ve waited for a time such as this. And like all missions that are deeply seeded in the heart, we believe the very trials, tribulations and tragedies we’ve endured have shaped this vision (as a diamond with many cuts is designed to sparkle even brighter).

The Stefanie Stone show is that seed that’s been watered over many seasons and now reaches its time of harvest. With unbridled passion, enthusiasm and gratitude for this opportunity, we invite you to take this ride with us. Over the coming weeks, we will be rolling out stories, showtimes and grass-root collaborations that inspire change, hope and action that we can all embark upon together in making our world a brighter place for us and our children.

So take a seat, buckle up and let’s start the journey together.

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