Hallie Lynn Green went home to be with her savior this morning. She passed as Katie, a perfect mother for this precious baby, held her in her arms. She was and is at peace.
For anyone who didnt know, Hallie did not have eyes. And they think that she may have been deaf. So i cant help but to wonder, now that her body has been made whole and perfect, how sweet must it have been for her to see her savior with eyes that had never seen before.
Hallie's life, much like Tripp's, has changed my heart. I take that back. GOD, through these two sweet baby's lives, has changed my heart.
I feel like for the first time in my life, I've really learned to celebrate Christmas this year in a way that honors and glorifies my Savior.
I've spent the last week managing emails and comments on the Hope for Hallie page, encouraging people to do what they wanted to and only needed a venue for... to love on Hallie and her parents. We (myself and a couple of friends) have given the opportunity to give financially for the Green family's needs, to take a meal, post an encouraging pic and most of all, to pray.
I dont say any of this to say that i've done anything great, but to say that i feel like I have been a part of something supernatural. Due to the fact that I was for a while the only administrator on the HFH page, I've had the privilege of knowing just how many people have given in these ways (and trust me, its overwhelmingly a LOT). I've had emails sent by people who have brilliant ideas of ways to minister to this family.
And to say that to be a part of this has been a blessing would be an understatement.
I am honored and so incredibly PROUD to call Katie and Chris Green my friends. I told Julie (Katie's mom) a week or so ago that i pray that when my children grow up that they will be half the person that Katie and Chris are.
But Katie and Chris will tell you that they are nothing special. That they have struggled.
But i dont think the point of a trial is to come out of it without having struggled with the "why" but to come out knowing that God had it all under control the whole time. To be able to give God the glory, even when its hard.
And they have certainly done that.
So as I celebrate with my family this next couple of days, I will do so with a sense of hope because of Hallie. Hope that because it has been demonstrated for me that in dark times, it is still possible to glorify God, that I can do the same. Hope that I, too, will be able to do just as the Green's have done and be able to trust the Lord with our children in life or death. Hope, that my life might touch 1/2 the people's hearts that Hallie's has.
And I hope for you, wherever you are in life, that you will see that all things in life, good or bad, can be leveraged for Gods glory if you allow it.
(if anyone would still like to donate for hope for hallie, you may do so with the button on the right side, top of my blog. thank you)
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