So today was our last meeting at Bible study for the summer and we were asked to share how we have grown over the year. Hands down I learned to take help when its offered and let that be a blessing to your friends and sisters in Christ. I also learned to ask for help when I need it. I have never been good at asking for help, I always wanted to do a “perfect” job all on my own. Reading that statement makes me laugh at myself. First of all, we are never ALONE, are we? Not if you believe Christ is your Savior 
and I do!
So doing anything on “my own” is ludicrous and trying to make a difference in the CHD world “alone” is even more ridiculous. When I needed the most help, I have ever needed my Sisters in Christ stepped up. They cooked, decorated, planned, rallied, set up and broke down our event. With out them insisting they serve God with me and for Hope for Hearts “my” event would have been in a sad state of affairs.
If you take anything from this post, please know that asking for help is not a weakness. It is a blessing to those around you, who love you and want the best for you.
I will need help on the next Hope for Hearts benefit concert, I am just laying it out there now…can YOU help? Let me know. Lets fight this fight against CHD together.
Sarah,
This is so true. Asking for help and accepting help are so hard to do sometimes. OK, most times. But over the years, I, too, have learned that people *want* to help.
Like your Hope for Hearts, our Regional Forum on Congenital Heart Disease would not have been possible without all of the volunteers — heart and “nonheart” families — who pitched in, doing whatever needed to be done to make the event a success.
Asking for and accepting help is not a sign of weakness. On the contrary, it’s a sign of strength, I think.
And for you Hope for Hearts benefit concert, I will do whatever I can from here to help it be successful! Count me in!
Take care, Sarah!
KTC
Thank you Karen!