....Tiny Tim.....

Tiny Tim was a very ill little boy that was the son of Scrooges employee, Bob Cratchit. His outcome was NOT due to Scrooges change of heart. During his time with the Spirit of Christmas Future, he saw an empty chair holding the crutch of Tim, his hat and scarf. It was heartbreaking to Scrooge. He saw this little boy who had so much faith and hope inside of him. He carried this light that couldn't go out and he saw what life would be without him. 

I see Tiny Tim as unfulfilled dreams. Things we wish that we could do or things we want to do. This would be better described, for me, as an example in my own life. My husband and I were driving around one night and passed the location of the old "solid rock cafe." It was a place for teenagers to hang out that was christian. Really big in the 90's. It's been closed for years. A dream started to be born in the both of us. To open a place for teenagers now focused around music. Having different bands and artists come in and do ministry with these teenagers. Along with having a place to hang out but having community service be a part of the clean up afterwards so those people could have the gospel shared with them.

We built this plan, spent hours in prayer. Showed it to people. Talked to them about it. When things didn't start going on a positive matter, we dropped the ball. It became a dream that was shattered. We killed it, in a sense. We 'killed' our Tiny Tim. We had a dream. So full of life, faith, and hope. We let our light go out and it died. The idea was birthed in someone else. It was fulfilled.God's purpose still came to pass, just at the hand of someone else. Our dream, birthed by someone else. That was the most hurt I had been in my whole life. 

We all have dreams. We all have aspirations. We all have goals. If they live or die, is kinda up to us. Justin and I could have carried out this dream that we had. But it didn't. This doesn't mean that we don't have a load of other dreams floating in our minds. We're still recovering from the death of "Tiny Tim". I just hope that it doesn't hinder us from trying to birth another dream in the future. 

Is there any "Tiny Tim" that you are seeing die in your life? Do you have it in you to revive him and make him live?