“I continued trying to give myself away in every circumstance.” I wanted to do God’s work, let Him display Himself through my life, and change my world as much as possible every single day. Most days, that didn’t include anything other people would find impressive. It simply meant being faithful to the people and responsibilities God had given me.”
“I learned that sometimes people entered my life suddenly, and that just as quickly as they entered, they left. I learned to accept them, adopt them into my heart, no matter the circumstances. Some would be part of my world permanently and others would be in it for only a short season.”
“God wants us to care for the poor, not just care about them, but truly take care of them, and many of us are not doing so. God told us to love our neighbors as ourselves, but so many of our neighbors are starving to death while our tables are filled with abundance.”
“God created all of us for a purpose, which is to serve Him and to love and care for His people. It is universal. We can’t do it in our own strength or out of our own resources, but as we follow God to wherever he leads us, He makes the impossible happen.”
“Often, when we stop to be kind when we don’t really want to, that’s when the sacrifice becomes most rewarding.”
“I stand amazed at the goodness of our God and the enormous things He can accomplish if I am obedient to His command to stop and love the person in front of me.”
“When Jesus comes to live inside our hearts, we will explode. We will explode with love, with compassion, with hurt for those who are hurting, with joy for those who rejoice. We will explode with a desire to be more, to be better, to be closer to the One who made us.”
” I want to exemplify Jesus in y every day. I want to live an open and expansive life, giving myself freely to all those around me for His glory. God answers this prayer every day of my life with new opportunities. I want to live openly and expansively, loving my neighbor as myself, until Jesus comes back.”
___ Kisses from Katie