Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
You are the Potter....
...I am the clay.
This week has been a week of relaxation. With only a VBS at night, I have had the opportunity to have each morning free. While the sleeping in and lazy moments have been nice, I have most enjoyed the time I have had for my Bible study...I am soo amazed at how crucial this has become to my life..i mean I knew before that my quite time was important for my walk with Christ , when living in a pursuit of holiness...but this week and last it has soo stood out to me. In this time, my prayer life has deepened tremendously and God is showing me amazing things in the book of Jeremiah. I am so embarrassed I took this time for granted before...I mean I get to spend time with my Best Friend of all!! And through this time He is constantly refining my life...It is like gold....Gold does not come out of the earth in the pure shiny form we often see. Instead it comes out ugly and dirty. Over time the metal worker puts the gold to a fire, constantly shaping and melting away all the impurities. This is what my life is like in Christ. Each day, every trial, or storm is an opportunity for Him to reshape and refine the impurities in my life.
A few days ago, I neglected my time with Him. I put my own self first and when I did this I hurt a friend of mine. Rest assured after much prayer and talking we are now even closer than before...But God could have brought us closer in a way that would have been less painful if I had just started my day sold out to Him.
One of my favorite phrases is "Soli Deo Gloria" It basically says for the glory of God alone. That is how I truly want to live each day...I often fail. I have to strive hard each day to throw myself away and push myself completely aside..but is sooo worth it when it is for His glory!!!
Again this week God has worked in marvelous ways. I had a wonderful opportunity to teach a class of seven 7-10 year old. And out of those seven, I had the opportunity to lead four of them to Christ! God is so good!! My favorite part is when one of my students, Tamara, remembered that since we are both Christians now we will get to see each other in Heaven! PTL!!!
Soli Deo Gloria!
Au revoir,
Katie
Check this out..one of my new favs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAqUIOak8g4&feature=related
This week has been a week of relaxation. With only a VBS at night, I have had the opportunity to have each morning free. While the sleeping in and lazy moments have been nice, I have most enjoyed the time I have had for my Bible study...I am soo amazed at how crucial this has become to my life..i mean I knew before that my quite time was important for my walk with Christ , when living in a pursuit of holiness...but this week and last it has soo stood out to me. In this time, my prayer life has deepened tremendously and God is showing me amazing things in the book of Jeremiah. I am so embarrassed I took this time for granted before...I mean I get to spend time with my Best Friend of all!! And through this time He is constantly refining my life...It is like gold....Gold does not come out of the earth in the pure shiny form we often see. Instead it comes out ugly and dirty. Over time the metal worker puts the gold to a fire, constantly shaping and melting away all the impurities. This is what my life is like in Christ. Each day, every trial, or storm is an opportunity for Him to reshape and refine the impurities in my life.
A few days ago, I neglected my time with Him. I put my own self first and when I did this I hurt a friend of mine. Rest assured after much prayer and talking we are now even closer than before...But God could have brought us closer in a way that would have been less painful if I had just started my day sold out to Him.
One of my favorite phrases is "Soli Deo Gloria" It basically says for the glory of God alone. That is how I truly want to live each day...I often fail. I have to strive hard each day to throw myself away and push myself completely aside..but is sooo worth it when it is for His glory!!!
Again this week God has worked in marvelous ways. I had a wonderful opportunity to teach a class of seven 7-10 year old. And out of those seven, I had the opportunity to lead four of them to Christ! God is so good!! My favorite part is when one of my students, Tamara, remembered that since we are both Christians now we will get to see each other in Heaven! PTL!!!
Soli Deo Gloria!
Au revoir,
Katie
Check this out..one of my new favs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAqUIOak8g4&feature=related
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Long time no write.....
...It has been a long time since I have posted anything. But it is a- okay because in the last few weeks God has been working in my life in immense ways. Each day has been a brand-new opportunity to live for Him and for that I am so grateful.
The last time I posted, my team and I were doing VBS in a daycare. Since then we have worked with seven other churches and each one has touched my life in a different way.
The third week we were in a Seminole Indian church, working on the reservation. Here we had about 30 - 40 kids come each night. Very quickly these children grew near and dear to our hearts. We went first went to the church we encountered some difficult moments, but much prayer and communication helped to resolve the situations. We saw Christ working in the lives of each of these kids.
At the end of the week we did a weekend retreat with a Haitian camp of about 30 kids. It was a time filled with worship, building relationships, and we saw three children give their hearts and lives to Christ! We even got a little crazy and did some tie-dying and made s'mores over a gas stove!
Week four was our first busy, busy week. That week we were helping with vbs in two churches. One at a Haitian church in the morning, and a Caribbean church in the evenings. Very quickly we learned what it meant to be flexible and how to entertain 19 kindergartners for three hours. In each church we met kids who soaked up the words we taught and who absorbed everything that was said. At same time, we also struggled with issues in our own team. We were at a point that the honeymoon was over. But through much prayer and talking we resolved everything and were able to put ourselves aside. And our awesome God was able to use us in mighty ways. At the morning church we saw six children come to know Christ as their Lord and Savior. At our evening church we saw six others give their hearts to Christ. The evening church had a great effect on me. I taught a class of about eleven 9-11 year old. I have never met such deep children in my life. These kids wanted to know everything about Christ that I knew. Our bible story time could easily have gone for two hours each day. These kids were such sponges, desiring to know more about Him and to be more like Him.
Week five brought us yet another two-a-day week. But this time our team increased by two! The vbs team in West Palm did not have a church to work with, so they came to join us in Ft. L.
We greatly enjoyed our time with Sarah and Kelly and all that they shared with us. They learned from us and we in turn learned from them.
Our morning church was a Hispanic church that we met in a park and did Route 254 with. Each day we only had about 9 children, but they were great. On the third day, Kelly was sharing the gospel with the older kids ( ages 8-12), and two of the boys would barely let her finish. They wanted to make Jesus the boss of their lives right away! There was no waiting for them. Before the end of the week, we had the privilege of seeing three new Christians begin their walk with Christ.
At our evening church, we were blessed to work with a large group of helpers and teachers. At this church, we really got an opportunity to just sit back and help rather than just be teachers. It gave some us more of an opportunity to get closer to these sweet kids. When we left the church we had so blessed to see seven kids give their hearts and lives to Christ!
Week six brought to a Haitian church. At this moment this church has become very near and dear to the hearts of our team. We were so blessed to have classes full of children that were well behaved and eager to listen to what we had to share. Emily and I had a combined class for bible study. Each day we took turns teaching and sharing the bible lessons. And each day we were astonished by the brightness in our kids. They were so eager to learn more about Christ and were like sponges soaking up what we had to share. I am certain they had enough questions to last us three weeks. Leah had a blast working with the little ones aka. kindergarten. And James worked with youth, and through his humble attitude and spirit, the Lord used him to bring two kids to a relationship with Christ.
This week we are a new church and I am eager to see what God is going to do!!
Did you know that you were created by God? And that He says you are His greatest creation? Well we are! God says we are His greatest creation and He cares about us and He has a plan for each of us! I just wanted to share that. I share that many weeks with the kids at VBS, but I was thinking about it during my quiet time this morning. How awesome is the God we serve! He created in His own image and called us His greatest creation, yet we chose to disobey Him and sin entered the world. If I had been where God was, I would of left us then. But thankfully I am not God. God in His sovereignty and love still loved us. In fact He desired a right relationship with us. But because of sin, we were separated from Him. So He sent His Son, His only Son, to die in our place...or as I tell the kids, Jesus took our punishment on the cross. This was a part of God's plan for us. His plan is for us to have a relationship with Him and to live Him forever.
Each day I am reminded anew that without Christ I am nothing. Absolutely nothing. But with Christ I have a relationship with a Heavenly Father who cares for me, and loves me, and has a plan for my life! What more can I need!
This song has been a team song for the past few weeks and I just want to share it:
Something Beautiful by Needtobreathe:
In your ocean, I'm ankle deep
I feel the waves crashin' on my feet
It's like I know where I need to be
But I can't figure out, yeah I can't figure out
Just how much air I will need to breathe
When your tide rushes over me
There's only one way to figure out
Will you let me drown, will you let me drown?
Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire, 'cause I just want something beautiful
To touch me, I know that I'm in reach
'Cause I am down on my knees.
I'm waiting for something beautiful
Oh, something beautiful
And the water is rising quick
And for years I was scared of it
We can't be sure when it will subside
So I won't leave your side, no I can't leave your side.
Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire, 'cause I just want something beautiful
To touch me, I know that I'm in reach
'Cause I am down on my knees.
I'm waiting for something beautiful
Oh, something beautiful
In a daydream, I couldn't live like this.
I wouldn't stop until I found something beautiful.
When I wake up, I know I will have
No, I still won't have what I need.
Something Beautiful
Hey now this is my desire
Consume me like a fire, 'cause I just want something
The last time I posted, my team and I were doing VBS in a daycare. Since then we have worked with seven other churches and each one has touched my life in a different way.
The third week we were in a Seminole Indian church, working on the reservation. Here we had about 30 - 40 kids come each night. Very quickly these children grew near and dear to our hearts. We went first went to the church we encountered some difficult moments, but much prayer and communication helped to resolve the situations. We saw Christ working in the lives of each of these kids.
At the end of the week we did a weekend retreat with a Haitian camp of about 30 kids. It was a time filled with worship, building relationships, and we saw three children give their hearts and lives to Christ! We even got a little crazy and did some tie-dying and made s'mores over a gas stove!
Week four was our first busy, busy week. That week we were helping with vbs in two churches. One at a Haitian church in the morning, and a Caribbean church in the evenings. Very quickly we learned what it meant to be flexible and how to entertain 19 kindergartners for three hours. In each church we met kids who soaked up the words we taught and who absorbed everything that was said. At same time, we also struggled with issues in our own team. We were at a point that the honeymoon was over. But through much prayer and talking we resolved everything and were able to put ourselves aside. And our awesome God was able to use us in mighty ways. At the morning church we saw six children come to know Christ as their Lord and Savior. At our evening church we saw six others give their hearts to Christ. The evening church had a great effect on me. I taught a class of about eleven 9-11 year old. I have never met such deep children in my life. These kids wanted to know everything about Christ that I knew. Our bible story time could easily have gone for two hours each day. These kids were such sponges, desiring to know more about Him and to be more like Him.
Week five brought us yet another two-a-day week. But this time our team increased by two! The vbs team in West Palm did not have a church to work with, so they came to join us in Ft. L.
We greatly enjoyed our time with Sarah and Kelly and all that they shared with us. They learned from us and we in turn learned from them.
Our morning church was a Hispanic church that we met in a park and did Route 254 with. Each day we only had about 9 children, but they were great. On the third day, Kelly was sharing the gospel with the older kids ( ages 8-12), and two of the boys would barely let her finish. They wanted to make Jesus the boss of their lives right away! There was no waiting for them. Before the end of the week, we had the privilege of seeing three new Christians begin their walk with Christ.
At our evening church, we were blessed to work with a large group of helpers and teachers. At this church, we really got an opportunity to just sit back and help rather than just be teachers. It gave some us more of an opportunity to get closer to these sweet kids. When we left the church we had so blessed to see seven kids give their hearts and lives to Christ!
Week six brought to a Haitian church. At this moment this church has become very near and dear to the hearts of our team. We were so blessed to have classes full of children that were well behaved and eager to listen to what we had to share. Emily and I had a combined class for bible study. Each day we took turns teaching and sharing the bible lessons. And each day we were astonished by the brightness in our kids. They were so eager to learn more about Christ and were like sponges soaking up what we had to share. I am certain they had enough questions to last us three weeks. Leah had a blast working with the little ones aka. kindergarten. And James worked with youth, and through his humble attitude and spirit, the Lord used him to bring two kids to a relationship with Christ.
This week we are a new church and I am eager to see what God is going to do!!
Did you know that you were created by God? And that He says you are His greatest creation? Well we are! God says we are His greatest creation and He cares about us and He has a plan for each of us! I just wanted to share that. I share that many weeks with the kids at VBS, but I was thinking about it during my quiet time this morning. How awesome is the God we serve! He created in His own image and called us His greatest creation, yet we chose to disobey Him and sin entered the world. If I had been where God was, I would of left us then. But thankfully I am not God. God in His sovereignty and love still loved us. In fact He desired a right relationship with us. But because of sin, we were separated from Him. So He sent His Son, His only Son, to die in our place...or as I tell the kids, Jesus took our punishment on the cross. This was a part of God's plan for us. His plan is for us to have a relationship with Him and to live Him forever.
Each day I am reminded anew that without Christ I am nothing. Absolutely nothing. But with Christ I have a relationship with a Heavenly Father who cares for me, and loves me, and has a plan for my life! What more can I need!
This song has been a team song for the past few weeks and I just want to share it:
Something Beautiful by Needtobreathe:
In your ocean, I'm ankle deep
I feel the waves crashin' on my feet
It's like I know where I need to be
But I can't figure out, yeah I can't figure out
Just how much air I will need to breathe
When your tide rushes over me
There's only one way to figure out
Will you let me drown, will you let me drown?
Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire, 'cause I just want something beautiful
To touch me, I know that I'm in reach
'Cause I am down on my knees.
I'm waiting for something beautiful
Oh, something beautiful
And the water is rising quick
And for years I was scared of it
We can't be sure when it will subside
So I won't leave your side, no I can't leave your side.
Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire, 'cause I just want something beautiful
To touch me, I know that I'm in reach
'Cause I am down on my knees.
I'm waiting for something beautiful
Oh, something beautiful
In a daydream, I couldn't live like this.
I wouldn't stop until I found something beautiful.
When I wake up, I know I will have
No, I still won't have what I need.
Something Beautiful
Hey now this is my desire
Consume me like a fire, 'cause I just want something
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