Friday, 13 November 2009
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A statement From Katie's Blog
If you haven't yet visited katie I urge you to do so. She is only 21 as of a week ago and she has 14 children and lives in Uganda. She has the amazima ministries and her journal will make you laugh and cry, but will also awaken you to what Christians should be doing. Her posts are amazing to say the least and her words are so full of wisdom you wouldn't believe she is only 21. Most people I know go to her blog and read a post or 2 and then end up going (as I have) all the way back to the beginning of 2007 and reading her entire journey within a day or 2. Here is part of her last post, please try to visit, you won't be sorry and you will walk away with a renewed sense of what it actually means to be the hands and feet of Christ.
Francis Chan wrote,
"How we live our days, is how we live our lives." I had to read it several times as I let it soak in. Because it is true. So often we find ourselves waiting for a specific moment, a specific call, something special. For what? How we spend our days... that will be our LIFE. Because today could be it. If Jesus came back today and said, "Let's go!" would we be ready? Would we be doing what we want to be doing when we meet Jesus?
People say to me often, "You are so lucky that you found your calling, that you know your purpose in life." This statement boggles my mind. I AM so blessed to live the life that I do. But it isn't rocket science. God did NOT part the sky and shout out to me, "Katie! Serve my people." I read it in His word. You can too. We can all see as plain as day that Jesus says the number one commandment is to love the Lord and love your neighbor. I happened to move to Uganda and love those neighbors, but that is not the point.
As believers, we should already KNOW our calling; it is to love the Lord and love our neighbors by caring for them in whatever broken state they are in. When He said that "the poor will always be among us" I don't think he meant that as an excuse not to worry about it but as a reminder that there is ALWAYS a neighbor, no matter where we are, in a worse condition than we are. I can only believe that God created us to make this world a little better. That he designed us in love to show that love to others. I just don't know what everyone is waiting for.
Praise God for the katie's in this world. May God always bless and keep her. We love you Katie.
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