YOU WERE BORN FOR THIS

In order to live the life you’ve never lived -- you have to do things you’ve never done.

Seems simple enough, right?

BUT — some of those things are going to take you out of your box of comforts and make you uncomfortable. Some days you will LITERALLY have to stare into the eyes of your reflection and say, “YOU can do this. YOU WERE BORN FOR THIS!!”

DEAR WOMAN

I write this with love.

Authentic and enduring love.

Before you were Mom you were Wife.

Before you were Wife you were Woman.

WOMAN OF GOD!! 

We must TEACH our children to RESPECT our marriages.

We ARE their example of love. 

Continuously speak 

ABUNDANT LIFE

into the 

MAN OF GOD 

in your home.

He, in turn, should 

BUILD UP 

the 

WOMAN OF GOD 

you are.

REMEMBER the WOMAN you were --

RESPECT the WOMAN you are --

RUN TOWARD the WOMAN you are to BECOME!! 

WOMEN OF GOD, ARISE!!

Imperfectly Yours,
Katie

YOUR INFLUENCE HAS IMPACT

Backstory: Every morning we get in the car to go to the gym I pray out loud with INTENTION. Well, a few weeks ago my three-year-old had a raspy voice with a little cough for a couple of days, due to allergies.

So, for the second day in a row, Gracie asked, “Mommy, can you pray to God so He heals my cough?”

To see your faithfulness come full circle, through your children, gives the heart an overflow of joy. It’s also a reminder that we are always influencing someone, someone is always listening and watching what we do.

REFLECT: How is your influence impacting others?

Imperfectly Yours,
Katie

BE SET FREE

This makes me ask: WHY? 

Why would God allow us to feel trapped on earth in order to set us free and find freedom?

First off, we are not meant for this world — praise God for that!! Then, sometimes, God allows us to be put in a prison of containment because, within that prison, our actions are put in a vault. Within a prison we can not act as we want or of our own free will. Within that prison we have to reflect on who we are, not what we are or what we do.

It’s in a prison like mindset, or environment, that we must drop to our knees and seek Jesus with every ounce of faith and hope we have. It’s in a prison that we gain strength to break every chain!!

Father God, let my identity forever rest within you. May the prisons I have overcome on earth make me a stronger leader and warrior to run the race of your kingdom. May I forever be known as your daughter — an ambassador for your kingdom.

In Jesus name, I pray we all find this type of God-ordained freedom. AMEN!!

Imperfectly Yours,

Katie

STRIVE AND THRIVE

Transparency. Heartache. Rigidity. Work. Time. Patience.

It's like trying to glue together a shattered window pane. No matter how much effort you put into putting the pieces back together you are always going to see the cracks. You are never going to be able to completely smooth out every scar that is left behind.

You can heal wounds, but scars will always be there.

Scars are the remnants of the negativity you overcame -- of the trial you chose to persevere through.