Kisses From Katie

As I read Katie's blog today, I was filled with an overwhelming sense of longing. Katie is a 21-yr old girl living all alone in Uganda and raising 12 children on her own. She spends her days ministering to children who suffer from all manner of diseases and incredible poverty. And she does it all with an amazing amount of hope, love, patience, and courage. Reading her accounts of motherhood in a third-world country, I find my self confronted with my own inadequacy. It is stories like hers that make me want to quit college, hop on a plane, and fly half-way around the world. But instead, I sit here, living out my hum-drum experience. I want so badly to be more than I am. I am so far from perfect. I am impatient, disrespectful, prideful, selfish, angry, sinful, and so much more. I long to be made in the image of Christ. I long to always act and speak as I should instead of constantly failing. I wish I always knew what to say. I wish I could always forgive easily. I wish ... I were more like Jesus. But then I remember, He's working on me, and He isn't finished yet. I don't know what the future holds, but I must trust Him to lead me. So, thank you Katie for your inspiration and your example. May I strive to become more like my heavenly Father, and in turn, become more like you. (Check out Katie's blog. The link is at the bottom of the page listed under my favorite blogs and websites)