All Consuming Fire

Praise Jesus for this day, amongst all of the things I had to do, He has blessed me in this day.

He is so big and powerful and we are so tiny - yet He adores us.

Here's a song that has blessed me this week called All Consuming Fire, here.

This week Jesus spoke to me through Song of Songs 2: 8-12

"Listen! My lover! 

Look! Here He comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. 

Look! There he stands behind our wall,

gazing through the windows, 

peering through the lattice.

My lover spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me.

See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one. Come with me!"

Each part of that spoke to me. I know Song of Songs is about how marriage was intended to be for us, but I cannot help but think of the stag as Jesus. Jesus standing behind the walls we put up in this world: like busyness, laziness, the American idea that we must be perfect for God to adore us. Then Jesus says: ARISE! My darling, my BEAUTIFUL one. Come with me (the almighty, perfect, adored Christ almighty). See that the winter is past (the hard part is over, we do not have to live this life alone) Flowers appear on the earth, the season of singing has come (season of adoring the King and worshipping at His alter) He says come with me!

Maybe I took that out of context, but it's exactly how Jesus wanted me to read it yesterday. I needed to be reminded of his adoration of His children including me. How wonderful and mighty is my God and Savior! I'm so blessed. I'm so thankful. 

The Blessed House

In 62 days...

Emily Gamble becomes Emily Hall. And that's the beginning of the end of college for me. For three years, I've lived with Emily. That's truly the beginning of me finding out who I truly was. She's always pointed me to grace and reminded me of qualities God has instilled within me. She is my sister and I will not know how to live without her laughing at me when I oversleep for school.

Summer 2010

BUT I could not be more thrilled for her journey with DK as they embark on going into ministry together. Truly such a joy to watch two people who love each other so much and watch them go into the world with the intentions of growing the kingdom. Jesus will use them in so many ways and I'm excited to watch it from afar!

Spring Break 2009, NYC

Emily's Birthday, June 2009

For two years, I have lived in Sclub7 with Hailey and Emily.

                     

Emily's birthday, June 2011

Asheville trip, August 2011

DK's birthday, September 2011

Boobie 5k, October 2012

Atlanta Road Trip, 2013

This is the place my heart has learned to call home. How I long to be here with my two best friends, catching up and continually growing in Christ together. This is the kind of community my heart has longed for.

How's this for family?

It makes me feel warm and so loved by Jesus that he chose Hailey and Emily for me to grow with through my college years. As I feel change embark around the corner as I know this next year will fly by, I am reminded not to take time for granted. This is time we will never get back. We have had more laughter in this home. More joy. All because of Jesus. These girls are my family. Could not be more thankful.


In 47 days...

Emily Gamble's Bachelorette Party commences and the planning has been so fun with Hailey (sometimes stressful) but we are both ready to get the parties rolling for Emily and let her truly enjoy being engaged and being celebrated!! More updates on that in probably 50 days..

In 26 days..

The journey of Sclub7 ends. Hailey and I will be moving into our new beautiful 2 bedroom apartment across the street (that's a blessing) where the three (I like to call it the trinity) will become the two as Emily prepares to be the best wife of all time.

Hailey and I are fully expecting to make this one of the best years yet by enjoying our time together and continuing to grow in Christ together. We are going to decorate like nobody's business and turn V6 into the coolest, homiest, comfiest apartment Cookeville has ever seen.


So folks, those are the things I'm most excited about at this moment. Celebrating life, changes, friends, family, and school coming to an end for the semester and this beautiful stinkin weather to stick around!
As my summer life begins, I will probably be working a lot. But I feel God moving in my life and know that whatever comes next, it will be full of goodness.

I'm off to finally watch Les Mis!

Katie

Circumstances << Jesus

I have had a hard couple days.

Really feeling attacked and having a hard time gripping God's love and mercy and pursuance after me.

I feel satan sucking the joy out of me and reminding me of flaws that I have more so than the beauty I have inside of me. Folks, I'm here to tell you I'm human. We all have these feelings. The fact that I choose to let satan captivate my thoughts says only one thing: I need Jesus.

I severely need Jesus. He's all I need, He's my medicine, He's my cure, He's my healing, He's my protection, He's my KING, He's my redeemer!
He goes before me, He justifies my name before the LORD, HE is and is to come.

Glory!

To know how little effort it takes my king to rescue me from the captivation of my mind as soon as I plead to Him makes me beyond happy.

Just going to try to remember from now on that He is always there fighting on my behalf as long as I look to Him before I look to my circumstances!


Til we meet again,
Katie