Waiting...

So I know that I said I'd write about going though the motions of worshiping but when i sat down to write about it I was going on a blank so I wrote what i was thinking about.. Which is my future husband... 

I may not be very old yet but I still feel like waiting for Mr. Right (if God even has a Mr. Right for me) is going to take forever! When i was younger I always thought I'd get married right out of high school. Well i wanted to get married by then anyway. So now that I'm out of high school and not married I feel like its going to be a long time before i get married. I understand that I need to have patience and wait on the Lord's timing but some days are harder then others.  I don't know about you but some days I would just like to have someone who I can just call up and chat with about anything and everything. I have friends that I can talk to about stuff but I'd like to have that one person God picked for me. Because I know if His picked him then he(mr. right) is really going to care about what I'm saying.

I also have days where I'd like to just take care of 'my man'. I often wonder if the fact that I feel like I'm ready to be a home maker is a sign that I'm getting closer to finding Mr. Right or that maybe I've already found him and God is just working on our hearts. Which leads me to my next thought. 

How will I know when the right one is in my life? Is there going to be this moment where I just know this is what the Lord wants?  Or will it be this long process of questioning to make sure we agree on most things? Which also makes me wonder, Am I going to date many different guys or will God bring one man into my life? I have so much to learn and so much growing to do before I get married. Shoot, maybe even before I date! I guess I'm just going to have to get more patiences. Thanks for reading my Random Ramblings! :)

~Katharine

My NEW Option On Being Homeschooling.

My option on being homeschooling. If you would have asked me a few weeks back if i wanted to homeschool my children in the future i would have told you "no way!" But after listening to these lessons by Mike Matiscik I've changed my mind. You see Mike explained something that I already knew but had never really clicked in my mind. He explained that it doesn't matter what kind of parents you have, or even if you had parents in you're life. You, as a believer in Christ, you now have God as you're father! And He is the one who we should be striving to be like, therefore we shouldn't worry about being our parents on earth. You now have a  heavenly father who is perfect and will help you to be like Him! So after hearing this I realized that I could be a Godly mother, no matter what my up bring was. And as long as I teach my children through Christ it won't matter if i'm the smartest person on earth. If i keep Christ as my focus then I don't need to worry about if i'm 'good enough' to homeschool my children. Now does this mean that I have my heart set on only homeschooling? No, it means that now i'm willing to do either homeschool, public, or private school my children. Whatever my husband and I decided in the far future! 

Plus, I've also realized that if i send my children to a public or even private school someone else is teaching them and the world doesn't have a fear or love of God. Would i really want my children to spend 8 hours a day stuck in the world like that? I don't really think so, but if i do ended up sending my children to school there would be no TV in my house unless their father and I am with them. AHH, to much world to keep away from young minds!! 

Alright so here is my Random Rambling for the day!  I think i'll be posting one tomorrow or some time this week about going through the motions of worshiping. 

~Katharine

Re-Post from Facebook

The point of me writing this is so you guys all realize that all these little things you think won't matter later really do matter. As i look over the past four years i realize how much stuff i regret. Like not playing the goofy games, not meeting new people, or trying new things. 

Please listen(read) my note here as i try to give you all advice. 

Be involved all you can be, and be as loving as you can be(even to those who aren't as involved). You never know how much you can impact someone if you ask them how their week was! but don't just ask to ask but ask with a heart that cares about the answer! Because they can tell when you are asking just to make small talk. As Christians we are to be loving one another, and i don't think i really started to understand this till the end of my junior year beginning of my senior year. I wish i had realized that earlier in my years! I went for one thing, "what can i get out of youth group today?". and though yes, we are to get encouragement from our youth group. But whats more important, getting encouragement or being an encouragement! I think being encouraging it so much more important. If you are only looking for encouragement you are then lacking in building others up and being selfish. 

If i could go back to freshmen year I'd go back and serve more. Now those who know me know that i served a lot over the past four years but my motives could have been so much better. I could have served in different areas. I normally served wherever one of my buddies was serving. If i had stepped out of my comfort zone and served in other areas i could have met more people in the youth group and been more of an encouragement. 

I also would have focused one my walk with the Lord a lot more then I did. I spent most of the past four years worrying about..well boys truthfully. Which is simply dumb since i believe God has my husband picked out for me already what was the point in worrying about it? I really wish i had lived by this quote

‎"A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her."

but now three years after getting saved i still have to work on my devotion life like if i was a new believer. That i think is my biggest regret! 

So please if you are going into your senior year, junior year, sophomore year, freshmen year, or even jr. high years please keep your focus on what is truly important to you. Well what is really important to you? Is it the girls/boys? Is it looking good? Is it making the sponsors think you're wonderful? Or is it being glory to God? I really hope/pray its the last one!

I hope I've been some what of an encouragement to you as you read this. (and that you could understand it because i know i'm not very gifted at typing, lol)

In Christ's Love,

Katharine 

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog that will soon be filled with random ramblings by me! But before I go off on my ramblings for this blog I'll let you know who I am. I'm a young women who has a love for the Lord! I go to a Bible believing church, where my head pastor teaches straight from God's Word(the Bible). I personal believe that God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for our sins. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." This is the simple truth of the Bible, and I believe hold heartily.
    Now in this blog I will be voice my opinion on many different things, more then just simply voice my own opinion I will be sharing what God's word has to say many things. Also in this blog I will share personal convictions and what the Lord has been teaching me lately in my quiet time and through friends.
   If you have any questions about what I believe or what I talk about in later posts feel free to leave a comment and I will reply as soon as I!

~Katharine