Prayer Request *updated*

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My good friend, Ryan Blankinship, is having heart surgery tomorrow morning(Tuesday) at Cook Children's.
Being homeschooled with absolutely no homework left(thank you Jesus), I'm available to spend the day at the hospital with him.
The surgery is said to be 2-4 hours long, starting at 7 a.m.
I will be there from 8-4ish.
I ask that you pray for him every time you get the chance. He's a "little" worried about it right now, but I'm confident he will be fine. Pray that everything works out too! He told me it's kind of a trial and error deal, so there are problems that may not even be fixed.
Basically, pray your heart out.
:-)


If you get the chance, come visit him anytime Tuesday and Wednesday. I believe he's coming home Wednesday, but I'm not positive.



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Update!

Ryan got out of surgery around 11:00 this morning. His parents and I got to see him for about a minute right before he left for the recovery room. At that time, he was so drugged that he could barely remember talking to us besides saying "Hey Katie!" is a high pitched raspy voice. Haha, but it was so funny. :-D

He was sent to a room around 12:30, and by that time he was awake and talking just fine. As far as I know, the main problem was fixed. He's going to have more surgeries later on to fix other heart problems, but all is well right now. Please don't hesitate to go visit him today or tomorrow morning(he may be going home around noon tomorrow). He really really enjoyed me being there for a few hours today, so I'm sure he'll be happy to see you too. :-)

Thank you for all your prayers!

Notes...

I was looking through some of my notebooks this evening and found some stuff I wrote a little over a year ago. I didn't realize how cool they were until now. :-P
I probably wouldn't call it poetry, but rather thoughts on paper...


With nails in hand,
You gave Your love.
Through whispering winds,
I hear Your voice.
Under life's heavy burdens,
I feel you lift me up.
In sweet melodies,
You speak of thy King.
Above all worldly dreams,
I see the golden gates of Heaven.
Behind false fountains,
I see Your truth.
Despite my sinful nature, God,
You still love me.


I also came across some simple notes I wrote to myself last month, which apparently I wrote while in New Orleans.


Don't keep striving for simplicity.
Don't try to go the easy way out.
There is a way that I must follow....
I cannot stray towards self pity and foolishness.
I cannot give up on what's important.
I cannot focus on things that will not matter..
Seek for wisdom and knowledge through Christ!
Rejoice in His presence.
Serve Him with all my heart!
Let His joy overwhelm me!
Love Him, and adore Him.
Love in Him, and in His ways.
Watch for His works.
Wait for Him.
Focus on Him.
Pray, trust, and love...
"Stop! Stop! For God's sake, stop!!"


Those notes are kind of "all over the place", but it makes a whole lot of sense once you think about it for awhile. :-)
It kinda reminds me of a quote I read a few days ago...
"God makes things possible, not easy."

Student Council

I'm so excited.
Jennifer and I, being leaders for the Art Ministry at Glenview, were asked to make and submit T-shirt designs for the greeters/student council.
They may or may not be used though, depending on if they can come up with better ones themselves. But still! I think it's flippin' awesome!

I better get brainstorming....

I do not wanna be afraid.

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I'm tired of being that girl.
The one everyone thinks is happy. The girl who jumps around and has a great time and laughs all the time, but goes home to hide her thoughts. The one who shows happiness but can so easily be let down in the blink of an eye. I don't want depression to be routine. I don't want to lie.

I just want Joy.
I was to be fulfilled.
I want to be closer to Christ every day.
I want Him to be my first priority.
I don't want to doubt Him.
I don't want to be afraid.
I want Him to consume me from the inside out.

I am not my own.
I belong to Christ
My breathe is His breathe.
He gave me life.
I cannot live for someone else.
Every thought..
Every action...
Every word...
Every decision...
Every desire...
I want it all to be for the Glory of Christ.


I want to change.
I want to see Christ in the mirror.

Prayer Request

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Something has happened.
I'm not sure what...
but it kinda feels like I'm missing something important.
It's the kind of feelings you get when a close friend is angry with you, and feel like they don't really want to be close to you anymore.
I'm assuming you've had a similar feelings, otherwise you probably don't know what I'm talking about.
I wouldn't say I'm depressed. Heck, I'm not even sad. I just feel empty.
The annoying thing about this is that I can't make it go away.
and despite how many times I've given over these situations to God, it's almost as if He doesn't want to fix them yet, like He's waiting for me to do something.
I don't know what to do, if there is anything to do.
Help me?

Oh my...

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I'm so overwhelmed, it's not even funny.

It's been a crazy evening...

It's hard to even process what's going on...

Argh, I'm tired. I'm going to bed now.

Simple Wisdom

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Don't strive for impossible answers.

Be still and know that He is God.




In Other Words...

Shut up and listen!
God's more powerful than you think.

Power Lost

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I woke up Tuesday morning at 3:30 a.m. to my bedroom window shaking loudly from the 85 mph winds. Pebbles and branches were hitting my window also, and I heard a strange train-like sound.
My mom always told me a tornado sounds like a train.. so I was a little freaked out.
I thought that I would just turn on the news to see what's going on.. so I did.
The thunderstorms were reaching almost completely across Texas, Fort Worth sitting right in the middle of the worst spot.
Well, great!
The weather man announced possible tornadoes in the area...
aaand, the next thing I knew the power was out.
"Awww, poo!"

After that, I just prayed about it two or three times and went back to bed, and everything was alright. My dad said in the morning that he was so scared there was a tornado in front of our house, because that sound sure wasn't some train.
Power was still out in the morning but I felt lucky to still have shingles in-tact, considering our neighbor's roof was spread out all over the street and our lawn.
Unfortunately, it's been a day and half and our power and still out, as well as our whole neighborhood. It kinda stinks when Holly and I have a bunch of homework to do on the computer this week. *shrug*
I'm writing from the local library's computer, btw.

Prayers would be nice.
:-)

No Sweeter Name

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No Sweeter name than the name of Jesus
No sweeter name have I ever known
No sweeter name than the name of Jesus.

It's as simple as that.
There's no one higher than Him who created you.
How can I possibly seek for help from someone who doesn't completely understand?
How can I doubt His faithfulness?
How could I live for someone else?
How could I??

You are the light to my heart and my soul
You are the light to the darkness around me
You are the hope to the hopeless and broken
You are the only truth and the way.


He's my light. Nobody else can lead me on the path of righteousness.
Nobody else can deliver me from darkness.
Nobody else and give me hope when all else seems to fall apart.
No other name can push Satan away.
There's no sweeter name than the name of Jesus.



I once had a dream.
I was in distress.
Satan was pushing my down.
I was scared, and I felt so small.
But all of sudden I started screaming the name of Jesus.
Over and over again, as loud as I could, right in the face of the devil.
I was crying out to Jesus...
and moments later, Satan was gone.
Because just the name of Jesus is higher than anything else.
Higher than evil, and bitterness, and shame, and fear.




Jesus
Proclaim it loudly
Make His name known
Spread it so much that Satan wouldn't dare try to mess with you.

Hey, you!

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Pray for me.
Right now... this minute.


Thanks. :-)
Have a nice day.

I shall pray for you too.

Can I get your opinion??

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I'm thinking about cutting my hair after prom or right before summer.
Holly said she wants to cut hers...
but I don't really intend to copy her.
I'm just tired of not being able to style my hair because it's so stinkin' long.

Anyways,
I'm thinking Locks of Love, than maybe a style that's really cool looking and cute,
yet slightly edgy??
I'd probably grow it out again after that.

I think it might be fun.
I'd like to try something knew
But I don't know.
Because I do like having long hair...
and Holly tells me everyone would be mad at me if I cut my hair.
What do YOU think??
TELL MEEEE!!
Please. :-)