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Katrina is preparing to move home for a year.
For the last few weeks I’ve been studying Hebrews. I’ve been amazed to see how many areas Hebrews dives into. It starts out by telling us who Jesus was; not merely a man as some would like to believe, and not lower than angels as others would think, but higher and even separate from angels. Jesus is the very Son of God!
I was looking though tickets for my trip home for the summer when I realized I no longer needed to click on “round trip tickets”. I’ve been praying about whether to go home next year for a while, but the realization of what the decision meant didn’t sink in till I was looking for tickets.
Katrina at the Interface missions course in Papua New Guinea.
When I was a little girl growing up, whenever anyone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I lit up because I knew the answer, “I want to be a missionary.” My whole life has been influenced by this desire because I knew the need, I knew God’s heart for people and I wanted to be the one who went.
Making a coffee drink to encourage a friend.
It all started Sunday night. I hadn’t eaten very much because from the time I got up till the time I went to church I was working in the office. After I finished in the office I went straight to church and then straight to work. As I was vacuuming at work all I could think about was food.
I walked into my kitchen this morning to find one of my mugs had been broken last night. My heart sunk a little bit because it was a mug I had gotten from one of my close friends years ago, but then my mind turned to something else.
As I started praying through the feelings of hurt and something being lost that I treasured God reminded me how things on this earth just don’t last forever.
“Wow! You have the most beautiful feet I’ve ever seen! No really… I’ve never seen such beautiful feet!”
I have never received such a cute compliment from anyone at work until last night. A little sixth grade boy complimented me on my feet. Not an every day compliment, but shouldn’t it be something we are thinking about daily?
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