Attention Girls!!

This blog post is directed towards girls ages 13-18. God has put this desire in my heart to start a bible study of sorts for teenage girls. I remember high school and how hard it was to "fit in" and be accepted by everyone around me. I wanted so badly for someone to care about my life and take time to sit down and talk to me about just life, to answer my questions and just care. Now don't get me wrong, there were people in my life who cared about me, like my family and friends, but I really wanted someone who was just a little bit older than me to be like a mentor to me.

So anyways my point in all of this is; I'm going to start a bible study/mentoring time/ Q&A time for girls between the ages 13-18. (This isn't excluding anyone outside of this range but the Q&A and discussion topics will be directed towards this age group) If you are at all interested in this please shoot me an email, I will post my email below. Even if we have never met before and you live in the Des Moines, Iowa area please email me because I would LOVE if you would join and bring your friends!! We will have snacks and some great talks and I will do my best to answer any and all of your questions about God, the Bible, relationships, friends, high school, and more. When I get a group of people together we will decide when it works best for us to all meet and let the people that RSVP'd know the details!! I look forward to hearing for you girls!!

Also, girls if you don't live close enough to join the group and still would like someone to talk to or some questions answered I would still absolutely Love to talk to you!! Just email me and we will go from there!

God Bless and have a WONDERFUL day!! 

Katelyn

Here's my email!! I can't wait to hear from you! katelyn.short95@gmail.com

In the blink of an eye...

This morning I was driving to work and it snowed last night so the roads were pretty much cleared but I was still going 10 mph under the speed limit just to be safe. (I drive a mustang so that automatically puts me at a disadvantage in the snow so that's one time I go under the speed limit) All of a sudden out the next thing I know my car is spinning out of control. While I was spinning time seemed to stand still and I distinctly remember crying out to God, "God please save me! God please save me!" and you know the crazy thing, he did. My car did not just one, but two 360s before straightening out, in the right direction none the less, and continuing down the highway. I didn't go in the ditch, I didn't hit anyone, and no one hit me... Do you know the likelihood of that actually happening? I could have spun halfway around and stopped facing traffic, there's no way the cars behind me would have been able to stop in time and not hit me on that ice! I thought for sure I was going to end up in the ditch, but I didn't. There is no doubt in my mind that God had his hand over me this morning. So after that all happened I got to thinking, if God has control over my car spinning on ice, don't you think he has control over the decisions I make in my life? There's a chance I could have been seriously injured this morning and it would have happened in the blink of an eye. But God obviously has different plans for my life and he showed me this morning that he is in complete control and I just need to give him complete control. So again, God showed me what to do, right when I was starting to doubt him. Thank you God for your unfailing love and protection over me.

Drive safe y'all!! 

Katelyn 

Reflections

January is usually a time where people are reflecting on the past year and making resolutions about the upcoming year. Why do we do this, because we like the idea of starting over with a clean slate and a whole new year gives us the perfect opportunity to do so. I have also been reflecting on the past year of my life and a year ago I was in a completely different place than I am in now. The past year of my life has been the biggest emotional roller coaster I have ever been on. There were highs and lows and really lows and really highs, but one thing that happened to me this year was that my relationship with God got a lot stronger. Sometimes we have to go through some really low, life shattering things in order to see how much we need God. Sometimes God has to take everything you know and flip your whole world upside down before you realize that the only way you will survive in this crazy life is if you have a relationship with him. I unfortunately had to learn all of that the hard way as well but looking back now I am so very great full that God did what he did because he changed my life. 

We all make mistakes, no one is better than anyone else, I'm not any better than you, you're not any better than me. My point is this, God gives us all second chances, we don't deserve second chances because we are sinners and we deserve Hell, but God is a loving God and he died for you so you could have a second chance. So nothing you could do is "too bad" for God to love you. No matter how much you have messed up God is still waiting for you to turn around and come back to his loving, open, waiting arms. It's not too late to devote your life to Christ. Maybe your New Years resolution can be that you spend time with God every day. Just always remember that even if your life is spinning upside down, God is still in control and maybe he's just trying to get you to notice him and talk to him.

God bless you and have a wonderful day!! If at all possible snuggle up by the fire place with some hot coco and stay warm!

Katelyn