to show God's love.

As I was talking with Eleanna today {our phone calls have become really frequent in the last 10 days-- always questions to ask or thoughts to share about our upcoming travels!} she reminded me about Katie Davis and how she is in Uganda!! I've heard & read about Katie many times --she graduated in 2007 from the high school 5 minutes down the road from my house in TN-- but I had completely forgotten that she serves in Uganda!
Eleanna recommended that I pick up a copy of her book to read but in the meantime, I googled her blog {Kisses from Katie} and started reading her posts again.

How overwhelming!!
In a *good* way though!!
 Stories of God's overwhelming grace, overwhelming love, overwhelming goodness, overwhelming protection & provision. Beautiful.

This paragraph stopped me cold & practically shouted at me from the screen of my laptop... because it's *exactly* how I've felt in the last 10 days.
"The last few weeks have been so full of God’s blessings and extravagant surprises. Every day another gift, beautiful and unexpected. I feel spoiled rotten by the God of the universe, His love just too good and too perfect for little, broken me."


and then this stood out too: 
"One of His favorites. That is what I have felt like this last two weeks. Lavished with love. But isn’t that what He wants every one of His children to feel, all the time? Each and every one of us created perfectly in His image. Each one cherished. Each one “one of His favorites”. How would life change if we thought of each other as such? If each person that approached us we treated as beloved of God, cherished by God, one of God’s favorite people?"


I am thankful for Katie's heart & her willingness to share. Her stories are helping to prepare my heart to fully serve others in Uganda. Please pray that Jesus will overflow our hearts with His love, mercy & compassion towards others. And not just on this trip, but always.