fall impressions.



my heart. my hands. my voice.

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Caught in the middle

"Somewhere between the hot and the cold
Somewhere between the new and the old
Somewhere between who I am and who i used to be
Somewhere in the middle you find me

Somewhere betweeen the wrong and the right
Somewhere between the darkness and the light
Somewhere between who i was and who you're making me
Somewhere in the middle you find me

Just how close can i get Lord to my surrender, without loosing all control?

Fearless warriors in a picket fence, reckless abandon wrapped in common sense.
Deep water faith in the shallow end and we are caught in the middle
With eyes wide open to the differences, the God we want and the God who is
But will we trade our dreams for His or are we caught in the middle?

Somewhere between my heart and my hands
Somewhere between my faith and my plans
Somewhere between the safety of the boat and the crashing waves

Somewhere between a whisper and a roar
Somewhere between the altar and the door
Somewhere between contented peace and always wanting more
Somewhere in the middle you'll find me

Lord i feel you in this place and i know you are by my side
Loving me even all those nights when i am caugth in the middle"


Exactly expressing what i couldn't find words for.

lyrics by casting crowns.

Radical....are we really?

I've been really challenged and inspired these last few weeks by listening to some teachings, taught by a pastor from Alabama.
A friend emailed me the link and i feel like it came right in time.... on a regular basis we need those times in our lives where God turns our thinking upside down, bring us back to the basics and lets us gaining the right perspective on life again.

BEING RADICAL. LIVING A RADICAL LIFE.
I feel like that's someting that we as Christians want, that i want - but on my own terms.
But have i ever come to Jesus on the basis of His terms?
Often we try to soften the words of Jesus to justify the way we live. We do enough to be respectable as Christians but not enough to become uncomfortable. We have created this easy, comfortable sub-culture called Christianity.

But if we really desire to be like Christ it will cost us everything. My life is His. Completely. Think about what it really really means and it's almost shocking...

I've been praying a lot that God would change my nice, comfortable way of living...however that might look like. It's not easy. It's about picking up our cross and being concerned about the things that He is concerned about and not the things that i am concerned about in my little self-centered world.

I highly encourage you to listen to those teachings....here is the link: http://www.brookhills.org/media/series/radical
I've been really blessed and i am sure God will speak to you.

Be encouraged. Let's run the race and fight the good fight. It's worth it.

Love, Katha

God’s faithfulness in boxes

Today i went to my parents house to start a long prolonged project….sorting trough all my belongings, that are sitting and laying around somewhere, waiting and waiting for some attention.
Different boxes, bags and a big trash can next to me - the party began: Cloth that I haven’t been wearing forever and so many little things which I even forgot about that I had them. Pictures over pictures, birthday gifts that it got 10 years ago, Shampoo that I had bought while I lived in the Philippines, money in foreign currencies, buttons, stuffed animals, books and so on. So many memories, so many people I got reminded of…..it all felt like a journey trough the last 26 years of my life!!!
Looking back on my life so far just blows my mind. God has been soooo good to me. And I feel like I always know in “theory” that He is – but I realized it so much more today thinking about all the things He has blessed me with in my life so far. A wonderful family, friends and all those awesome people I got to know along the road, places I got to go to, things I got to do…. Experiencing God’s leading and guiding and comfort trough all phases of life, just being with Him in all of it, all good and bad times, has just been amazing.
So I’ve been sorting and throwing away all day and all that was left is packed in boxes now. Which leads back to the headline. The faithfulness of God in boxes. Not that I would like to contain it…..but I just get reminded of it looking at those boxes which contain so many memories of my life journey so far. I love it. Even more exciting is that there is more to come. Because His love never ceases and His faithfulness stretches to the skies.

Let it be said of me...

"Let it be said of me
I loved you most, I loved You best of all
No other love, no other joy, no other hope save the one that i have found in You.
Let it be said of me, that I believed You to the very end
I persevered and gave you thanks; I had the faith in who You are no matter what I saw.
Let it be said of me, I loved You more than anything.
That I fully followed You,
I spent all my life running after You.
That I fully gave it all,

I held nothing back, I obeyed Your call.

Let it be said of me,

that i lived my life wholeheartedly for the glory of my God.

That i ran the race and i finished well.

I kept the faith i fought the fight, i loved my God with my whole life. And that to die was gain..i want it said of me..."

I thought about the name for my blog....for about 3 seconds...and it came to me right away!
The title and lyrics above are from one of my favourite songs (written by Lisa Cuellar) and express alot of the things that i would love to be said about me. Not for my own fame and glory, but the glory of my God. I am excited to see what will all fill these pages...thoughts that cross my mind, the things God does in my life, stories about the places He leads me to and the ministries He allows me to serve in.

May it be said of all of us.