katie rose writes

I know it has been quite awhile since I have been digging into Psalm 40, but I'm back now, and ready to dive into the next verse. Truth be told, it's been a couple of tough weeks, not for any huge reasons, but just for some pent up frustrations and not really pouring my heart out before God enough (psalm 62:8). You know how it is, though you may not know that as the reason. I just got overwhelmed, my heart got heavy, and my grip on our Father's hand slackened, just because of simple, yet fatal, unbelief. Not truly committing my heart to knowing that He is in complete, utter control. I think we do that because we don't want to commit that foundational fact that we are not in control. Of anything. It's a fact too easily forgotten on the back-burner due to our constant stream of to-do lists, appointments, and other engagements.  And that is why I can say that this season of waiting & resting has truly, and will continue being, a season of blessing. Because I hav...

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. That is truly all I can say to God right now, after hearing this song for the very first time. It randomly came on over Spotify, and I just had to stop everything I was doing and sit and hear God's gentle whisper through the words. So, I wanted to share it with you. I meant to post the next blog about Psalm 40 today, but that is definitely being put off another day or two so that I can soak this song in, and perhaps, so that you can too. I'm posting both the live performance & the story behind the song. Both are exceptional videos. I pray that God uses it to speak to you as well, wherever and whoever you are. He is nearer than you feel. He is stronger than you see. He is all you need. First, the song itself. Second, the story behind it. Third, the lyrics, in case you are like me and want to read them over and over (and over) again. When the pieces seem to shatter to gather off the floor and all that seems to matter is that I don'...

Sometimes we just need to slow down, to stop. To stop trying to figure things out. To stop trying to hear. To stop trying to say the right things. To stop moving forward for just a moment. Just enough to drown out all the noise with silence. Just enough to realize just how close our God really is.  He is near. And as if the God of creation needed to make Himself any more clear, He sent Jesus with the name Immanuel: God with us. Near us. Always and forever.  We need not fear the stillness, the silence, the quiet. We're so afraid that our own thoughts and doubts will strangle us that we are afraid to sit still for one second. We think that we'll be considered less in God's eyes if we don't keep doing, keep digging, keep going. Nothing can make us less in His eyes. Nothing. He looks at us and sees Jesus. Period.  But what He wants more than all the doing and digging and going, is for us to stop, to sit, and to rest in His presence. To put aside any and every d...