God is all I need.

This is so great to sing to the Lord throughout my day. It's a crazy time for me right now. So much in life confuses me, but God continues to remind me of His goodness and His mercy. I would encourage those who feel lost in this world of hurt and confusion to remember that all we need to be complete is His love...

ALL I Need -by JJ Heller

I don't need a thing

My good shepherd brings me all

You are all I need

You let me catch my breadth

Even in the valley of death

You are all I need

All I need to be complete is your love

Your blood that covers me

You lift up my head

You provide the wine and bread

You are all I need

There's no need to fear

Even with my enemies here

You are all I need

All I need to be complete is your love

Your blood that covers me

Goodness and mercy are following me

You are all that I need

You make a home for me

With pastures of green as far as I see

You are all I need

All I need to be complete is your love

Your blood that covers me

Exile-Babylon, Lake Ann Camp

Beautiful!!!
This was just the view from the car as we were driving through Michigan. Chloe and I were riding with Jim Cato.


I think this picture could be a good description of our weekend. There were so many dark clouds looming over our heads. Whether it be high expectations, new barriers to cross musically, not much time to prepare or practice, lack of sleep, or anything else going through our minds, my yellow team was in for a weekend full of new and maybe even scary experiences. We didn't know what to expect. It makes you become so much more aware of your dependence on God! Despite the dark clouds there is that gorgeous chunk of blue sky in the distance. And it was closer than we might have thought because this weekend was a huge blessing. The camp director and staff were so welcoming and thankful and gave us so much to be involved with. There were a couple junior high campers from this summer which was sweet to see them again. And the other camper boys and girls I met were just so much fun to be around! We had a blast worshiping and jumping around, playing octaball, raiding the cabins, playing paintball, doing relay races, and eating great home made camp food!
Praise God for a beautiful first weekend out with my Yellow Team (and Chloe) ;-)

Coram Deo,
Katie Sue
-Ecclesiastes 3:11

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue

This blog was inspired by *Deanna Ruman (the lovely girl on HeartSong green team)

AND thankkks to *Nathan Williams for this special little laptop that I can blog on!! So convenient, I love...

Anyway, this is my first weekend out with the HeartSong teams. We're just chilling here in Brownsburg, Indiana. It's been really neat to be around all these wonderful people on ALL the HeartSong teams, and I'm super excited to spend this retreat weekend with them!

It's almost time to head to bed, especially with my 7am early morning (but anything before lunch is early to me. ya know) But I would just like to brag on my host family a tad. So good to meet Jay and Gina Barram, and their son, Thomas. Unfortunately, we won't get to see Jay much past tonight since he is leaving for work early tomorrow morning (he flies all over the place for UPS, sounds AWESOME :) aaand Thomas taking off for a youth event with the church at Twin Lakes (sounds fun) Definitely keep them in prayer for safety and that Tom will have a BLAST!!!

Learned alot from Gina already! She has a great spice cupboard, and I need to remember the name Tastefully Simple: Mulling Seasoning - just add to apple juice, heat it up, and O my wow you got some gooood apple cider!

I've been reading James lately, and am on chapter two in the section on the sin of partiality.

'Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?"

-stop trying to impress the "rich" people whom you think will get you ahead in life. Find those people who need a shoulder to cry on and can invest in your life by their strong faith in God, or find someone who needs to find that faith in God-reach out to them. Jesus went to the poor people and the sinners...

Well my head wants to hit the pillow...so here I go...

Coram Deo,

Katie Sue

God's Servant - Scioto Hills

I want to be God's servant. My friend, Danae, shared this passage with me today, and it pretty much sums up how I feel about heading into counseling at Scioto Hills camp:

I Peter 5:2 ~Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers--not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve...

I am "eager to serve"....Every thing I do is for the glory of God. As I travel to Scioto Hills, my excitement is hard to contain, and my humility and thankfulness continues to overflow. My desire is to be used by God in whatever way He would use me this summer. I have a couple things that I would feel blessed to be prayed for...
#1. Myself: that I would be opening to God's calling and my heart would be ready and willing to go beyond my comfort zone. Pray for strength and courage to continue on throughout training week. It's going to be stenuous and tiring. Please pray that I will "Rejoice in the Lord always" - Phillippians 4 ... I'm very nervous to be in a leadership position, but excited to see how God uses this new experience to stretch me and help me rely on Him.
#2. Campers: as I go through 2 weeks of training, there will be no campers to work with, but please pray that God will be preparing the hearts of each camper who will come to Scioto Hills. God can do things beyond anything we could comprehend! Don't limit God's power..Pray that there will be many decisions for salvation and for contual growth in Christ.
#3. All the staff: I'm def not the only person working at Scioto Hills. Every staff member puts a certain amount of time into the camp experience and lives and hearts of each camper & staff memeber. Keep in your prayers that each staff member will go above and beyond their potential in an effort to serve God and others out of LOVE! Pray for strength and sleep and open hearts and loving spirit filled individuals. We all want to grow in our relationship with the Lord as much as the campers themselves.

Pray in that we would live out this verse:
~And then take on an entirely new way of life - a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itselfr into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you.~
Ephesians 4: 23-24(approx.)

with LOVE and thankfulness to everyone, (your prayer is a blessing!)
In CHRIST,
Katie Sue

Poetry - ink with a heart

I'd forgotten how much I love poetry. It's so beautiful and manages to wonder in amazement at the world God created & express how I feel in vibrant, meaningful, and sometimes life-changing ways. I read part of a book by Donald Miller. He wrote about the power of poetry in the Bible, and how God used it to reveal truth. Sometimes mere words can't express what we feel with our emotions, so let's just create poetry.

Valentines Day was a couple weeks ago. Something says love to a girl who gets a sappy love poem from their honey. Their kinda like roses. Roses are pretty, they smell good, they're romantic. They're not too practical though, and they might seem a little cheesy, but I love them just the same. I'd rather get a dozen roses if not just to smell and see their beauty. Ya, a rose is that powerful :) lol... But guess what, a poem can tell ALOT more than a flower can.

Today, the falling snowflakes were almost as big as my big toe (I might be exaggerating, but they were huge) On my way out of class, the icy wind hit me before I even stepped out the door. Immediately, I distastefully wrapped my coat tighter to my shivering body, and sped down the sidewalk to the nearest building. It was only when I took the chance to look up that I noticed the severe beauty of it all. Ironically, being as cold as I was, I longed to walk a longer distance. So I did! I took a couple sidewalks in the wrong direction and enjoyed the fluffy snowflakes hitting my face and sticking to my curls. It wasn't even just my own bubble of happiness that amazed me as much the big picture caught my dazzled eyes. The world was being attacked by beauty. Sounds funny, but looking up into the sky reminded me of my Creator...

I found this verse:
Psalm 9:1 "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands."
Poetry written by David in the Psalms reminded me of God's glory and the works of His hand. It made me appreciate the snow more than I ever would have on the freezing winter day.

A good friend (Jon Hill) also reminded me of the beautiful poetry I've been missing..He commented with Henry David Therau -
"How full of the creative genius is the air in which these are generated! I should hardly admire more if real stars fell and lodged on my coat"
(that's gorgeous, that's all I have to say)

~All for the glory of God~