Since I first started reading Katie Davis’ blog, I was
inspired to be like her. After reading her book Kisses from Katie, I fell even more in love with her lifestyle and
her relationship with God. Katie Davis was a teenager with a heart for children
and missions. Instead of living the life her parents had planned for her, she
broke away from the “American dream” and moved to Uganda. Now, she has adopted
thirteen little girls, and continues to work with the broken and hurting people
of Uganda.
When people used to ask me who I wanted to be like when I
grew up, or who inspired me the most, I would say Katie Davis. I even decided
to focus on Child Development Studies in college with the intention of
following Katie’s footsteps of faith.
As time has passed, this desire to care for orphans has remained;
however, I am realizing that I can’t live my life trying to be like Katie
Davis. In her book, her main theme is love, and how this love doesn’t come from
anything we muster up in ourselves, but from Christ. In the same way, it’s
pointless for me to just try and copy her life and her attitude. It’s a relationship
with Christ that will give me an attitude of love, nothing I can do in and of
myself.
“People tell me I am
brave. People tell me I am strong. People tell me good job. Well here is the
truth of it. I am really not that brave, I am not really that strong, and I am
not doing anything spectacular. I am just doing what God called me to do as a follower
of Him. Feed His sheep, do unto the least of His people.”-Katie Davis
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