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Name: Katie Anne
Country: United States
State: Texas
Metro: Katy
Birthday: 7/16/1987
Gender: Female
Interests: Jesus Christ, Matt Wertz, Shawn McDonald, Facebook, my roommate Chaney!, the Bible, music, Dave Barnes, Young Life Frontier Ranch Work Crew S3....love you!
Occupation: Government
Industry: Government
Message: message meEmail: email me
AIM:  KaTieaNNe234
Member Since:
1/10/2005
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| Here at A&M the "cool" stereotype is to be a sweet,
caring person who lives a life glrifying God. This stereotype gets
blown way out of proportion as people try to be the new "it" or the
person everyone wants to know. We tend to find our identity in how many
people we knw and live vicariously through friends and wall posts on
facebook. We go to Breakaway every Tuesday and close our eyes, lift our
hands, and "worship" God. I put worship in quotes because do
we genuinely worship the Lord and do we mean the words we sing or is it
just another way to try and prove the depth of our faith? I
struggle with this. There are so many people who we see daily and think
"they are so on fire for God." Who are we to know unless we truly take
time out of our day to get to know eachothers' hearts? As closed off as
I am, I pray for people to ask how I'm doing- to share what God's doing
in my life. We walk around this campus talking about our summer plans
to work at Christian camps and the Bible studies we attend and for me,
it's hard to find one where I'm comfrtable. There have been a few
occasions where someone has offered to take me to one and they end up
backing out. It seems as if we've gotten to the point where we make
"plans" with people to make it look like we're busy, popular, whatever
we want to call it. But who am I to place blame? As Jars of Clay sings,
"I am the only one to blame for this.." As Christians, studying the
Word should be a daily part of our lives (which is a struggle for me),
but it shouldn't be used as a means to advance ourselves socially. And
yes, there are definitely ways to share what God is doing in your life
without seeming as if you're trying to brag, but finding that balance
can be tough and it's something we need to learn. We need to work on genuinely loving others to love them instead of loving others to make us feel better about ourselves.
This, I believe, can be even more difficult. We live in a generation
where everything is "about us" and in some ways believe it. It's not.
Right now I'm having a hard time loving God. Not believing in God or
honoring Him by my lifestyle, but genuinely having a feeling of love
for Christ. It's something to pray for. How many times have we told
someone we will pray for them but then fail to do so?
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| I got third session summer staff at Frontier Ranch!!! I think this may
qualify as one of the best days ever...maybe I should go on VH1
peace up CS town down,
Katie
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| happy 2006!
Jesus, take the wheel. Take it from my hands.
Cause I can't do this on my own.
I'm letting go. So give me one more chance.
Save me from this road I'm on.
Jesus, take the wheel.
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| going to shreveport to hang out with my bffaeaeaeae tori then doing my
dad's side of the fam christmas.....headin on over to d-town to stay in
the anatole then to coppell for the big christmas celebration with the
madre's side..and of course driving my uncle's new porsche..
what a great weekend...cell it sometime
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| Just had the holiday classic downstairs in the commlob..good time
seeing everyone. Ya know I've recently learned that I'm kind of tired
of being left out. I feel trapped in a way...I mean not that I'm left out entirely but more like well i
don't know. Basically I'm not very good in groups of people. I get all
quiet and closed off..unless it's people I know pretty well. I don't
think I've gotten to know too many people here. We're already one
semester through and we just have one more to go before we're all
seperate. I also have a fear of awkward situations..basically I try to
avoid them which causes me to be even more closed off to people. I
promise I'm not a mean person and I really do have a personality, it
just takes me awhile to get comfortable enough to show it. Maybe I just
need more time..although we don't have too much left. I don't know what
to do with myself. It's crazy. Maybe next year will get better. The
date parties, etc don't help too much either. I feel weird asking the
same people to things like I'm in love with them or something but it's
hard when you only know a select few people. We just have these events
so often...it is definitely something to work on...and I think every
girl is friends with the same group of like 5 guys which makes it even
more difficult. eeeh whatev. This week has been stressful and I def
don't mean just by schoolwork. Just thinking about things lately has
made me stressed. Please pray for Tyler's family during their hard time
right now...
I'm on my "Thinkin Bout Life" playlist right now and the shuffle has
been very good...some Matt Wertz and Billy Cerveny...the playlists are
def a good thing..(I've got "Thinkin Bout Life", "Good Morning
Sunshine", "Belt it Honey", "Frontier Ranch", and "Pump it Up")
I'm sure yall can figure out the kind of music in each one...so yeah.
The whole dating issue? I still have the same mindset...it's just
getting harder and harder as more and more people start pairing off.
There are SO SO SO many amazing girls here and who can compete with
that? These girls are just, well, I can't even describe how
awesome they are..and so grounded in their faith. I'm sitting here
struggling with who I am and who I am in Christ and just with so many
other different things and..wow the guys here are amazing too and it's
hard to fit in there..it's crazy to have so many amazing people in one
place...yes of course it's great but still intimidating (?)
So here's my apology to anyone if I've been cold to you or if I don't
always say hi when I see you..I think I'm just so scared of people
getting to know me..that they won't like me and I close myself off.
So it's def nothing personal..There are a lot of people who I think are GREAT and I don't talk to
them or even make eye contact unless they make the first effort just
because I'm so intimidated...yeah I think that's all I got for
ya...have a great week and good luck on finals!
"I know you're weary, I know you're worn. I know your broken heart's
been torn.
I see you weeping, I know your fears. But I am the smile at
the end of your tears.
And sweet, sweet child I wanna hold you up. Come
away with me.
I know your troubles, I know your mess. And I know the
words you can't express.
I see your doubts, I know your pain. But I am
the answer that takes it all away.
And sweet, sweet child. I wanna hold
you up. Come away with me."-matt wertz
-Katie
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