Kisses from Katie

Wow! Katie Davis is so inspiring. This book makes you want to drop everything and go out to serve the people around us. Such an amazing story.

I found out about this book after working with my church on an adoption/foster/child sponsorship initiative. Someone recommended that I read it, and a co-worker even lent it to me. I didn't get around to reading it though until this past week while on a mission trip. I didn't bring a book other than my Bible and daily devotional to read, and a friend happened to have the book with her. I read through it this week and am so glad I was able to do so while doing ministry in another country (the Dominican Republic). Her heart for orphans, the sick, widows and all of God's people is so clear and helped keep my own heart in check while working with young children who often were dirty, sick and yet so beautiful and lovely all the same. Not once does Katie allow any credit to fall on herself or for any attributes such as “brave” or “courageous” to be attributed to her efforts. She always points back to Christ and scripture and is constantly able to identify examples of God working even during the hard times.

Katie is a wonderful example of being the hands and feet of Jesus in a way that could intimidate and scare away many quite easily. A wonderful story to read about a wonderful and humble servant of the Lord doing wonderful things to let others know how loved they are by the God who created them intentionally and equally.

I became engrossed in Katie's story several weeks ago when I stumbled on her blog. I think she's doing something incredible and she's very inspirational and all that.

I'm finding it hard to describe the book. I don't want to say it seems a bit forced or faked because I believe that she is every bit as joyful and willing to go where God commands as she says in the book. She seems very sincere. It's just that parts of it were a bit contrived...the little anecdotes she told that all related back to the Bible. The “journal excerpts” were like that almost every time. It just seems like an unnatural way to write in a journal and maybe that's what I didn't like. I don't know though, I was always ready for more of Katie's family when I read it, so I definitely enjoyed it.