Only dead fish swim with the stream.
1 Timothy 4: Let no one look down on you because you are young... Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
![Hey good lookin’, this is me- Katie, a 17-year-old senior from a small town known for its grapes. I know, it’s quite the claim to fame. I’ve always been interested in writing and felt it was really my gift, and recently God’s been really filling me up with the need to use it for something awesome and purposeful. And so, without much idea of what I’m really doing, I’m starting this blog. It’s inspired by 1 Timothy 4 (as seen in the description), which talks about youth being an example and how important it is to constantly perservere in your spiritual growth, because not only will you save those around you with your actions, but you’ll save yourself.
I did partially start this blog to save myself. Because let me tell you something- and I’m sure you know this full well- it is NOT easy following Christ in high school. It’s a struggle not only against nonbelievers who try to squash your “Bible-pushing” at all costs, and friends who completely love you but don’t totally support you, but more commonly against yourself. I was raised in a very intellectual family and therefore have learned to be super open to new ideas and have grown to love the world and [mostly] everyone in it. Travelling through highschool where “Christian” is the new “racist”- as closed minded as you can get- I have definitely had the urge to run as far away from that label as possible.
When you tell someone you’re a Christian in high school, 90% of the time you can almost literally see the person crossing you off social lists in their head, or making notes of what they’re not allowed to talk about around you. Newsflash: I’m a functioning, thoughtful human being, not a robot. Just because I’m a Christian doesn’t mean I’m not still forming my beliefs, or that I don’t have something interesting, unpredictable, and, most importantly, valuable to say.
Of course, as with everything, there are plenty of exceptions. I’m SO thankful for those in my life who view me as me and not as a pretermined, judged version of me. I try my hardest to be the same, because I think that’s what it’s all about: at the very foundation, loving someone heart and soul, simply because they are a beautiful being.
Being a Christian means loving and following Christ, and if you’ve met a Jesus lover who’s claimed to know all the answers, I’m sorry, you have been lied to.
Just like those around me every day, I’m 17. I’m young. I’m growing. But I know and believe in what I am growing towards, despite its rapid decline in public approval.
Over the next… forever, I’ll be focusing daily on my identity both as Katie and Christian Katie, discovering who exactly those two people are, and making them the same. It’s not something I can predict at all and by no means will I seem like a perfect, or even good, person. But I will be honest. That’s one thing I know is reliable in every facet of my life.
And since I’m asking God to guide me through this process and putting all my faith in where He leads, I know I won’t be left empty. <3
These thoughts are all over the board and I have way too much to say to capture it all in one post, or even in a lifetime of posts, so I’ll take it a day at a time. :) Please ask me ANYTHING you want. :)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxezd2Mebm1r5ci05o1_1280.jpg)
Hey good lookin’, this is me- Katie, a 17-year-old senior from a small town known for its grapes. I know, it’s quite the claim to fame. I’ve always been interested in writing and felt it was really my gift, and recently God’s been really filling me up with the need to use it for something awesome and purposeful. And so, without much idea of what I’m really doing, I’m starting this blog. It’s inspired by 1 Timothy 4 (as seen in the description), which talks about youth being an example and how important it is to constantly perservere in your spiritual growth, because not only will you save those around you with your actions, but you’ll save yourself.
I did partially start this blog to save myself. Because let me tell you something- and I’m sure you know this full well- it is NOT easy following Christ in high school. It’s a struggle not only against nonbelievers who try to squash your “Bible-pushing” at all costs, and friends who completely love you but don’t totally support you, but more commonly against yourself. I was raised in a very intellectual family and therefore have learned to be super open to new ideas and have grown to love the world and [mostly] everyone in it. Travelling through highschool where “Christian” is the new “racist”- as closed minded as you can get- I have definitely had the urge to run as far away from that label as possible.
When you tell someone you’re a Christian in high school, 90% of the time you can almost literally see the person crossing you off social lists in their head, or making notes of what they’re not allowed to talk about around you. Newsflash: I’m a functioning, thoughtful human being, not a robot. Just because I’m a Christian doesn’t mean I’m not still forming my beliefs, or that I don’t have something interesting, unpredictable, and, most importantly, valuable to say.
Of course, as with everything, there are plenty of exceptions. I’m SO thankful for those in my life who view me as me and not as a pretermined, judged version of me. I try my hardest to be the same, because I think that’s what it’s all about: at the very foundation, loving someone heart and soul, simply because they are a beautiful being.
Being a Christian means loving and following Christ, and if you’ve met a Jesus lover who’s claimed to know all the answers, I’m sorry, you have been lied to.
Just like those around me every day, I’m 17. I’m young. I’m growing. But I know and believe in what I am growing towards, despite its rapid decline in public approval.
Over the next… forever, I’ll be focusing daily on my identity both as Katie and Christian Katie, discovering who exactly those two people are, and making them the same. It’s not something I can predict at all and by no means will I seem like a perfect, or even good, person. But I will be honest. That’s one thing I know is reliable in every facet of my life.
And since I’m asking God to guide me through this process and putting all my faith in where He leads, I know I won’t be left empty. <3
These thoughts are all over the board and I have way too much to say to capture it all in one post, or even in a lifetime of posts, so I’ll take it a day at a time. :) Please ask me ANYTHING you want. :)
