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Hi! It is a gift to me that you are here! I see you. Much more though, God sees you. ALL of YOU. You are more than your to-do list says you did (or didn't!) accomplish today. YOU are MORE than the opinions of other people. YOU are more than your proudest accomplishment. YOU are more than your most regretted decision. YOU are beloved by God. You are adored, danced over, treasured, rescued by Jesus (he came for YOU), sealed by the Holy Spirit. God has parted the Red Sea to get to YOU!

I am Catherine, an ordinary girl with a great affection for baggy sweatpants and coffee. I am an Enneagram 7 and discontentment is my knee-jerk sin struggle. I love a new experience and, I fight hard in prayer to live in the moment, not looking too far into the future. I have fallen deeply in love with Jesus, my rescuer! I am a wife, mother, author, nurse, cancer survivor, surfer-wannabe and sinner who has been touched by the tenderness of God. I love God's Word because it reveals the Author Himself who is so full of L O V E. To see God is to see love. Gratitude can't help but ensue. I want to lean in to Jesus always, especially when the waves of life crash down on me, which I have learned, they will. God's Word, the words of other authors, the words of a friend - it's through words that I learn the most about Him. The more I see of God, the more I want. You will mostly find me teaching addition and subtraction at the kitchen table, blending green smoothies, loading/unloading/reloading the dishwasher, but when I can, I slip away to sit still with the Lord and write what comes out of that time. I hope your time here is an encouragement to you to worship at the feet of Jesus. He sees all of YOU and he accepts all of YOU via Christ's finished work on YOUR behalf. I hope you walk away from your time here more in love with Jesus than when you arrived. Thank you for stopping by, stay awhile!

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Light and Shadow

But now thus says the Lord,

he who created you, O Jacob,

he who formed you, O Israel:

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by name, you are mine.

Isaiah 43:1

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