{"author":"Katie Kiesler","author_id":"Katie+Kiesler","total_quotes":13,"quotes":[{"text":"But never forget: When everything feels like it's falling to pieces, the pieces might actually just be falling into place.","author":"Katie Kiesler","tags":["adversity","faith","life-lessons","pieces","truth"],"id":99484,"author_id":"Katie+Kiesler"},{"text":"Instead of living our lives fighting discontentment, striving to gain contentment from things that were never meant to bring contentment… What if we gave it all up for a grand adventure, for a worthy cause, for the Father? Why do we keep searching to find a hole to shove our hearts into when they were meant to be poured out and fill the entire world?","author":"Katie Kiesler","tags":["adventure","christianity","contentment","god","life"],"id":135941,"author_id":"Katie+Kiesler"},{"text":"Disappointments are often my greatest motivation.","author":"Katie Kiesler","tags":["disappointment","humor","inspiration","life"],"id":200712,"author_id":"Katie+Kiesler"},{"text":"Real life is messy and hard and never turns out like I’ve imagined. Usually it’s better. So, I try not to dream but rather to pray. If there is one thing I know, it’s that I have no clue what I want. I’m fickle. I’m picky. And I’m scared of a lot of things. Especially commitment.","author":"Katie Kiesler","tags":["commitment","dreams","messy","prayer","real-life"],"id":209095,"author_id":"Katie+Kiesler"},{"text":"I’ve realized, though, we can either choose to be vulnerable or have moments of vulnerability sneak up on us. Like when you’re happily alone, strutting around your house naked, but then hear a sound. Suddenly, the comfort and confidence you felt in your own skin evaporates. You run to the nearest room, hurrying to shut the door. Then you wait, and listen quietly for an opportunity to make an escape. Your mind races trying to think of an excuse for your current nude state. You’re embarrassed.But, if you live your life listening for the Lord, obeying when He asks you to be vulnerable, you never have to worry about being walked in on. Your soul is ready to be seen. And, He won’t allow your life to be marked by shame or embarrassment.","author":"Katie Kiesler","tags":["christianity","embarrassmentrassment","shame","soul","vulnerable"],"id":213097,"author_id":"Katie+Kiesler"},{"text":"Sometimes, most times, when I think back to the people that I loved, the person that I was... I feel like I'm reading the pages of a book written about someone else's life.I can't believe that was me. I can't believe that was you. I can't believe there was an us.It's not that I regret it. It just doesn't feel like it happened to me and yet, I can't forget it. I feel like it's still refracting and reflecting back on me, haunting me.Jesus intercepted my mind, my thoughts, my mistakes, my shame. He's changed me from the inside out. But I'm afraid you still see the stain.Lord, let them see my heart, look at You and Your still-in-progress work of art. Help us all to look beyond our burned bridges, charred reputations, scattered shards of memories, and gaze at the One who took on the weight of all the hate to find the freedom in redemption that we all crave.","author":"Katie Kiesler","tags":["burned-bridges","heart","jesus","mistakes","redemption","shame"],"id":224190,"author_id":"Katie+Kiesler"},{"text":"May spending time with You be my first priority, may listening and obeying mark my life, may extravagant childlike joy and amazement mark my demeanor, may an openness to share your grace quickly and easily flow from me, may I seek your forgiveness and excitedly accept it.","author":"Katie Kiesler","tags":["christianity","forgiveness","god-s-love","grace","prayer"],"id":235286,"author_id":"Katie+Kiesler"},{"text":"Prayer is talking to God… but it’s so much more than that… it’s the beat of our heart, the attitude of our mind, the song on our tongue, the direction of our thoughts….","author":"Katie Kiesler","tags":["christian-living","god","prayer"],"id":274561,"author_id":"Katie+Kiesler"},{"text":"I think poor poetry writing skills are excused when you’re simply trying to flush out emotions.","author":"Katie Kiesler","tags":["emotions","poetry","writing"],"id":411187,"author_id":"Katie+Kiesler"},{"text":"With God, all things are possible- including, dominating adulthood, swimming upstream for life, and living in light of eternity in a world that tells you all you can do is live for the moment.","author":"Katie Kiesler","tags":["adversity","eternity","god"],"id":415818,"author_id":"Katie+Kiesler"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":13,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}