I got baptized today!

This is something that nobody forced me into,but the Lord put on my heart and it was so clear to me that this was the next step of faith.Also in obedience to Gods word and an open profession of faith for all those around me to see!

I'm just SO glad that God is going to be continuing to work in my life, he already has been doing So much more than I could ever ask or think!

These verses about baptism really stuck out to me it is :

Acts 2 :38,39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

³⁹ For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

 It seems like there is always repentance followed by water baptism! It is like proclaiming to satan that I'm no longer alive to him any longer, like in Romans  6 where it says :

 "Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? therefore we are buried,by baptism unto death. That like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the father even so we also should walk in newness of life!

I'm SO thankful that we CAN be dead to our flesh! Also in Acts where it says: " and ye SHALL receive the gift of the holy ghost" Oh God you know I want that! It is something I can ask the Lord to give me, he is SO good!

I also wanted to say that the river was surprisingly not NEAR as cold as I expected, and I couldn't have had a more sunny morning! It was at 9:00am so It definitely could've been very cold! God is good in every way!

 One more thing I thought I'd share! I wanted my dad to baptize me for another reason besides him just baptizing me. If you'd know me before I was saved and seen how my relationship was with my dad you would've been shocked to see how I really almost hated him! It was horrible.

After God saved me (from myself) There was a miracle, yes MIRACLE that took place between us! God taught me how to respect my dad, and see the amazing things the Lord was doing. I didn't even ever like to be around my dad,hug him or talk with him. Now all those things I can do with Love in my heart towards him. So when I asked him to baptize me and he led me by the hand down to the water ,it was also a testimony of what God had done between us, it was totally His work, not mine in any way! So I am just SO glad that God is ALIVE and WORKING in my heart and in the hearts and lives of people around me!

I hope this makes sense. Oftentimes I can't express on a blog what's in my heart!

Lord bless you all richly! ~Katie

Here are the pictures!!

me and dad

me and dad again

dad praying over me

i was dunked under!

(my dad's facial expression is so funny, he was freezing the whole time!)

and getting dried off!

coming out of the river

God's will in everything including a marriage partner...

I was just happily surprised recently a few days ago when my cousin Andy with a lovely lady and also a friend of mine, Alyssa Barnard announced their engagement!!

That coolest and most amazing part was how BOTH of them had given the area of marriage up to the Lord, and not trying themselves to find a marriage partner!

So anyways to make a long story short, the Lord spoke to both of their hearts and after Andy got permission from the father, he started to court Alyssa and it was clear to them both that this was God's will and Alyssa said "yes" and yes they are totally in love with each other...it is SO cute to see them together and how much they have BOTH matured in the Lord! 

Folks, that is how every relationship that is of the Lord should be! If you're only growing farther from God when you're in a relationship it's not right!

Just remember that what God has in store for us is always going to be best!! That is true in everything!

So yes, here are some pictures I took!!! One of them Gloria Marie my little sister got to be in :)

I want to know God.

I  haven't posted in a while....I don't know if I will for quite a while, I know I can spend so much time just checking my stats...LOL (and realizing they were all from me checking and/or viewing my blog....I know I could do "don't track your own page views, but my numbers go up so slowly.....I'm being honest...it's pathetic! I just spend way to much time online. No necessarily on BAD stuff per se...just wasting alot of time.....

I WANT TO KNOW GOD.

And I find myself having these dry times where I don't even want to pray or read my bible, I have to "try" to be nice to my siblings and respect my parents, it's not like it's flowing out of my because of my love for the Lord.

I've experienced being broken before God and seeing my wretched state of being who I am apart from GOD, Really seeing that truly, and knowing in the depths of my heart that my righteousness is as filthy rags, and without Christ I am nothing. I want to always be broken before the Lord and want his desires!! 

God has been so gracious and long-suffering with me, I don't deserve how many chances he's given me!

I'd appreciate your prayers for me as God puts it on your heart. I want to REALLY love God! Compared with his love for me, my love for him is nothing! I want to love him more, just become closer and only more like him every day! I really really want to be a shining light wherever I go, and never be ashamed of the gospel! Praise the Lord for those ones who have went before, conquerors IN Christ!

I love you all lots dear friends. May God give us all HIS vision, and may we ask him what our purpose is here on this world, and why God put us where he did! 

                                                     Katie Cline Elizabeth Vannoy

ps. I know this is probably a ramble and doesn't make sense in some areas....

Procrastination .....

Why does it always have to be that I am constantly procrastinating! I hate it so much too!

It's not that I'm bad a cleaning, or working etc. It's just that it takes me an eternity (almost literally) to finally start my work/job whatever it is!

Once I get started, I just go, and go and go until the job's done...but usually what happens, is while I'm doing something, then I see something else that needs to be done & some other detail that needs doing...and pretty soon I get up to my neck in all sorts of projects at once, which usually takes hours....or they're all half done...

So I think I'm always having trouble starting something, because I know that it's going to be a long time before it's done. 

So now it's like I save up everything till night, like 8:30pm-12:30am, that way I get so tired that I just get my work and/or jobs done.....

The bad thing is this, I'm more tired, It's harder to get up early, and I have a horrible habit of only doing things later in the evening when I feel like it.Besides that, If I ever have a home of my own, I can just let everything be a complete disaster  and wait to do my cleaning, or wait to wash dishes at midnight. I need to be prepared now when I'm single :)

It's areas like these that I keep failing in! I must ask the Lord to help me! It's like I remember to ask him later on at night, in my room all alone with God; the real trial is when I'm procrastinating and then ask God to give me the strength to go and do my work, and that I'd focus on the job before me, and not just start things and not finish!

God wants to be involved in EVERY area of our lives! May I always let him be head!

You know what! I'm procrastinating right now! WOW! I should be sweeping and washing a floor... it's not quite 11:00 pm, but the new "spring forward"  time would mean it's 12:00 am....o my, time to clean! It's better to start now, than waste any more time on here!

I can talk all day about how bad procrastinating is, and not actually change, so, Lord, I know I should've gotten to this sooner, but now is better than never. Tomorrow is a new day, only with God will I change!

Have a wonderful  day/night whenever you read this!

The type of guy I told myself I'd never marry if I got married.:P

I don't know how many of you have read either of Debi Pearl's books on marriage. There are two for Ladies ; 'Preparing to be a help meet' & 'Created to be a help meet'  if you don't like them then that's fine, but I love them to death. Not literally, but I've learned SO many wonderful things from both of them that are vital in marriage.

I don't think marriage is something in the near,near future for me, but you never know! You could be 18 or 30 when you get married, but it never hurts to be prepared.

I used to write down  or think of what the perfect guy would be to marry, and tell myself that I would ABSOLUTELY not want to get married to the  "Command Man" type. If you've read either of Debi Pearls books, then you know exactly what I mean...I should actually put down some of that here that you can read...Anyways, so I was thinking about if I say "I WONT" That may be the very type of guy I do marry one day! I was amazed at how much I want to keep control in so many area's of my life, and don't want to surrender to the Lord! It's like I'm saying, "Lord, I love you, and know you know me better than I know myself, but I want to be boss"  Rather ridiculous isn't it!  If God knows me better than I do, then who better  to direct my life!! Really there is alot of comfort in that!! Marriage is one of those things most girls think about as they get closer to their twenties, and I  don't want that to be something that is always on my mind, or thinking about what type of guy would suit ME best! It's like I'm always thinking about ME ME ME. I want my focus to be on God! There is a verse about single ladies minding the things of the Lord.
I don't need to be worried about anything in the future! God has that all in his hands. But I want God to have his way in my life in EVERY area! And now I'm not saying I won't marry that type of guy...What ever is God's will in my future, is PERFECT and I'm not about to forget that if I keep my eyes on him!(I may not ever get married!)
Ok, so here's some different  portions from the " mr. command man" from debi pearls book.


A few men are born with more than their share of dominance and,on the surface, a deficit in gentleness. They often end up in positions  that command other men. We will call them Command Men. They are born leaders. They are often chosen by other men to be military commanders,politicians,preachers and heads of corporations. Winston Churchill ,George Patton and Ronald Reagan are examples of dominant men. Since our world needs only a few leaders, God seems to limit the number of these Command Men.


They are know for expecting their wives to wait on them hand and foot. A command man does not want his wife involved in a project that prevents her from serving him.If you are blessed to be married to a strong,forceful, bossy man as I am, then it is very important for you to learn how to make an appeal without challenging his authority. 
Command Men have less tolerance,so they will often walk off and leave their clamoring wife before she has the chance to realize that she is even close to losing her marriage.


She is on call every minute of the day. Her man wants to know where she is,what she is doing,and why she is doing it! He corrects her without thought. For better or for worse,it is his nature to control
A woman can fight till she's blue in the face, yet the command man will not yield. He is not as intimate or vulnerable as are other men in sharing his personal feelings or vocation with his wife. He seems to be sufficient unto himself .It is awful being shut out. A woman married to a command man has to earn her place in his heart by proving that she will stand by her man,faithful,loyal,and obedient.When she has won his confidence, he will treasure her to the extreme.....


Anyways...there is alot more to the part about that type of guy.....and I think the reason that I didn't like that idea of marrying someone like that, is because I am very head strong and bossy...I don't like to be one to lose. I know that I doesn't matter who I get married to one day, if I really learn to be faithful,loyal,and obedient to the Lord! Then I will continue being like that with the man I marry , doing in unto the Lord!! People aren't perfect, Period! So we're always going to be disappointed, but in the LORD we will NEVER be disappointed!
So my point of this email, was just to say that, I shouldn't ever say I'll never do this, but, just want God's perfect will in my life!
I don't need to worry about my future, I have today to live for the Lord, I want to live each day as my last one! I know up to this point, I really haven't!
I know those of you who know me slightly well, know that I am rather a person who rambles and doesn't make much sense.....