{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Kat Writes","home_page_url":"https://katwrites.net","description":"Kat Writes","author":{"name":"Kat Writes"},"items":[{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/never-luck-always-god","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0608.jpeg\"/><p>Some people look at life and see nothing but moving water, things rushing past, events happening for no reason, moments that feel random and unplanned. They call it luck. Chance. Coincidence.</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/never-luck-always-god","title":"Never Luck Always God","summary":"Some people look at life and see nothing but moving water, things rushing past, events happening for no reason, moments that feel random and unplanned. They call it luck. Chance. Coincidence.","date_modified":"2026-07-14T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/when-heaven-brushes-earth","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_9733.PNG\"/><p>The Power of God Bumps</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/when-heaven-brushes-earth","title":"When Heaven Brushes Earth","summary":"The Power of God Bumps","date_modified":"2026-07-13T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/night-morning-and-the-god-who-holds-both","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0261.jpeg\"/><p>There’s something tender about the way God designed the rhythm of our days. He gives us the night, not as an interruption, but as a kindness. 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The same eyes that weep over wandering souls also shi...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/heaven%E2%80%99s-smile-amid-sorrow","title":"Heaven’s Smile Amid Sorrow","summary":"There is a mystery in the heart of God, that He can grieve deeply for the lost and yet rejoice fully with the found. Heaven is not silent in sorrow, nor still in joy. The same eyes that weep over wandering souls also shi...","date_modified":"2026-07-09T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/anointedsteps%E2%84%A2-is-now-open","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0825-86099e9.jpeg\"/><p>AnointedSteps™ is now open, and I’m grateful to finally share this beginning with you. This little shop is being built slowly and faithfully, piece by piece, prayer by prayer, and it will take time for everything to sett...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/anointedsteps%E2%84%A2-is-now-open","title":"AnointedSteps™ is Now Open","summary":"AnointedSteps™ is now open, and I’m grateful to finally share this beginning with you. This little shop is being built slowly and faithfully, piece by piece, prayer by prayer, and it will take time for everything to sett...","date_modified":"2026-07-09T04:40:55Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/when-god-paints-with-dust","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_9690.JPEG\"/><p>There is a quiet miracle unfolding in the sky every morning and every evening. Many admire the colors, but few pause long enough to consider what creates them. Yet the explanation itself carries a message woven into crea...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/when-god-paints-with-dust","title":"WHEN GOD PAINTS WITH DUST","summary":"There is a quiet miracle unfolding in the sky every morning and every evening. Many admire the colors, but few pause long enough to consider what creates them. 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His love rises higher than anything we can ...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/lifted-beyond-the-treetops","title":"Lifted Beyond the Treetops","summary":"The tops of the pines stretch as high as they can, reaching for the blue that lies just beyond their tips. But even their tallest heights can’t touch the measure of God’s love. His love rises higher than anything we can ...","date_modified":"2026-07-06T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-quiet-porch-light-and-the-4th-of-july","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0827.jpeg\"/><p>Friends, thank you for walking with me through this season of building and preparing. I know holidays come and go, and sometimes it feels like I should be further along, but God has been reminding me that His timing is n...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-quiet-porch-light-and-the-4th-of-july","title":"The Quiet Porch Light and the 4th of July","summary":"Friends, thank you for walking with me through this season of building and preparing. I know holidays come and go, and sometimes it feels like I should be further along, but God has been reminding me that His timing is n...","date_modified":"2026-07-04T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/when-the-mind-grows-dim-god-stays-bright-1","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/A%20peaceful%2C%20ethereal.png\"/><p>There are few heartbreaks as quiet and heavy as watching someone you love slip into Alzheimer’s. It doesn’t arrive all at once. It comes softly, a forgotten name, a repeated question, a story told twice in the same hour....</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/when-the-mind-grows-dim-god-stays-bright-1","title":"When the Mind Grows Dim, God Stays Bright","summary":"There are few heartbreaks as quiet and heavy as watching someone you love slip into Alzheimer’s. It doesn’t arrive all at once. It comes softly, a forgotten name, a repeated question, a story told twice in the same hour....","date_modified":"2026-07-03T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-masterful-thief-of-time","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/time%20and%20god.png\"/><p>This PC is a masterful thief of time, a whirlwind where hours vanish before I even know they’re gone. I sit down to research something, expecting to spend a quick minute, and suddenly I look at the clock and wonder: Wher...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-masterful-thief-of-time","title":"The Masterful Thief of Time","summary":"This PC is a masterful thief of time, a whirlwind where hours vanish before I even know they’re gone. I sit down to research something, expecting to spend a quick minute, and suddenly I look at the clock and wonder: Wher...","date_modified":"2026-07-02T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/tetelistia","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0069.PNG\"/><p>As Jesus hung on the cross, after hours of suffering and carrying the full weight of humanity’s sin, there came a moment when everything in Heaven and earth seemed to hold still. 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And as I wai...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/a-quiet-prayer-from-the-oncology-waiting-room","title":"A Quiet Prayer from the Oncology Waiting Room","summary":"About a year ago, I sat in the quiet hum of Valor Oncology, watching lives move through moments that were anything but ordinary. My husband was in the next room, beginning his very first radiation treatment. 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And they do something. They soften the noise. They give us ...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/what-is-seen-is-temporary-and-what-is-unseen-is-eternal","title":"What Is Seen Is Temporary and What Is Unseen Is Eternal","summary":"We spend so much of our lives trying to steady our moods with things we can see, the mountains, the desert air, the ocean’s rhythm, the quiet of a valley floor. And they do something. They soften the noise. They give us ...","date_modified":"2026-06-18T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/finding-courage-in-lifes-challenges","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_9091.jpeg\"/><p>Strength in Changing Seasons</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/finding-courage-in-lifes-challenges","title":"Strength in Changing Seasons","summary":"Strength in Changing Seasons","date_modified":"2026-06-17T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-house-with-the-locked-room","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0334.jpeg\"/><p>There was once a woman who lived in a small, quiet house at the edge of town. From the outside, everything looked tidy, curtains washed, porch swept, flowers blooming in the window box. 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B...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/trusting-the-timing--anointed-steps--launching-in-gods-time","title":"Trusting the Timing- Anointed Steps- Launching in God's Time","summary":"There are seasons when God gives a vision long before He gives the release. You feel the stirring, the calling, the assignment, yet the progress seems slow, the pieces take time, and the launch feels just out of reach. 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Morning has a way of reminding you that God is al...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/when-god-meets-you-first","title":"When God Meets You First","summary":"There’s something about the early hour, before the house stirs, before the phone lights up, before the world starts asking for pieces of you, that feels like holy ground. Morning has a way of reminding you that God is al...","date_modified":"2026-06-11T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/who-i-am","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_7597.png\"/><p>I’m Kat, a Christian writer who shares daily devotionals, faith‑based encouragement, and gentle reflections for women who want to grow closer to God. My heart is to write simple, honest words that help people feel seen, ...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/who-i-am","title":"Who I Am","summary":"I’m Kat, a Christian writer who shares daily devotionals, faith‑based encouragement, and gentle reflections for women who want to grow closer to God. My heart is to write simple, honest words that help people feel seen, ...","date_modified":"2026-06-10T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-church-is-not-optional","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/297738F2-895E-4751-8727-09665B18F3DA.png\"/><p>Finding Peace in His</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-church-is-not-optional","title":"Trusting God's Plan for Tomorrow","summary":"Finding Peace in His","date_modified":"2026-06-09T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-return-of-jesus-our-blessed-hope","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0274.jpeg\"/><p>There’s a certain kind of hope that settles deep in the heart, the kind that lifts your eyes, steadies your steps, and reminds you that this world is not the end of the story. The return of Jesus Christ is that hope. It’...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-return-of-jesus-our-blessed-hope","title":"The Return of Jesus: Our Blessed Hope","summary":"There’s a certain kind of hope that settles deep in the heart, the kind that lifts your eyes, steadies your steps, and reminds you that this world is not the end of the story. The return of Jesus Christ is that hope. It’...","date_modified":"2026-06-08T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/new-creations-are-coming--by-god%E2%80%99s-grace","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/morning%20manna.png\"/><p>As Anointed Steps prepares to launch Nights Mercy, my heart keeps returning to the promise in Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you… plans to give you hope and a future.”   I believe the Lord is guiding ea...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/new-creations-are-coming--by-god%E2%80%99s-grace","title":"New Creations Are Coming- By God’s Grace","summary":"As Anointed Steps prepares to launch Nights Mercy, my heart keeps returning to the promise in Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you… plans to give you hope and a future.”   I believe the Lord is guiding ea...","date_modified":"2026-06-08T02:28:41Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/website-update-a-note-from-anointed-steps","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0464.jpeg\"/><p>Anointed Steps is still moving forward, just slowly and steadily, the way the Lord often builds things. I’m in the process of getting everything financially and practically in place, and I’m grateful for your patience as...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/website-update-a-note-from-anointed-steps","title":"Website Update: A Note from Anointed Steps","summary":"Anointed Steps is still moving forward, just slowly and steadily, the way the Lord often builds things. I’m in the process of getting everything financially and practically in place, and I’m grateful for your patience as...","date_modified":"2026-06-06T14:16:25Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-kind-you-can%E2%80%99t-fake","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0265.jpeg\"/><p>There is a kind of goodness the world has learned to manufacture. It knows how to sound humble. It knows the right phrases to use in the right rooms. It can perform generosity when someone is watching and patience when t...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-kind-you-can%E2%80%99t-fake","title":"The Kind You Can’t Fake","summary":"There is a kind of goodness the world has learned to manufacture. It knows how to sound humble. It knows the right phrases to use in the right rooms. It can perform generosity when someone is watching and patience when t...","date_modified":"2026-06-05T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/god-sees-the-struggle","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_3293.PNG\"/><p>God sees the struggle, not just the sin. He knows when something has a grip on us, and He doesn’t respond with condemnation but with compassion and a call to freedom.</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/god-sees-the-struggle","title":"God Sees the Struggle","summary":"God sees the struggle, not just the sin. He knows when something has a grip on us, and He doesn’t respond with condemnation but with compassion and a call to freedom.","date_modified":"2026-06-04T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/anointed-steps","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0433.jpeg\"/><p>Anointed Steps</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/anointed-steps","title":"Anointed Steps","summary":"Anointed Steps","date_modified":"2026-06-03T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/a-simple-night-story-for-a-long-week","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_9999.PNG\"/><p>This week has stretched you thin. Your body has felt it. Your heart has felt it. Your marriage, your age, your health, all of it stacks up and makes the days feel heavier than they used to. But here’s the thing. Christia...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/a-simple-night-story-for-a-long-week","title":"A Simple Night Story for a Long Week","summary":"This week has stretched you thin. Your body has felt it. Your heart has felt it. Your marriage, your age, your health, all of it stacks up and makes the days feel heavier than they used to. But here’s the thing. Christia...","date_modified":"2026-06-03T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/a-new-nature-a-new-way-of-suffering","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/dark%20into%20light-94916ef.png\"/><p>“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” 2 Corinthians 5:17</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/a-new-nature-a-new-way-of-suffering","title":"A New Nature, A New Way of Suffering","summary":"“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” 2 Corinthians 5:17","date_modified":"2026-06-02T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-god-who-meets-us-in-the-turning-of-seasons","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0406.jpeg\"/><p>“You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance.”  Psalm 65:11</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/the-god-who-meets-us-in-the-turning-of-seasons","title":"The God Who Meets Us in the Turning of Seasons","summary":"“You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance.”  Psalm 65:11","date_modified":"2026-06-01T14:48:49Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/when-the-mind-grows-dim-god-stays-bright","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0251.jpeg\"/><p>There are few heartbreaks as quiet and heavy as watching someone you love slip into Alzheimer’s. It doesn’t arrive all at once. It comes softly, a forgotten name, a repeated question, a story told twice in the same hour....</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/when-the-mind-grows-dim-god-stays-bright","title":"When the Mind Grows Dim, God Stays Bright","summary":"There are few heartbreaks as quiet and heavy as watching someone you love slip into Alzheimer’s. It doesn’t arrive all at once. It comes softly, a forgotten name, a repeated question, a story told twice in the same hour....","date_modified":"2026-05-29T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/life-in-christ-life-together","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0249.jpeg\"/><p>Life in Christ begins with remembering who we are now, people shaped by His life, not just our own effort. That truth changes the way we move through the world. It steadies us.</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/life-in-christ-life-together","title":"Life in Christ","summary":"Life in Christ begins with remembering who we are now, people shaped by His life, not just our own effort. That truth changes the way we move through the world. It steadies us.","date_modified":"2026-05-28T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/grace-in-the-days-of-noah","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/blob-905d4b4.png\"/><p>Some stories were never meant to be softened. Noah’s Ark is one of them. It isn’t a children’s tale about smiling animals and a big wooden boat. It’s the story of a world that had wandered so far from God that every thou...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/grace-in-the-days-of-noah","title":"Grace in the Days of Noah","summary":"Some stories were never meant to be softened. Noah’s Ark is one of them. It isn’t a children’s tale about smiling animals and a big wooden boat. It’s the story of a world that had wandered so far from God that every thou...","date_modified":"2026-05-27T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/under-the-deck-1","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_7802.JPG\"/><p>There’s something holy about the way God lets His creation wander right up to our doorstep. This morning, as those four deer settled themselves under the deck, two bucks, a mama, and that young doe still learning her pla...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/under-the-deck-1","title":"Under the Deck","summary":"There’s something holy about the way God lets His creation wander right up to our doorstep. This morning, as those four deer settled themselves under the deck, two bucks, a mama, and that young doe still learning her pla...","date_modified":"2026-05-26T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/theology%E2%80%91to%E2%80%91doxology-and-other-christian-books","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0072-38519db.PNG\"/><p>I am not posting this because I “know it all.” I do not. I am learning right alongside everyone else. But I do want to share a gentle warning out of love.</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/theology%E2%80%91to%E2%80%91doxology-and-other-christian-books","title":"Theology‑to‑Doxology and Other Christian Books","summary":"I am not posting this because I “know it all.” I do not. I am learning right alongside everyone else. But I do want to share a gentle warning out of love.","date_modified":"2026-05-25T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/five-days-a-week","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0226.jpeg\"/><p>New devotionals are now posted five days a week at KatWrites.net.</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/five-days-a-week","title":"Five Days A week ","summary":"New devotionals are now posted five days a week at KatWrites.net.","date_modified":"2026-05-25T12:47:30Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/when-satan-attacks-and-what-we-need-to-remember","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/EF42CF50-29F3-469C-8D51-8127A8F3C720-4641bfe.jpg\"/><p>We really do have an enemy, and he’s been after us since the day we were born. Jesus said the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy, and he does it mostly through lies and deception. Revelation reminds us of he’s furio...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/when-satan-attacks-and-what-we-need-to-remember","title":"When Satan Attacks and What We Need to Remember","summary":"We really do have an enemy, and he’s been after us since the day we were born. Jesus said the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy, and he does it mostly through lies and deception. Revelation reminds us of he’s furio...","date_modified":"2026-05-22T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/love-that-moves-first","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/IMG_0069.PNG\"/><p>We don’t have to guess what real love looks like. Scripture tells us plainly, “This is how we know what love is. Jesus Christ laid down His life for us.” Love is not a feeling we chase. It’s a sacrifice we witness. It’s ...</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/love-that-moves-first","title":"Love That Moves First","summary":"We don’t have to guess what real love looks like. Scripture tells us plainly, “This is how we know what love is. Jesus Christ laid down His life for us.” Love is not a feeling we chase. It’s a sacrifice we witness. It’s ...","date_modified":"2026-05-21T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://katwrites.net/f/loving-god-loving-people-even-the-difficult-ones","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d8e6cb0f-9bfe-41c7-ba3e-fa07a73e053b/symbolic%20contrast%20im.png\"/><p>Some days it’s easy to love God. He’s faithful, patient, steady, and kind. People… not always so much.</p>","url":"https://katwrites.net/f/loving-god-loving-people-even-the-difficult-ones","title":"Loving God, Loving People (Even the Difficult Ones)","summary":"Some days it’s easy to love God. He’s faithful, patient, steady, and kind. People… not always so much.","date_modified":"2026-05-20T19:00:00Z"}]}