--- title: "1 Offering Life Quotes By Katie J. Davis" description: "1 Offering Life quotes by Katie J. Davis. Plus more from Katie J. Davis and more Offering Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/katie-j-davis-17081_broken-world_the-truth-is-i-saw-myself-in-those-littl_1686733.jpg" --- > [“The truth is, I saw myself in those little faces. I looked at them and felt this love that was unimaginable and knew that this is the way God sees me. The children would run to me with gifts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/the-truth-is-i-saw-myself-in-those-little-faces-i-looked-at-them-and/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/katie-j-davis-17081_broken-world_the-truth-is-i-saw-myself-in-those-littl_1686733.jpg) ## More by Katie J. Davis > [“... What the Bible does not mention, but what must be true is that, years later, Lazarus still died. The people Jesus healed were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/what-the-bible-does-not-mention-but-what-must-be-true-is-that-years/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“The place God calls us to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/the-place-god-calls-us-to-is-the-place-where-your-deep-gladness-and/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“...because "Mommy" is forever. It's such a powerful name. Mommy means "I trust you." Mommy means "you will protect me." Mommy is for shouting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/because-mommy-is-forever-it-s-such-a-powerful-name-mommy-means-i/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“Sometimes the sadness seems almost unbearable, the problems unsolvable, the wounds unhealable. This has taught me one of the greatest lessons: the tension between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/sometimes-the-sadness-seems-almost-unbearable-the-problems-unsolvable/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“...human beings are hungry for God; they long to live lives filled with purpose and love. They want to be able to support their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/human-beings-are-hungry-for-god-they-long-to-live-lives-filled-with/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“1 So Uganda is a nation of young people. Roughly half its citizens are adolescents, and there are few”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/1-so-uganda-is-a-nation-of-young-people-roughly-half-its-citizens-are/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“I'm running from things that can destroy my soul... I am much more terrified of living in a self-serving society and failing to follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/i-m-running-from-things-that-can-destroy-my-soul-i-am-much-more/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“I am writing with the hope that as you cry and laugh with my family you will be encouraged that God still uses flawed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/i-am-writing-with-the-hope-that-as-you-cry-and-laugh-with-my-family/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“I'm just an ordinary girl. An ordinary girl serving and extraordinary God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/i-m-just-an-ordinary-girl-an-ordinary-girl-serving-and-extraordinary/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“I'm not here to eliminate poverty, to eradicate disease, to put a stop to people abandoning babies. I'm just here to love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/i-m-not-here-to-eliminate-poverty-to-eradicate-disease-to-put-a-stop/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“But instead of feeling safe and secure behind their armed walls they found themselves trapped in the prison they had built with their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/but-instead-of-feeling-safe-and-secure-behind-their-armed-walls-they/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“Even though I realize I cannot always mend, I can enter in to someone's pain and sit with them...This is Jesus. Not that He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/even-though-i-realize-i-cannot-always-mend-i-can-enter-in-to-someone/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“We bend. I bend to sweep crumbs and I bend to wipe vomit and I bend to pick up little ones and wipe away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/we-bend-i-bend-to-sweep-crumbs-and-i-bend-to-wipe-vomit-and-i-bend-to/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“I hadn't realized what a transformation had taken place while I had been in Uganda, the spiritual richness I had experienced in material poverty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/i-hadn-t-realized-what-a-transformation-had-taken-place-while-i-had/) [Katie J. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-j-davis/) > [“People who really want to make a difference in the world usually do it, in one way or another. And I’ve noticed something about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-j-davis/people-who-really-want-to-make-a-difference-in-the-world-usually-do/) [Katie J. 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