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Kathryn Jankiewicz

Counselor. Teacher. Speaker. Writer. Lover of Jesus.

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Encouraging messages of God’s unrelenting pursuit of all of your heart

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Peek into my Garden

We went on a Big Mountain Adventure last month. We We went on a Big Mountain Adventure last month. We meandered through the Rockies without much of a plan. 🤪 We had a date to leave and a date to be home with only a few things on our bucket list. Ten states, lots of stops, incredible conversations, heart connections, exploring the simple joys of life, we experienced the tranquility of “being” one with each other and one with God. 

We started with the question, “If a created thing gives you insight to its creator, what are the rocks, the trees, the rivers, the waterfalls, saying about God?” We explored. We asked “what?” We listened. 

My favorite peek into the mind of the Divine Designer has to be the waterfalls. I could have stayed the whole day absorbing their song. Waterfalls gush, and bubble, and sing going lower and lower and lower. Their molecules capture the sunlight creating rainbows. But for a waterfall to exist, there has to be a fault line deep within the bedrock. The Designer makes beautiful the broken things. Creations response? Joy!!! Untethered, uninhibited, undignified JOY. 

As we made our trek across America, the lyrics of “America, the Beautiful” have manifested right before our eyes - the vastness of the grasslands, the nobility of of the forests, the stately rocks who testify of strength, and the glorious mountains covered with dark green pines and at whose base are meadows of wildflowers - many whose entire life existence was for God’s enjoyment alone. Those individual blooms are seeded and sprouted growing to the fullness of their life cycle being seen only by the One who planned, created, and celebrated its beauty. As we would see swaths of color, the Creator saw the one and smiled. 

As we were humbled by the vastness of it all and our inner cynic would rare its head to declare our insignificance against the backdrop of such beauty, then we would hear the bird and remember, the Bible says He cares about that bird and if He cares about the bird, He cares about us and what we care about. 

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A moment from the Heartland Prayer Room tonight. J A moment from the Heartland Prayer Room tonight. Jesus said, “Little children, come to me.” This little one runs!  I am precious. MiMi says so. 
 #princesssugarbaby #istolemymimisheart #iamadreamcometrue #iamaworldchanger
When I was a little girl, the only thing I ever wa When I was a little girl, the only thing I ever wanted was to spend time with my daddy. Salt of the earth, my own John Wayne “I’ll fix that wagon for you,” he was my hero….and still is!!!

He worked in the oilfield leaving home for a week or two at a time. Wednesday coming home  day was my favorite days. Momma would make a special meal. We would get the house spic and span. The garden would be all picked. The dog’s yards all cleaned 🤢. “Daddy was coming home.” 🥰

I would pray for his safe travels on that helicopter sometimes forgetting to breathe. I would quote over and over “He will protect his coming and going.” Psalm 121 

He taught me to respect the land. Take what you need but treat it with respect. I like to watch his face as he looks over the lease (land he has hunted for 60 years). He still sees its beauty as he shares memories of trophies. 

When I would share with him my frustrations with people, his advice was always “Take the high road. Don’t get down to their level. It is not worth it.” This taught me restraint and to let God fight my battles. 

High values in his life are God and hard work. People who don’t believe God is real or people who are lazy create an indescribable ire to him. Yet, he is still generous to those down on their luck as “you never know if you are entertaining an angel unaware.” 

He is a storyteller. He enjoys a new audience to share his escapades when he travelled the world to work in Africa, China, Russia, and the North Sea. Meaning to him was always found in the people, not seeing things. Once he flew into Paris. I was excited to ask if he stopped to visit the Eiffel Tower. He told me he saw it… from the taxi and that was enough for him. 

I don’t think he has ever understood me. 🤣 He had tried to read my books but my words baffle him. He worries… a lot… about me and my kids. But he has supported my many adventures with my greatest accomplishment marrying Larry. Larry became the son he never had. 

He is one of a kind and I am so glad God chose him to be my daddy. #happyfathersday2023
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01Are you growing?

It has been said, “You are either growing or dying.”  It doesn’t matter if you are a plant or a person.  The motions of human growth take being intentional, being self-aware, being self-motivated, and most of all a plan.  As a friend, I have to ask how are you growing spiritually in your faith? in grace? in your love of Jesus Christ? How are you growing in your soul? your mind, will, and emotions? How is your physical health? Are you living a vibrant and abundant life?

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02Why grow with me?

Glad you asked.  It is the passion of my heart that all would know:  “You are wanted and loved by a Living God. Nothing you have done or believe changes the fact that the whole world revolves around His reach for your heart.”   To make that happen, I provide catalysts for transformation and growing. Pulling from my eclectic toolbox, I will meet you where you are stuck or hurting or lost with compassion and grace and kindness to not let you stay there.

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03Do you need to Grow?

You will grow with Heart-Care Counseling. Taking care of the most important part of you, your innermost self, your heart, will increase your overall sense of well-being creating hope while increasing your ability to give and receive love.  Heart-Care is Holy Spirit led counseling that goes beyond talking about issues to unlocking the pain that hides beneath its surface and bringing that pain to The Healer, King Jesus. It is there you experience true healing, true freedom, and true growth.

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GROWING HEART GARDENS

My Growing Heart Garden




Truth from one heart to another, sprinkled with sunshine and love, can be like vegetables, not always your favorite but good for you. I promise some flowers, so you see what the Kings sees. I will share the juicy, spicey, goodness of nutrient-laded soul food picked from the soil of a heart that believes in the process of being made whole.
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"I pray that the eyes of our heart may be opened to know the hope that is ours to be whole as He is Holy and the understanding to grasp the glorious life that can be ours when we believe that we are the Beloved of the King."
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“…let our gardener, God, landscape you with the WORD, making a SALVATION-GARDEN of your life.” James 1:21 MSG

Let’s “Grow in grace and knowledge of Jesus” TOGETHER!!   I Peter 3:18

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