Who do you know-Kim Kardashian or Katie Davis?

When I say those two names, Kim Kardashian and Katie Davis, who do you know?  I can almost guarantee that every single one of you know who Kim is (maybe through no fault of your own), but I'm not sure you will know who Katie Davis is.  And there is a major problem with that. Again, I will say, this may not be through any doing of your own.  Unfortunately, people like Kim Kardashian are the newsmakers these days, and people like Katie Davis, are never mentioned in the media.  Let's look at some similarities and differences between these two ladies.

Similarities: Girls, born in the 80's, beautiful.

And that's about where the similarities end. You might find a few other odds and ends they have in common if you really searched.  But here come the differences and all I want you to think about is who should be in the public eye (not that Katie desires that and she says that in the foreword of her book), who should be a role model for our daughters, and who we should spend our time getting to know and learning from.  

Kim: became popular after a sex tape with her boyfriend was leaked, eloped at age 19 and got divorced soon after, stars in a reality television with her family-basically a show about nothing or at the very least extremely trivial and usually inappropriate topics, has posed nude for Playboy, starred in a workout video titled "Fit in your Jeans by Friday", guest stars as herself in various t.v. shows, has her own fragrance, designs clothing, has a wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds, has been named among the highest of Hollywood's earners, supports women entrepreneurs/cancer foundations/Armenien genocide awareness, came out with a music single that was deemed horrible, married in 2011 to Kris Humphries in a lavish tv ceremony and filed for divorce 72 days later, media called the marriage a complete publicity stunt, owns a clothing store with her sisters, started dating Kanye West while she was still technically married to Kris, gets pregnant with Kanye's baby, they get engaged, gave birth to her daughter, and she is now planning another ridiculously lavish wedding while also getting another huge contract deal to continue filming her reality show with her family.  

Katie: went on a missions trip as an 18 year old to Uganda, returned the following year to teach kindergarten there, at age 20 started a child sponsorship program so orphaned and vulnerable children could attend school-the program now supports over 600 kids with food, spiritual guidance, school supplies, and medical care, established a non-profit titled Amazima Ministries International, a year later to help meet the needs of the poorest of the poor in Uganda, started a feeding program that feeds over 1200 children each week in the village of Masese(the poorest of the poor), so they can attend school instead of begging for food, let go of her loving boyfriend because she knew she couldn't leave all the people who needed her in Uganda and genuinely wanted to put others interests above her own, has 14 DAUGHTERS!, yes you read that right, she has adopted 14 daughters in her time there simply because they needed a mom even though she felt less than qualified to be a mom at age 20!, started a self-sustaining vocational program for women to make jewelry to be sold in the U.S. and all money supports these women and their kids going to school, wrote a book called Kisses from Katie that was on the 2001 NY Times Bestseller list and has 5 star reviews on Amazon, and continues to live and serve the poor and needy in Uganda.

I don't know about you, but I want a person like Katie to be in the public eye, I want my daughter to look up to Katie as a role model, and I want to learn more from her.  She is making an impact for eternity, while Kim's contributions won't make it past the grave. Now, I don't know Kim personally, I don't know her real story, and this is not to bash her.  This is about who our media spends their time reporting on and the reason they do it-because they know that is what we want to see on our morning news on our entertainment magazines.  How can we change this???  I don't have that answer, the media is a tricky business. But I do know, I can support people like Katie, I can try to spread her message and the message of many others who are focusing their time on this earth for something greater. Will you join me???  Who do you know that is abandoning worldly desires and following God with their whole heart?  Tell people, or better yet, be that person!  :)  

Colossians 3:2 Set your mind on things that are above, not on the earth.

Ephesians 5:11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but expose them.

Matthew 16:27 For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of His Father, and then he will repay each person for what he has done.


In case you want to start by reading her book, click on the link below:
Katie's book about her journey in Uganda!

(Info taken from Wikipedia, Kisses from Katie book, and Amazima Ministries webpage)