Christmas ( :

Well my Christmas was really good! The Christmas Eve service at my church was amazing! I loved all the songs that they did and afterwards me and PNick [The awesome youth pastor] served hot chocolate and cookies and whatnot. I also got to see Alex P-Rizzle, who i haven't seen in literally forEVER! And it was great getting to see him again, cause i've known him since i was like, in sixth grade, then i didn't see him for super long time. So it was pretty awesome... Christmas morning was tiring, but good. My little sister, Haley, woke me up at 7am cause she was shaking me and yelling, ''Wah!, Danae, it's Christmas Day!!''. Which i was not excited about waking up that early, but i was okay with it eventually. Then we all went down stairs to find our stockings stuffed full with awesomeness. In there i got a passport holder- Which i needed before i went back to Kenya, Luggage tags- Which i also needed, and tons of other good things. Then my parents woke up. So i made coffee, cause i wouldn't be able to survive the day without it! And we all started to open gifts. I got a new camera, cause my little sister lost mine while she was on a trip with her best friend to California. Some awesome kick butt boots! A new wallet. This really awesome coffee mug from World Market that is zebra print and has a zebra inside of it! And a few other things... After we had all opened presents and such, my mom started to make our big Christmas breakfast. But we found out that when my dad went to get the groceries for this breakfast, he forgot the eggs! And we only had 3 eggs in the refridgerator. But the roads were too icy to get out of the house yet. So my family of five people had biscuits, gravy, sausage, bacon, and three eggs for everyone :P   After we had finished breakfast we all packed up and headed to my Grandparents house in East Texas. There we met my Uncle and had more presents, and even more food!  Then the rest of the day consisted of playing apples to apple, watching football, and hanging out playing the wii.   All-in-all my Christmas was great!

How Many Kings

This is a song by the band called Downhere. It's really amazing.
It's called, 'How Many Kings'
Enjoy(:

Follow the star to a place unexpected


Would you believe after all we’ve projected

A child in a manger

Lowly and small, the weakest of all

Unlikeliness hero, wrapped in his mothers shawl

Just a child

Is this who we’ve waited for?

Cause how many kings, stepped down from their thrones?

How many lords have abandoned their homes?

How many greats have become the least for me?

How many Gods have poured out their hearts

To romance a world that has torn all apart?

How many fathers gave up their sons for me?

Bringing our gifts for the newborn savior

All that we have whether costly or meek

Because we believe

Gold for his honor and frankincense for his pleasure

And myrrh for the cross he’ll suffer

Do you believe, is this who we’ve waited for?

It’s who we’ve waited for

How many kings, stepped down from their thrones?

How many lords have abandoned their homes?

How many greats have become the least for me?

How many Gods have poured out their hearts

To romance a world that has torn all apart?

How many fathers gave up their sons for me?

Only one did that for me

It's worth it.

Sometimes people run away from the very thing they need the most. Not realizing that what they feel they're running to is standing right infront of them. Only seeing the pain they'll have to go through, but being blinded from the healing brought in the end. Is it worth it? The time? The effort? The pain? We can never truly know until we have the experience. But life, to keep going through this thing called life is worth it. It's worth the wait, the strength, the endurance that's needed. Life is worth it. To live is worth it. To continue.... is worth it.

So Why Not??

I wrote this really late one night when i couldn't go to sleep cause i felt very overwhelmed. One of my good friends stopped talking to me completely. He ignores me and won't give me the time of day at all. There's a really long sotry behond why that has happened... Then i had an aunt try to commit suicide the Sunday before Thanksgiving. She was too stressed out and she felt alone and deserted... So as i was laying in my bed i was realizing how all of these feelings that my Friend and my Aunt have could be avoided. To give it to God is the solution. There are times to where we hold out on God, we'll only give Him the good things about us and the good things in our lives. But we forget that God wants it all. If my Friend and my Aunt would give everything to God- to lay everything down at His feet- then things would be so much better for them. So i pray that they will realize that soon.... And that's how this little thing came about. Hope you enjoy :)

Why don't we give our all? How come we don't see God as He truly is? If we only knew the pain He felt when we sin. If we only knew how much He really gave just so we could draw near to Him. To pay our debt He became the ransom. And so save our lives, He gave it all. Why don't we realize what He has done? But more importantly, why don't we realize who He is? He is the king of kings. He is the Lord of Lords. He is power and He is strength. Yet He is loving and He is compassionate. He is mighty and He is triumphant. Yet when we are overwhelmed, He is the still small voice that speaks softly to our soul. If we could even begin to grasp who He truly is, that is when we would give Him our all. He desires us, our all! Our everything! The beaufitul parts, the ugly parts, the good parts, the bad parts. Everything. He wants everything. Lay it down to him. Just give it to Him. Not out of obligation, but out of love... He loves us, so why not?

~~RDanaeJ
"There is nothing more fulfilling than being completely empty because you gave it all to God"-me.

.You Are.

Lord of empty space
You breathe and then create
Before the earth was made
You are
The King of every age
Outside of time and space
The heavens speak Your name
You are
Lord of brilliant light
You separate the night
And everything inside
You are
The One who calms the seas
And every part of me
With just a word You speak
You are
I give You all of me for all You are
Here I am
Take me apart
Take me apart
I give You all of me for all You are
Here I am
Take me apart
Take me apart
Angels bowing down
Beneath the rushing sound
A voice that thunders out
You are
The one who holds the stars
And the beating of my heart
Exalted above all
You are
All I am I want to lay down at Your feet

~~Tenth Avenue North