Guys... IT'S FALL!!!!
How do I know? My toes are currently very cold. And I can wear a beanie hat without people looking at me strange. Oh yeah, and it's kinda, like, 50ish degrees out and it's September. I don't know, I kinda grew up in MN where snow happened in September, so I'm still waiting for that, muahaha.
All you poor, poor Chicago-area dwellers... I've been praying for cooler weather aaaaalllllll suummmeeerrr loooonnnggggg... just wait until winter gets here. (^_^)
Anywho, I've started my 'full-time online college student' career up again. So I guess I should change my blog to 'Day in the Life of an Online College Student who Still Takes One High School Class Because Choir is Fun!!!!!'
Or... nah. Haha.
Anyways, currently in college I'm taking Biology and Introduction to Psychology courses, and there's this funny thing.
I have a confession to make. *cringe*
See, I have this problem. The more I read about the brain, the things it's connected to, and the things it regulates in the body, the more I have to immediately pull up Google and ask, "What would it take to kill someone in *insert particular manner here*?"
My excuse: I'm a writer. My mother writes Christian Murder Mysteries.
But then there's the other questions that of course have to pop up since I'm a Christian: Is this habit of looking up ways to kill people unholy?
My excuse for this as well: I'm never gonna actually do it.
But Lord help us all if I ever snap because I know how to kill people with a triple A battery. O.o
Just kidding, I promise I won't snap. Jesus knows how much I can take, and He's very good at keeping me from snapping. :)
So how's school for everybody? Cool? Boring? Lame? Annoying? Hard? Hate it and can't wait 'til Summer Break already?
All us homeschooled kids got it easier, we just roll outta bed and do our work whenever we want (within reason, of course). You public-schoolers, I respect you for sticking it out and staying strong throughout your entire school careers. You guys are amazing.
Okay, enough about school, nobody likes school. Ish.
I've recently been creating the rough plot line and character profiles for my next NaNoWriMo project. It shall be EPIC!!!
I will be working on, like, that project, and the Clones Saga project, at the same time.
Pray that I have enough coffee and energy to survive, muahaha. The Holy Ghost shall be my strength!!!!!!
Okay, things are starting to get too random. So, I declare this post done. End. Fin.
Love you guys!!!! Have a great weekend!!!
--Sonya :)
Friday, September 12, 2014
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Summer is almost over...O.O
I don't know about you guys, but my summer has been pretty full, between college work (so far I have earned like, 9 credits this summer term muahaha!!!!), Bible Quizzing, my church did VBS for the first time EVER (slightly stressful, but hey, what can ya do, and it was a success), talking to friends all the time (mainly through Facebook and texting, ya know the drill haha) and of course, writing whenever I have time to throw it in there.
Many of my friends have gone on trips all over the place, from visiting family to visiting friends to going to camps (and lemme just mention... church camp is where it's at, bro, haha) to dozens of other things. I recently went to IL's first ever Back to School State-wide Sheaves for Christ Rally, (and when I say recently I mean, it was last night haha, we didn't get home until almost 3am haha, that was one amazing service) and it was amazing. Bro. Michael Ensey, our general youth president, preached about how we need to 'Be Where You Are'. As school starts up, or has already started up, we need to be the light to our friends, to our schools, to our colleges, etc. He also talked about how one of David's mighty men, Benaiah, did some amazing things, fought and won some crazy battles that prepared him to go on to the next battle. He jumped into a pit with a lion in that pit on a snowy day, and he won. We have some battles that we've won or are fighting that are gonna prep us for the next battle, and we have some lions that we need to deal with, whether they're in ourselves or in our schools or in our homes.
Basically, we need to deal with the lion. Your victory in the battle you're facing now is going to prepare you for the next battle and the next victory.
So, don't give up. :)
To all you public-schooled guys who've already started school or are about to, I'm praying for you, and I know that God's got His angels watching over you. Be the Child of God that I know He's called you to be. You might be the only Jesus that some people ever see.
To all you homeschooled kids, whether you've started school, never stopped, or are about to, have an awesome year, and try not to drive your family too nuts with staying up late doing next week's homework so you can have 2 weeks off (if you haven't done this, congratulations, you can call yourself normal, because I have...)
And if there are any college students or about-to-be college students, have fun, don't get into trouble, study hard, and pass those exams so you can be done with the class!!!!!!
Actually, this advice I give to all of you. Be Jesus to everyone around you, study hard, don't get into trouble, don't ever give up, and just be your awesome, amazing selves. :)
God bless, and have a wonderful school year!!!
--Sonya :)
Many of my friends have gone on trips all over the place, from visiting family to visiting friends to going to camps (and lemme just mention... church camp is where it's at, bro, haha) to dozens of other things. I recently went to IL's first ever Back to School State-wide Sheaves for Christ Rally, (and when I say recently I mean, it was last night haha, we didn't get home until almost 3am haha, that was one amazing service) and it was amazing. Bro. Michael Ensey, our general youth president, preached about how we need to 'Be Where You Are'. As school starts up, or has already started up, we need to be the light to our friends, to our schools, to our colleges, etc. He also talked about how one of David's mighty men, Benaiah, did some amazing things, fought and won some crazy battles that prepared him to go on to the next battle. He jumped into a pit with a lion in that pit on a snowy day, and he won. We have some battles that we've won or are fighting that are gonna prep us for the next battle, and we have some lions that we need to deal with, whether they're in ourselves or in our schools or in our homes.
Basically, we need to deal with the lion. Your victory in the battle you're facing now is going to prepare you for the next battle and the next victory.
So, don't give up. :)
To all you public-schooled guys who've already started school or are about to, I'm praying for you, and I know that God's got His angels watching over you. Be the Child of God that I know He's called you to be. You might be the only Jesus that some people ever see.
To all you homeschooled kids, whether you've started school, never stopped, or are about to, have an awesome year, and try not to drive your family too nuts with staying up late doing next week's homework so you can have 2 weeks off (if you haven't done this, congratulations, you can call yourself normal, because I have...)
And if there are any college students or about-to-be college students, have fun, don't get into trouble, study hard, and pass those exams so you can be done with the class!!!!!!
Actually, this advice I give to all of you. Be Jesus to everyone around you, study hard, don't get into trouble, don't ever give up, and just be your awesome, amazing selves. :)
God bless, and have a wonderful school year!!!
--Sonya :)
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Random Update Post about Bible Quizzing :D
So, I think some of you guys know that I'm a Bible Quizzer. Well, we recently had our State Finals to determine who was going to Nationals and who was not.
Needless to say, three weeks before we'd gotten 3rd place in our first IL BQ Tournament (we'd been going to the Wisconsin ones because it is SO much closer!!!) and... er... um... there may or may not have been only three teams...
Okay. We got crushed soooo bad. And you have to place in the top two in order to be able to qualify for Nationals. So, we were very nervous.
My sister and brother and I crammed all week during that week of State Finals. Between college work and Bible Quizzing, I was basically dead. Naps... oh those sweet naps... them, and coffee, that sweet nectar of life, both helped me keep going.
So, we arrive at State Finals early in the morning, around 9am on a Saturday, and we're nervous. Like, hyper nervous. We managed to get a bye though, and we were... let's just say everybody there knew we got a bye when we found out that we got a bye. :D
Anyways, we watch the two teams that beat us last time quiz, and we thought, "Hmm... okay, we could probably take them, I think, I mean, they're probably just getting started. It's way too early in the morning and they're warming up, right?"
To make a long story short, we not only came out on top, we won undefeated and 3 outta 4 of my teammates made it on the all-tourney team (okay, one of them was me, haha, first highest scorer actually. But that's not important) and my brother was so excited about it!
His goofy grin and excitement about it made all of the headaches, stress, and complete nutsness of the week all worth it.
See, he's one of those kids who're forced to do Bible Quizzing. It's a huge commitment, because you have to learn hundreds of verses AND be able to hit the buzzer and interrupt quickly before the other team gets it. He doesn't like it too much because of all the stress, and he would constantly feel inadequate, like he had to compete with my other brother (who is also a Bible Quizzing whiz, as well as a big show off and can be QUITE sassy at times) so that wasn't helping either. He's also never made it to Nationals, so this was a big deal that we won first place undefeated and are going to nationals!
But for the first time, I saw him super duper EXCITED about Bible Quizzing. Like he actually WANTED to do it. I don't know, it was the best thing for me, made me feel good and that I wasn't quizzing to beat the other team really, I was quizzing for him.
Anyways, that's what I've been doing lately. Oh yeah, and so far, college work... well, it's going okay. Yup. Well, more than okay, super well actually, but ya know, it's still school haha.
Hope you guys are having a fantastic summer so far!!! Love you and God bless!!!! <3 :)
--Sonya :)
Needless to say, three weeks before we'd gotten 3rd place in our first IL BQ Tournament (we'd been going to the Wisconsin ones because it is SO much closer!!!) and... er... um... there may or may not have been only three teams...
Okay. We got crushed soooo bad. And you have to place in the top two in order to be able to qualify for Nationals. So, we were very nervous.
My sister and brother and I crammed all week during that week of State Finals. Between college work and Bible Quizzing, I was basically dead. Naps... oh those sweet naps... them, and coffee, that sweet nectar of life, both helped me keep going.
So, we arrive at State Finals early in the morning, around 9am on a Saturday, and we're nervous. Like, hyper nervous. We managed to get a bye though, and we were... let's just say everybody there knew we got a bye when we found out that we got a bye. :D
Anyways, we watch the two teams that beat us last time quiz, and we thought, "Hmm... okay, we could probably take them, I think, I mean, they're probably just getting started. It's way too early in the morning and they're warming up, right?"
To make a long story short, we not only came out on top, we won undefeated and 3 outta 4 of my teammates made it on the all-tourney team (okay, one of them was me, haha, first highest scorer actually. But that's not important) and my brother was so excited about it!
His goofy grin and excitement about it made all of the headaches, stress, and complete nutsness of the week all worth it.
See, he's one of those kids who're forced to do Bible Quizzing. It's a huge commitment, because you have to learn hundreds of verses AND be able to hit the buzzer and interrupt quickly before the other team gets it. He doesn't like it too much because of all the stress, and he would constantly feel inadequate, like he had to compete with my other brother (who is also a Bible Quizzing whiz, as well as a big show off and can be QUITE sassy at times) so that wasn't helping either. He's also never made it to Nationals, so this was a big deal that we won first place undefeated and are going to nationals!
But for the first time, I saw him super duper EXCITED about Bible Quizzing. Like he actually WANTED to do it. I don't know, it was the best thing for me, made me feel good and that I wasn't quizzing to beat the other team really, I was quizzing for him.
Anyways, that's what I've been doing lately. Oh yeah, and so far, college work... well, it's going okay. Yup. Well, more than okay, super well actually, but ya know, it's still school haha.
Hope you guys are having a fantastic summer so far!!! Love you and God bless!!!! <3 :)
--Sonya :)
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Winter's a good time to stay in and cuddle but put me in summer and I'll be a... HAPPY SNOWMAN!!!!
Shoooot it's been a long time since I posted! I'm going to plead 'Super-busy-because-I-had-a-bunch-of-college-stuff-to-do-plus-a-choir-concert-where-I-played-my-uke-for-the-first-time-in-front-of-a-bunch-of-people-oh-my-goodness-I-haven't-updated-in-way-too-long-you-guys-probably-didn't-even-realize-I-am-now-the-proud-owner-of-a-ukulele!!!!'
Okay, quick update on the past few months: Obvs, I got a uke, my dad got my one for my birthday 'cause a friend of mine got me into the ukulele a year ago on the way to IYC'13, which brings me to IYC'14.
Oh. My. Goodness. Dude, God's power fell so heavily in that convention, lives were changed, this one person we brought with our youth group who had NEVER been in a Pentecostal service before in her ENTIRE life ALMOST got the Holy Ghost.
I got to see some old friends, hang out, worship God with everything I had, lost my voice for 2 weeks (in fact, I'm still kinda trying to get it back, don't tell my worship leader!!) and I have been changed. Man. Haha, you had to be there to really get what I'm saying.
Anyways, I also took this crazy 8-week Leadership course for college, complete with deadlines and everything. I'm used to a more self-paced slow-ish or fast-ish going thing, being homeschooled, you know? But oh my word, getting all of those assignments done BEFORE convention, haha, that was an interesting week full of almost all-nighters, lots of coffee, ya know.
So since summer's coming (cue the excited cheers of kids, teenagers and teachers everywhere) I was just curious. What're you looking forward to the most? Since I'm in college, I don't really get a break but I do get to do my college work at a slower pace, so that'll be great.
Oh yeah, and we can't forget one of the most important parts of a church teen's summer life: CAMP IS COMING UP, WHO'S EXCITED?!?! SHOW OF HANDS.
Oh. Oh, really? Just me? Aaaallllll righty then.
Anyways, recently, my family's been having a ton of late night bonfires chillaxin' out in the backyard with my pastor and his family. Oh, the awesomeness of living next door haha. I wouldn't trade if for anything.
I'm also looking forward to what God's gonna do during this summer. Summer means more time to hang out with people, more time for church activities and more time to just kick back and relax.
To all of you guys who're already out of school, (ya lucky ducks) have an awesome summer! And to the rest of you people who're still in school, hang in there, summer is coming!
God bless you guys. :) I love ya!
--Sonya
Okay, quick update on the past few months: Obvs, I got a uke, my dad got my one for my birthday 'cause a friend of mine got me into the ukulele a year ago on the way to IYC'13, which brings me to IYC'14.
Oh. My. Goodness. Dude, God's power fell so heavily in that convention, lives were changed, this one person we brought with our youth group who had NEVER been in a Pentecostal service before in her ENTIRE life ALMOST got the Holy Ghost.
I got to see some old friends, hang out, worship God with everything I had, lost my voice for 2 weeks (in fact, I'm still kinda trying to get it back, don't tell my worship leader!!) and I have been changed. Man. Haha, you had to be there to really get what I'm saying.
Anyways, I also took this crazy 8-week Leadership course for college, complete with deadlines and everything. I'm used to a more self-paced slow-ish or fast-ish going thing, being homeschooled, you know? But oh my word, getting all of those assignments done BEFORE convention, haha, that was an interesting week full of almost all-nighters, lots of coffee, ya know.
So since summer's coming (cue the excited cheers of kids, teenagers and teachers everywhere) I was just curious. What're you looking forward to the most? Since I'm in college, I don't really get a break but I do get to do my college work at a slower pace, so that'll be great.
Oh yeah, and we can't forget one of the most important parts of a church teen's summer life: CAMP IS COMING UP, WHO'S EXCITED?!?! SHOW OF HANDS.
Oh. Oh, really? Just me? Aaaallllll righty then.
Anyways, recently, my family's been having a ton of late night bonfires chillaxin' out in the backyard with my pastor and his family. Oh, the awesomeness of living next door haha. I wouldn't trade if for anything.
I'm also looking forward to what God's gonna do during this summer. Summer means more time to hang out with people, more time for church activities and more time to just kick back and relax.
To all of you guys who're already out of school, (ya lucky ducks) have an awesome summer! And to the rest of you people who're still in school, hang in there, summer is coming!
God bless you guys. :) I love ya!
--Sonya
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
It's Spring! And It's Winter! And It's Spring Again! And It's Winter again!
Well, guys, I'm pretty sure most of us can agree that this 'Winter to Spring to Winter' again over and over is getting just a bit old. I love snow, I grew up in MN, I am used to having snow in October or September all the way through late March and early April, but other people aren't.
Yeah, guys in Chicago, I may or may not have been praying for snow for the past 2 years... but hey, on the bright side, we have every reason in the world now to say that God definitely answers prayer! :D
Anyways, aside from that, hey, you guys seen Frozen yet? Apparently, this crazy winter has made that movie shoot to the top of 'Most Awesome Movie Ever' list, or something like that, haha.
I know a bunch of people have made awesome articles and dumb articles on it, so I thought I might as well do it too, you know?
I read an amazing article the other day that focused on one of the greatest things about the movie: Elsa froze Anna's heart, but Anna didn't let that stop her from trying to save her sister in the end, and then everybody cries because you suddenly realize that true love, whether romantic or sisterly, can melt even the most frozen of hearts. As Olaf said, "An act of true love will thaw a frozen heart."
But think about it. People freeze our hearts all the time. Whether it was a bad breakup, a bad childhood experience, someone you trusted with everything you had who broke everything you are now or were, and now we're all just walking around, slowly freezing as our hearts continually get colder and colder.
It started on the inside with Anna, before her body (hair, hands, face, the way she walked, etc.) showed that she was literally freezing to death. The same thing happens to us. We're frozen on the inside, and that ice starts to show after a bit.
But if you choose to forgive and love that person who put the ice in your heart, you're letting it go (let it gooooooooo) and the ice is gone.
Here's something to think about if you're still not getting it: We beat Jesus. We whipped Him and humiliated Him and broke His body and nailed Him to a cross. It was us, our fault, our sins, that did that to Him.
He had plenty of time to let His heart freeze, to throw in the towel and say, "You know what? Forget this, you're not worth it!" But He didn't. He didn't care that we don't deserve it. He didn't care that it was our fault He had to die. He paid the ultimate sacrifice so we could be saved. His love for us pushed Him to do the craziest things, and it's strong enough to unfreeze the ice in us and everybody around us.
I know forgiveness isn't easy. It's basically letting the offender go free while the victim pays the price. But if you forgive them and love them anyways, then you show them a way out of their metaphorical frozen kingdom, a way to change it. Whether they unfreeze it or not is up to them, but at least you chose to thaw your own heart.
Love and forgiveness are tricky, scary things, but 1 John 4:18 says, "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love." (NIV), and Matthew 6:14 says, "For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you." (NIV)
Also, Acts 2:38, "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." (KJV) I won't get into doctrine right now, but when God remits your sins, they're gone, like, GONE. When cancer goes into remission, it doesn't come back. When God remits your sins, He forgets them, they're covered by the Blood of Jesus.
But you know something interesting about this verse in Acts 2? It doesn't say 'for the remission of YOUR sins' it says 'for the remission of sins'. That means ALL sins. Not just yours, but the ones that people did to you. Need more Word about this? 1 Peter 3:18, "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:" (KJV) and 1 John 2:2, "He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world." (NIV)
Love and forgiveness might seem like a bad idea when you've been hurt over and over and over. But if we're called to be like God, then that means we have to forgive like God, right? That means over and over and over and over.
Stop letting yourself freeze over. Open yourself up to love and forgiveness, whether it's for someone who hurt you, or even for yourself.
Love you guys. :) Have a great rest of your week.
--Sonya
Yeah, guys in Chicago, I may or may not have been praying for snow for the past 2 years... but hey, on the bright side, we have every reason in the world now to say that God definitely answers prayer! :D
Anyways, aside from that, hey, you guys seen Frozen yet? Apparently, this crazy winter has made that movie shoot to the top of 'Most Awesome Movie Ever' list, or something like that, haha.
I know a bunch of people have made awesome articles and dumb articles on it, so I thought I might as well do it too, you know?
I read an amazing article the other day that focused on one of the greatest things about the movie: Elsa froze Anna's heart, but Anna didn't let that stop her from trying to save her sister in the end, and then everybody cries because you suddenly realize that true love, whether romantic or sisterly, can melt even the most frozen of hearts. As Olaf said, "An act of true love will thaw a frozen heart."
But think about it. People freeze our hearts all the time. Whether it was a bad breakup, a bad childhood experience, someone you trusted with everything you had who broke everything you are now or were, and now we're all just walking around, slowly freezing as our hearts continually get colder and colder.
It started on the inside with Anna, before her body (hair, hands, face, the way she walked, etc.) showed that she was literally freezing to death. The same thing happens to us. We're frozen on the inside, and that ice starts to show after a bit.
But if you choose to forgive and love that person who put the ice in your heart, you're letting it go (let it gooooooooo) and the ice is gone.
Here's something to think about if you're still not getting it: We beat Jesus. We whipped Him and humiliated Him and broke His body and nailed Him to a cross. It was us, our fault, our sins, that did that to Him.
He had plenty of time to let His heart freeze, to throw in the towel and say, "You know what? Forget this, you're not worth it!" But He didn't. He didn't care that we don't deserve it. He didn't care that it was our fault He had to die. He paid the ultimate sacrifice so we could be saved. His love for us pushed Him to do the craziest things, and it's strong enough to unfreeze the ice in us and everybody around us.
I know forgiveness isn't easy. It's basically letting the offender go free while the victim pays the price. But if you forgive them and love them anyways, then you show them a way out of their metaphorical frozen kingdom, a way to change it. Whether they unfreeze it or not is up to them, but at least you chose to thaw your own heart.
Love and forgiveness are tricky, scary things, but 1 John 4:18 says, "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love." (NIV), and Matthew 6:14 says, "For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you." (NIV)
Also, Acts 2:38, "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." (KJV) I won't get into doctrine right now, but when God remits your sins, they're gone, like, GONE. When cancer goes into remission, it doesn't come back. When God remits your sins, He forgets them, they're covered by the Blood of Jesus.
But you know something interesting about this verse in Acts 2? It doesn't say 'for the remission of YOUR sins' it says 'for the remission of sins'. That means ALL sins. Not just yours, but the ones that people did to you. Need more Word about this? 1 Peter 3:18, "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:" (KJV) and 1 John 2:2, "He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world." (NIV)
Love and forgiveness might seem like a bad idea when you've been hurt over and over and over. But if we're called to be like God, then that means we have to forgive like God, right? That means over and over and over and over.
Stop letting yourself freeze over. Open yourself up to love and forgiveness, whether it's for someone who hurt you, or even for yourself.
Love you guys. :) Have a great rest of your week.
--Sonya
Friday, January 3, 2014
First Post of the Year!!!! WAHOO!!!!
Hey, guys! Can you believe that it's 2014 already? The world ended over two years ago, and so far my family has survived this apocalypse just fine. It's like nothing even happened!
Haha, anyways, Happy New Year!!!!!! Hope you're having a great time so far, it's only day 3, how's your resolve towards your resolutions holding up? Still goin' strong?
Honestly, I've quit making them. I just want to be better than I was last year. Go further, go deeper, go longer, you know?
I'm gonna be honest with you, 2013 was a buncha ups and downs and mellows and craziness and highs and lows and weirdness and awesomeness. I had battles, I had victories, I had defeats, I got knocked down, but you know what? I got back up, and I'm pushing ahead. I'm not goin' back to who I used to be.
Sorry this was such a short post. God bless you guys, especially the ones who started school like, the day after New Year's, and make 2014 the year you finally stepped out and made the difference you've been wanting to make for so long. :)
Love you guys.
--Sonya :)
Haha, anyways, Happy New Year!!!!!! Hope you're having a great time so far, it's only day 3, how's your resolve towards your resolutions holding up? Still goin' strong?
Honestly, I've quit making them. I just want to be better than I was last year. Go further, go deeper, go longer, you know?
I'm gonna be honest with you, 2013 was a buncha ups and downs and mellows and craziness and highs and lows and weirdness and awesomeness. I had battles, I had victories, I had defeats, I got knocked down, but you know what? I got back up, and I'm pushing ahead. I'm not goin' back to who I used to be.
Sorry this was such a short post. God bless you guys, especially the ones who started school like, the day after New Year's, and make 2014 the year you finally stepped out and made the difference you've been wanting to make for so long. :)
Love you guys.
--Sonya :)
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Christmas Present Procrastination Level: Expert
Hey guys. It is too late right now and I am writing a blog post. Go me for being more nuts than I thought, haha!
Anyways, hey look, it's Christmas Day!!! YIPPEE!!!!!
I got all my brothers gifts done. Got my littlest sister's gift done. All yesterday or the day before. And, erm, I may or may not have gotten busy, forgotten to do my other sister's present, and TOTALLY blanked until like... 11ish last night. Then I may or may not have gotten a burst of crazy inspiration and written a short story from then until now.
But seriously. Oh snap. And now I have to do my parents. Um... my dad said 'don't stay up too late'... I wonder if it's past his definition of 'too late'...?
Jesus, I thank You for Your wonderful, awesome inspiration, Pandora, and cute Christmas music that actually appeals to my scarred Christmas music love-hate relationship. And for... coffee. Oh Lord Jesus, thank You for that sweet nectar of life.
And most of all, God, I wanna thank You for coming to earth, wrapping Yourself in human flesh, and being born of a virgin, living and then dying for someone like me. <3 Happy birthday. :)
I know we generally celebrate the Birth of Christ around now, Christmas time, and Easter at Easter time, but... we should celebrate it all year round, because of what He came to do. The story doesn't end at the manger. The story doesn't end at the cross. It's still going, guys. :)
I want to celebrate the birth and death of my Savior all day, every day, because He deserves it! And, for the Guy that has literally, EVERYTHING, it's the least I can do as a sort of birthday present. :)
Love you guys. Merry Christmas.
And do a favor for me... keep Christ at the center of Christmas. It's easy to get caught up in everything else going on, but hey, Jesus is the real reason for the season.
Merry Christmas!
--Sonya :) <3
Anyways, hey look, it's Christmas Day!!! YIPPEE!!!!!
I got all my brothers gifts done. Got my littlest sister's gift done. All yesterday or the day before. And, erm, I may or may not have gotten busy, forgotten to do my other sister's present, and TOTALLY blanked until like... 11ish last night. Then I may or may not have gotten a burst of crazy inspiration and written a short story from then until now.
But seriously. Oh snap. And now I have to do my parents. Um... my dad said 'don't stay up too late'... I wonder if it's past his definition of 'too late'...?
Jesus, I thank You for Your wonderful, awesome inspiration, Pandora, and cute Christmas music that actually appeals to my scarred Christmas music love-hate relationship. And for... coffee. Oh Lord Jesus, thank You for that sweet nectar of life.
And most of all, God, I wanna thank You for coming to earth, wrapping Yourself in human flesh, and being born of a virgin, living and then dying for someone like me. <3 Happy birthday. :)
I know we generally celebrate the Birth of Christ around now, Christmas time, and Easter at Easter time, but... we should celebrate it all year round, because of what He came to do. The story doesn't end at the manger. The story doesn't end at the cross. It's still going, guys. :)
I want to celebrate the birth and death of my Savior all day, every day, because He deserves it! And, for the Guy that has literally, EVERYTHING, it's the least I can do as a sort of birthday present. :)
Love you guys. Merry Christmas.
And do a favor for me... keep Christ at the center of Christmas. It's easy to get caught up in everything else going on, but hey, Jesus is the real reason for the season.
Merry Christmas!
--Sonya :) <3
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