December 21st, 2016

First, I want to apologize for giving up on my last two journals. Not many people were reading them and I did not want to write to nobody. A great YouTuber once told me, "Communication, even to a wall, is better than no communication at all." That great YouTuber is Matthias who is not that well known and he said that while vlogging. So, I will do my best to take those words to heart. Instead of a wall I will be communicating to, it will be a screen. Hopefully, I hear some sort of response from someone, even if it is my brother, COOL1nate. It would be nice if someone gave me encouragement throughout this Winter to keep this up.
Anyway, Winter started today and it is also the first day of my Christmas break. I love the cold that comes with Winter but I do not like the snow. A lot of people love snow but I live in Michigan and we have way too much of it already. Someone else please take it. Could we possibly trade Ireland for its rain?
I saw Sing with a few friends today and I must say that I have been anticipating this movie all year. I was more excited to see this movie than I was to see Rogue One (I know, I am a terrible person). It was better than the trailers made it out to be. I was satisfied with the music even though it seemed like every scene was a music video. Though there was very little backstory and we do not know what happened to the characters after the movie. I recommend going to see it and I can understand why someone might dislike it. It was not the best but it was a good film.
I had a nice conversation with @Russian-Fairy today. She wanted to know if there were any Germans on Wattpad. I told her that I have German heritage and I am learning German to be able to commute with my cousins from Austria. Apparantly, she also lives in Austria. I love finding people on here from all over the world because I can say that I have friends from far away. I consider each of my followers a friend and part of the Eagle Army. Also, if you are German, she would probably love to talk to you.

This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
- Matthew 1:18-19 (NIV)
"We can easily turn the Christmas story into a lot of warm fuzzy feelings, but the Biblical narrative has more grit than that. Being engaged at that time was more binding than it is today, so the culturally correct way to end the engagement was with a divorce. But don't blame Joseph for his reaction, because Mary's pregnancy was a lifelong mark of shame for her and him. Yet out of their shame would come redemption. God can use the events in our lives that seem scandalous to display His glory to the world." -Dave Whitehead

Today's birthdays are Quinta Brunsen, Samuel L. Jackson, and a long time friend of mine. Quinta is a worker at Buzzfeed and does a good job at what she does. Samuel is an actor and he played Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels. My friend is also my coworker and we have known each other since we were three years old. Her mom is my boss, we work with her younger sister, we taught her youngest sister, her father is a locally known artist, and her grandfather was a friend of my dad's and was the first to call my smartness alien. She was the first person I met at my current church and I love being friends with her. She is amazing.

The song of the day is Set It All Free. This was the song Ash wrote in the movie Sing.

I only ask that you pray for me to remember to keep this going. I would like to make this a habit. If you have any prayer requests please share. I would love to pray for you. Soar on, Eagle Army!