well... it's about that time... we're gearing up to head out to the airport! we'll be in mexico until the 23rd! this is gonna be so much fun! i wish all of you could be there with me... and actually probably half the people that comment on these blogs WILL be there with me... ha... but to those of you that won't... you'll be missed!
be safe now.
dab out.
i feel like this mutemath song is an answer to my last blog... if you haven't ever heard of mutemath, please go get some of their music pronto.
control
take control of the atmosphere
take me far away from here
there is no better loss than to lose myself in you
in a parachute to glide, i am captive in your sky
surrender somehow becomes so beautiful
take control of the atmosphere
take control of the atmosphere
you can take my world you can fill the air
take control, take control
such a beautiful surrender
such a beautiful surrender
such a beautiful surrender
such a beautiful surrender
move me up through the darkest clouds
till i've lost in the sun every shadow of doubt
there is no better find than to find myself with you
in a fog you are all I see
i'm inviting you closer with each time i breathe
surrender somehow becomes so beautiful
take control of the atmosphere
take control of the atmosphere
there is no reason i should breathe unless you're in the air
take control
such a beautiful surrender
such a beautiful surrender
and i'm calling out
would you take control
And i'm calling out
hey kids. it's 6:10 in the am... and i have to go drive some echo kids to a service project in like an hour... i went to sleep like 3 hours ago... but i'm having a restless night. i'm feeling pretty good though.
i just read a blog that my friend angie fabulous wrote... it's about mediocrity and how some people settle for it in life. it really made me think about the areas in my life where i'm settling for less.
less than what God has called me to.
ouch.
and yay. ha...
there's something painful and, at the same time, wonderful about realizing that you are not done learning & growing. on the one hand, you're not perfect. & that sucks. on the other hand... there's more.
there's more to life than just this. more than what we're experiencing right now at this moment. there's more. more life. more truth. more freedom.
i feel like if we want more of what God has for us, we need to be people of intention. we need to choose DAILY to fall into the arms of God. to give Him control.
and so that's what i'm going to do today.
today it's not about what i want. period.
we'll see how tomorrow goes (:
i shall leave you with a quote.
"are the things you're living for worth Christ dying for?"
- unknown
alright folks. by popular demand... i give you the dab chronicles.
fyi - dab is a nickname i picked up from a friend. i sent her an e-mail and signed it dab instead of dan... the b key is right next to the n key... well, now that THAT'S out of the way...
hello. hey there. come on in and sit down. allow me to introduce myself.
*shakes your hand with a cheesy grin*
my name is danny churchill.
i thought a formal introduction would be appropriate since you'll be reading my deepest thoughts and all. call me old fashioned.
ok. here's a few things about me that you might not know.
1. it's 5:39am and i'm still awake. over the past few months i've developed a pretty terrible sleeping schedule. i mean, i've always gone to sleep at a fairly unreasonable hour... but lately it's been sick. i think it's partially due to the fact that i have a completely ridiculous fear. which leads me to my #2.
2. i have this ridiculous fear that if i go to bed without enough sleep (8-6 hours), i'll sleep through my alarm and i'll be late for work. so if it's oh i don't know, 3am and i have to get up at 8am... i think to myself, "yikes... 5 hours... that won't be enough... i'm just gonna stay up all night and then sleep after work." THIS my friends is stupidity... but you're not stupid, so you knew that. ugh...
3. i love dots. in my sentences and in my belly. you've probably noticed by now that sometimes instead of using the standard period, i'll use a row of 3 dots... like that. i don't know why, i just like it. back off. also, i've recently developed a love for the chewy candy dots. yummy!
4. another punctuation fact. i don't like to capitalize the first letter of a sentence... don't know why on that one either.
5. i hate roller coasters. yuck. get them away. actually i think i hate rides in general. along with water skiing, snow tubing, ice skating, sky diving, bunji-jumping and anything else where my body is being flung around in the air, across water or down hills.
6. God gave me the ability to play guitar. one night a girl prayed for me and then BAM... i could play... (an extended version of that story will be coming your way soon)
7. i love the show LOST. if you're not a fan, then you're not a friend... just kidding... we can still be friends... but seriously, it's the best show on television. SO GOOD!
8. i attended a discipleship training school at YWAM in MN and it changed my life. you'll hear about it frequently i'm sure.
9. i'm super close to my parents and to my brother joey. they are my best friends.
10. i have a dog named moses.
and there you have it! 10 things i hate about you... even though they were about me... and i don't hate them... well i don't hate ALL of them.
alright kids... it's time to get ready for work.
peace.
