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Tuesday Testimony: Learning to trust God

Trusting in God. People say they trust in God. When you ask them they respond very quickly and say oh yes I trust God for everything. I believe that people trust God for certain things sometimes small things and sometimes big things. I also believe that somethings or situations have been present in a persons life for so long that people give up on trusting God in that situation. They have prayed, cried out to God, fasted from entertainment, water fasted, gone to every church service, try to change their behavior to be a better christian, tithed, given bigger offerings, volunteer to help Gods kingdom, cried and prayed cried and prayed and cried some more. But most of all everything they did, they did with genuine love for Christ. He has delivered them from many things, many prayers were answered quickly so many blessings given.

So you ask yourself and the Lord why then don’t you deliver me from this thing that has been in my life for so long. For example like a sickness. It could be many other things that you could replace it with but I am using sickness because that has been what I can relate to. I myself suffered secretly with a sickness that caused my ovaries to be in so much pain, but I suffered 2 years before I came to Christ, and that was one of the reasons I came to Christ. Was for healing. I tried doctors, medication, holistic doctors and still nothing. Nobody even had a real diagnosis.

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Monday Motivation: Embrace failure

I struggle with this all of the time.

I don’t like to fail, so I don’t usually try.

However, we should be embracing failure. Failure can be a way to tell us that “that way doesn’t work” not “I suck”.

Learn from failure and embrace the good that comes from it so that you can be a better person.

So, go out there and try. Give it your all. And, if you fail, then you fail. It doesn’t mean you lost. It doesn’t mean it’s impossible.

Yay.

-Dante Writes

Good News Friday: Passengers save man trapped by train

Ah, there’s something awesome about a group of people helping their fellow man.

A man was standing in the doorway of the train when he lost his footing and fell between the train and platform. The other passengers and station employees then proceeded to tilt the train to get the man out.

The whole thing was caught on video. I watched it and you can watch it here. It was freaking awesome.

-Dante Writes

Wednesday Word: Jesus won’t give up on you

That’s pretty interesting that Jesus will always look for the lost. In the video, Kevin used the lost sheep parable. We could also use the Prodigal Son as well in terms of when we decide to come back, Jesus is just as happy and always welcoming with open arms.

When Abraham was trying to get to his nephew in a doomed city, he went back and forth with God asking if there were even just one person living for God in the city, would it be destroyed. God said no.

It’s all about the one person. These stories and more show that God cares about each and every single one of us. And, in the event that we are lost, He will come looking for us. He gets sick with concern for us. “I’m just one person” So? He’s made you with a purpose. Before you were a physical thought, God made a plan for you.

Jesus won’t give up on you during your down times so you shouldn’t give up on yourself.

-Dante Writes

Monday Motivation: Remember the good in this world

Let’s calm down for a second.

Yes, there are wars.

Yes, the economy could be better.

Yes, there are plenty of scandals.

There are so many reasons to get all worked up and tense.

Lighten up. Maybe this can only speak to people that happen to know that God is in control and there’s nothing to worry about. Let’s relax. Let’s visit blogs like this one to see the other sides of things.

Take time to appreciate the good things going on. Celebrate the heroes. Why is it that the killers make it to front page and the good guys are buried? I happen to know the answer but I don’t want to distract from this post’s goal. I don’t like that and this blog is not going to give that life.

It’s a shame that it takes work to find a feel good story or a testimony.

Don’t forget about the good in the world. Please don’t. Don’t let the bad things cloud your outlook.

-Dante Writes

Good News Friday: Cop saves man’s life after pulling him over

A police officer pulled over an 86 year old man for speeding. First of all, I guess the old man still has a heavy foot. Anyway, shortly after this, the man has a heart attack.

Police say Officer Michael Harrington quickly transitioned from writing out a warning for the speeding infraction to administering CPR. A second officer then arrived with a defibrillator.

Now, this story has a nice ending as the man made it to the hospital and such. The officer then goes on to say that “there’s no such thing as a routine stop” as if to say this happened for a reason. And, I love that storyline.

BUT…can I be real for a second?

I can’t help but find some humor in this. What if the old man faked it to get out of the ticket? According to our quote, the ticket wasn’t quite written. I’m just saying.

But then, I thought “I don’t think he’d fake it”. So then, I was like: What if the man had a heart attack over stressing about being pulled over? Hey, the man is in his 80’s. Any excitement could send him off.

But, ultimately, this was a nice story and I happen to agree with the original storyline.