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Wednesday Word: Trust God

Well, it can be very hard to trust God at times and that’s because we seem to be creatures that love control. We want to feel like we’re in control. Perhaps that’s the way we were made but we like to feel like we’re in control of many decisions we make and the events in our lives. Our destiny.

That’s the big reason why it’s hard to trust God. It’s not that we don’t think He knows what He’s doing; it’s just that we don’t understand it. And, as the verse says, we can’t lean on what we can grasp. We can only trust God and let Him handle it. That Jericho example was a really good one. God will ask us to do things that really don’t make sense. But, like my boy Fred Hammond says: He’s God and that’s just the way it is.

Once we trust God more often, we’ll have more peace, especially when God comes through; and He ALWAYS comes through even if we don’t like the result.

Remember this too: God wants your trust. He’s not going to force His will and way on you. When you’re in a situation and you don’t know what else to do, God is waiting for you to turn it over to Him. Give it to Him and He will take it and you will be great.

So, trust God today.

-DALANEL

Daily Word: Michael Jordan; Proverbs 29:23

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. Michael Jordan

A man’s pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor. Proverbs 29:23

Daily Word: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross; Romans 8:1-2

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2

Daily Word: Nelson Henderson; Luke 10:27

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson

He answered: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'” Luke 10:27

Ranking the Weekly and Daily Features in DALANEL History

Recently, I presented you with a poll asking for your favorite DALANEL weekly feature. Monday Motivation? Wednesday Word? What about Good News Friday?

Well, now I’ve decided to spice things up a bit by offering my thoughts about my own work. I’ve had weekly and daily featured posts. Some of them were hits. Some were misses. Others I wanted to do, but never really got it off the ground. Here’s the full list in no particular order. Also note that temporary features like my play and my video series are up for rank:

  • Daily Good Stuff
  • Monday Motivation
  • Weekly News
  • Dante’s Opinion
  • Breaking Down the Book
  • The Face-Off (play)
  • Dante and Basketball
  • DALANEL Review
  • Daily Good News
  • Daily Word
  • Follower Friday
  • How Was Your Week?
  • Weekly Funnies
  • Wednesday Word

That’s 14 types of featured posts that I’ve gone through. Right now, there’s only four of them active.

I rank these by purpose, how fun they were to make, and other stuff. It’s my rank and my rules. I will say that views and likes will not count on the rank. I mean, views and likes will count on how I interpret the success but the literal views and likes will not determine where this stuff lands. These are based off of me and how I have responded to them. Let’s get started with the loser.

14. The Face-Off

This was a play that I wrote. I decided to share it on the blog as part of 2013’s big summer. The play was a flop in my opinion. I didn’t get any views. Also, I realized that it was actually a hassle trying to tag the stuff and label the stuff. It was a mess.

13. Weekly News

Good News Friday is technically a current incarnation of Weekly News. Weekly News, however, covered good news, weird/funny news, and satire. The problem with this feature was that I never really got it going and Daily Good Stuff eventually pushed it out of the lineup.

12. How Was Your Week?

This was one of the posts that I was very excited about during the original thought process. I mention this because that’s the only reason why this isn’t in 15th place (and there isn’t even a 15th place!). Once I got started, I realized that talking about what happened to me during my week was boring. I have no life. The idea was to stimulate conversation; but that also didn’t happen. It was just all messed up. I will say that this is a feature I am always considering bringing back.

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Monday Motivation: Fight Back!

I think you know where I’m going.

Life has knocked you down. Now you’re sitting there with a bloody nose and you’re missing a couple of teeth. You can barely see out of one eye and you’re pretty sure your arm naturally doesn’t bend that way.

What now?

Get up, and fight back.

You’ve been around too long to quit, right? RIGHT?

So wipe the blood off of your lip and try again. Fight back!

Only you can make sure you win. Only you can get up and make it happen. Get stubborn. Every challenge you face, go in there HARD, but SMART.

Right now, it seems like you’re all out of energy and will. That’s when it’s time to dig deeper. I know there are plenty of areas where I need to fight back. I’m nobody’s b*tch, straight up. I’m no longer going to be pushed around.

Yeah, don’t let life push you around any longer. Fight. The. Heck. Back.

-DALANEL