DALANEL

Tuesday Testimony: God will bring you through

Story originally from Testimony Share.

I’m your regular junior in high school- always laughing and joking, and always wanting to be with my friends. However, ten months ago, I would have never thought I would be where I am now. I live in a small town. Up until Fifth Grade, I grew up in the county’s small public school system.

However, my Momma got offered a job teaching at a small Christian private school when I was in my last year of elementary school, so I began going to that school as well. Things were great for the first two years, however as I grew from middle school to high school, it seemed like everything crumbled. I was seen as “never good enough” to the headmaster and always compared to the favorite students of the school. I was even told that I needed to seek out professional counseling.

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Monday Motivation: Claim your year

2015 is better than 2014. You have to claim it. This is the year you become great. If you’re already great, be greater. Raise the bar of your life. Set a higher standard. 2014 was awesome. You made it. Now it’s time to take on 2015.

Claim your year. Claim it right now. You must do it. The power of the tongue is real. So go and speak life into your year. You will rise. Your family will rise. Your friends will rise. Your career will rise. Your academic performance will rise.

It all starts with you claiming it.

Dante Writes

Red, White, and Black

I’ve decided that the official colors of DALANEL will be red, white, and black with some splashes of gray and silver. My favorite colors are red, blue, and green. However, red, white, and black seem to be my favorite combination of colors.

This means that I’ll probably be changing the blog’s layout. We’ll see.

I will also mold Tumblr to follow the same color scheme as DALANEL. If you follow me there already, you noticed a few changes. Expect a few more.

I was thinking about changing the name of this blog. I have decided against it. It shall remain DALANEL for now.

Next week I will resume my weekly postings.

Pray for your nation

Dear Jesus,

I can’t tell you how much venom brews within me when I hear about theft, murder, rape, and more. I know you’re hurting too.

I know that you are in control; and that you will not give up on this world. But, for crying out loud, it pisses me off that these stories get all of the love and things that I try to talk about tend to take a back seat.

I offer this prayer to you on behalf of my nation, the United States of America. I already know that you can’t force your will on anybody. I mean…you could, but you won’t. You’re a free will God. So, I ask that, somehow, the hearts of the USA are touched and transformed. I pray that the monsters of this world are met with your swift justice. I pray, perhaps most importantly, that you protect the innocent. Protect your disciples.

Let me know what I can do to make this world better. I know this blog does some things. If this is the primary method I should use, tell me how I can enhance it. It’s one thing to complain but sit around doing nothing. It’s something else to use the frustration as motivation. Help me do this.

Times will be better, this I know, Lord. My only fear is that it’s only when you come back. I know the word; things are supposed to be going south like this. I’m aware. But I still have to pray. Keep praying. That’s the lesson you gave to me to write in my book. I have to stand by that.

I thank you for all you do, and will do.

Love,

Dante Writes

Monday Motivation: Write

You should write it down. Thoughts. Feelings. Reminders. Write. And when I say “write” I mean with real words.

What?

Please, let’s avoid the “text language” of “u” meaning all three versions and “2” for all three versions. Can we use proper grammar for a change? Or did you forget?

Think it’s easy to flip back and forth between structured and non-structured writing? Maybe you can. But, as a society, it seems to be more struggle on writing.

I still use pencils and pens with paper. What’s that? I like the sensation of it all.

Anyway, write stuff down. Alright, I don’t really care how you write it; it needs to feel natural. Just write down things. If thoughts get jumbled, write it out. By writing it down, you actually force your mind to structure the thought enough to form words and that can actually help your overall thinking process.

Whenever I’m working on lighting designs, I write all scenarios down that come to mind. It’s very helpful. I have one of those little notepads that I keep in my pocket. I scribble in it from time to time.

I think writing can help you feel better. This is my opinion. Try it out.

-Dante Writes

 

Good News Friday…Fearless Friday?

I’ve been debating this, among other things, for the blog. You can blame this on my obsession with the double initials for my weekly posts as you can see from Monday Motivation, Tuesday Testimony, Wednesday Word, and Thursday Thoughts.

Fearless Friday.

So, what is it? It’s the same as Good News Friday, except I focus on one particular type of “good news”: Heroes. After cracking open the thesaurus, I found a word that I liked. Fearless. That’s a word we tend to associate with heroes.

So, I’ll be mainly looking at the person(s) that have stepped up to save the day. Physical…financial…emotional…and more.

I went this type of story because I guess that’s the one that spoke to me the most.

Is this the end of Good News Friday? I have my doubts actually. I’m gonna give Fearless Friday a run and see what happens. It’ll be the same format at Good News Friday.

-Dante Writes