February 2012
49 posts
Anonymous asked: if someone you knew started cutting themselves, what would you say?
January 2012
27 posts
stronger
God works through trials, temptations, regrets, and mistakes.
I hear that all the time, I’ve meditated upon it, I’ve embedded it into my mind. Or so I think I have. What causes me to regret things that I’ve done in the past? What causes me to become depressed through trials and failures? If I’ve truly grasped this concept.. If I truly have complete faith in God’s...
Dear God,
savior-please:
thank you SO much for my brothers and sisters in Christ.
so incredibly much.
sincerely, me.
fireproof
So I saw Fireproof with my youth group fam today. Twas a very good movie haha.
The movie’s basically about a broken marriage and many relationships being brought back together by God’s love. Very emotional haha. There was one part that stuck out to me the most though and I want to get my thoughts out about it.
There’s one part in the movie when Caleb (the main character) is...
bigger purpose
I knew there was a bigger purpose to me wrestling. Coming in freshman year, I knew there was a reason I was here. That purpose is becoming clearer and clearer to me, as this season unravels.
Today in practice, we were doing our normal routine stretches and warm-ups. As we were doing some leg stretching, Fred (not real name, for privacy purposes) comes up to me and looks around him before...
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priorities
As I sit here procrastinating like a lazy, ungrateful bum.. I hear my mom and my sister screaming at each other in tears and I can’t help but feel completely humbled.
Need to stop wasting time on the small, fleeting things and pray for and work towards the bigger, more important things. Family restoration. The salvation of loved ones. The growth of my brothers and sisters. Trying my best...
insecurities
Haha man. I never thought I’d have to worry about insecurity. It just wasn’t something I thought I’d struggle with. I think it’s so interesting though.. how God has put this right in front of my face. Ahh.. Thank You Father, for bringing it to my attention.
I wasn’t really going to blog about this or get my thoughts out in words, but I just had a dream in which I was...
So. Full.
Can’t. Move. So fat but so happy. :]
Ahh, Lord I can’t help but be amazed at Your grace that covers over me daily. Thank You for all the strength today.
10 - 4. Please keep me strong ‘til districts and regions Father!
wrestling fam
Today was probably the happiest practice I’ve experienced in all 3 of my years on the team. All we did was drill, and legit EVERYBODY was laughing. Just laughing. Even Werntz was laughing throughout the entire practice, everything was just so funny and light-hearted for some reason.
Call me corny, but I couldn’t help but think about the Prodigal’s Son parable as I was practicing...
chuggachuggachocho asked: yeah dan is actually a huge bully... tehe.
Anonymous asked: i'm jealous of how nice of a person you are
seeing it through
I got called down to the principal’s office today.
Mr. Boylan (the principal) tells me to take a seat and he closes all the doors to the room. I’m honestly pretty scared right now haha. He looks me in the eyes and says “So how are things?” “Uhh.. things are going well.. haha, why did you call me down? Am I in trouble?” “Well I wanted to talk about...
Anonymous asked: Dan, I'm not an expert at wrestling, and I don't know all your struggles, but honestly, keep wrestling, yea it sucks, yea it's a shitload of work, yea your body feels like utter crap but at the end of the day, when you put all your work into it and you accomplish all your goals- it makes it ALL worth it. Maybe this is God's way of teaching you balance and perseverance: you...
Coach isn't letting me go.
I gave him a direct answer twice and he’s telling me to get back to him at the end of the week..
Ahh. He’s being gracious with this whole thing.. but I can’t help but feel he’s also trying to guilt me.. Kinda wish today could’ve just been it so I can move on.. Argh.
I guess I’ll continue to pray and think about it for the next week..
decisions
To drop wrestling or not.
Getting many mixed opinions from people.. People wanting me to stick it through and people wanting me to drop it.
Had a talk with coach today, all 3.. Werntz, Masi, and Terrell. They understood completely how I was feeling, and I appreciate the fact that they didn’t blow up on me. Instead, they were patient with listening to how I was feeling and they shared their...
Learning more about myself as each day passes.
Father God..
Let Your love reach out to the farthest corners of the Earth. To every broken family, to every calloused heart, to every jaded soul. Bring restoration.. Bring revival.. Bring healing.. please..
Let Your love make us tender. We are a generation that loves to do things on our own. We have so much pride. But Father, test us. Look deep into our hearts, our motives, our minds.. and if there is...
giving our all
Ahhh. Today’s wrestling match was indeed a disappointment. I’m beating the kid and everything looks great, there’s 5 seconds left in the 3rd period.. I’m about to win! Whistle blows, boom. Low single and he takes me down. I lose by a point. Disappointment and sorrow immediately rush into my heart. “What.. just.. happened..” As I sat on the sideline in disbelief,...
13 pounds over.
How? Ahh. God help me.
Give me the discipline to be smarter about my weight..
Dumbdumbdumb. Gah.
Let this week be Yours.
Anonymous asked: Hey I just want to say thanks for sharing your "forsaken for our sakes" post. Really touched me. I always heard those verses but I always felt like I haven't gotten the full deep meaning of it. Through the post, I realized and i just sat here and cried. God is really working with you and it's just such an inspiration. This is getting long haha but thanks for all your posts...
forsaken, for our sake.
monday night devotional (1/2/12).
“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’” Matt. 27:45-46.
I feel like I’ve been living my Christian walk not truly grasping one...
2012
This year starts off with struggle. But is this not what God calls me to face? A tremendous amount of deep introspection. The harsh reality of my own sinfulness. But I’m not complaining. In fact, I am left in awe-filled gratefulness..
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
Learning not to put myself second, but last.
Guide me in this...
Anonymous asked: oh my, how i wish i could study the bible with you, i wish you could teach me what knowledge God has given to you, you continue to inspire me :)
