Comments for Dano's Place... http://dcolombo.com/blog Ramblings, thoughts and ideas Sun, 06 May 2012 02:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on If you do, what will I do? by Rhonda http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1104&cpage=1#comment-675 Rhonda Sun, 06 May 2012 02:47:15 +0000 http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1104#comment-675 Awesome! The one thing that saves me at work while I have no choice but to listen to some of the main stream music is when an older love song or something similar plays and I can actually turn it into a song to or about God, relating to God. I love that. A recent one was, um, oh what's it???? hold on gotta look it up...Ah Ha, Truly, Madly, Deeply by Savage Garden. Truly, Madly, Deeply came on over our work station and I found myself singing it to God. Suddenly it made the song better than I had remembered it being before =) Thanks again for sharing your thoughts Dano. Love, grace, peace! And glory be to Jesus for all the healing He is doing in us, His children. Awesome! The one thing that saves me at work while I have no choice but to listen to some of the main stream music is when an older love song or something similar plays and I can actually turn it into a song to or about God, relating to God. I love that. A recent one was, um, oh what’s it???? hold on gotta look it up…Ah Ha, Truly, Madly, Deeply by Savage Garden. Truly, Madly, Deeply came on over our work station and I found myself singing it to God. Suddenly it made the song better than I had remembered it being before =) Thanks again for sharing your thoughts Dano. Love, grace, peace! And glory be to Jesus for all the healing He is doing in us, His children.

]]> Comment on Rebel? Who? by Rhonda http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1076&cpage=1#comment-674 Rhonda Tue, 01 May 2012 00:18:33 +0000 http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1076#comment-674 It's a funny topic. As a kid I watched the movie Rebel Without a Cause (LOVED me some James Dean) and when the movie was over I said, "Without a cause??? He had EVERY cause in the world to be a rebel!" I could name all kinds of causes obvious in the movie; parents who didn't listen, people who didn't understand anything, a society that was treating people like numbers, etc. Of course I was defending my own rebellion against society, my parents, and anyone else who was "supposed" to know better than me. I was a rebel alright! If you told me not to smoke cigarettes when I had one in my mouth I would pull out a second one and light it in the other side of my mouth. I would literally be smoking two cigarettes at one time and thinking you were the dumb one! Wow. In my sinful mind and heart I was rationalizing to myself that anything opposite of what I saw happening around me had to be the way to go, didn't matter how dumb. Little did I know THEN that God was protecting and preserving me through all my self destructive rebellion just to show me much later that: "Yes, Rhonda, you are a rebel in your heart because its really against this worldly world, because you belong to ME." And ever since, He's been showing me right from wrong very clearly. Without Him, only heaven knows where my fleshly rebellion would have taken me, but I do know this...HE SAVED ME from myself! So, yes, I am a rebel still, only this time against the world and its ways. Does that mean I go around breaking laws set forth by our government and authorities? Oh, no. I abide by them more now than I ever did...not perfectly but more than I ever did before. In keeping God first I am to revere my authorities ...unless of course they tell me to defy my God. signed, a rebel for the right cause =) It’s a funny topic.
As a kid I watched the movie Rebel Without a Cause (LOVED me some James Dean) and when the movie was over I said, “Without a cause??? He had EVERY cause in the world to be a rebel!” I could name all kinds of causes obvious in the movie; parents who didn’t listen, people who didn’t understand anything, a society that was treating people like numbers, etc. Of course I was defending my own rebellion against society, my parents, and anyone else who was “supposed” to know better than me. I was a rebel alright! If you told me not to smoke cigarettes when I had one in my mouth I would pull out a second one and light it in the other side of my mouth. I would literally be smoking two cigarettes at one time and thinking you were the dumb one! Wow. In my sinful mind and heart I was rationalizing to myself that anything opposite of what I saw happening around me had to be the way to go, didn’t matter how dumb. Little did I know THEN that God was protecting and preserving me through all my self destructive rebellion just to show me much later that: “Yes, Rhonda, you are a rebel in your heart because its really against this worldly world, because you belong to ME.” And ever since, He’s been showing me right from wrong very clearly. Without Him, only heaven knows where my fleshly rebellion would have taken me, but I do know this…HE SAVED ME from myself! So, yes, I am a rebel still, only this time against the world and its ways. Does that mean I go around breaking laws set forth by our government and authorities? Oh, no. I abide by them more now than I ever did…not perfectly but more than I ever did before. In keeping God first I am to revere my authorities …unless of course they tell me to defy my God.
signed,
a rebel for the right cause =)

]]> Comment on Rebel? Who? by bryan donaldson http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1076&cpage=1#comment-673 bryan donaldson Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:47:57 +0000 http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1076#comment-673 I guess I'm a rebel. I sure don't want to conform to what the world expects. The Bible is my law. And Jesus is my king. I guess I’m a rebel. I sure don’t want to conform to what the world expects. The Bible is my law. And Jesus is my king.

]]> Comment on Are we lovable? by Joni http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1049&cpage=1#comment-672 Joni Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:45:22 +0000 http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1049#comment-672 WOW! I need to borrow this book from Patt when he is done with it... that one paragraph and your synopsis really hit close to home for me. Thanks for sharing Dano! Joni WOW! I need to borrow this book from Patt when he is done with it… that one paragraph and your synopsis really hit close to home for me. Thanks for sharing Dano!

Joni

]]> Comment on Just say Thank You! by Rhonda http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1067&cpage=1#comment-669 Rhonda Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:18:46 +0000 http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1067#comment-669 I had to look this up to see exactly where it is located cuz I couldn't remember the reference, but it is a truth of God I have to try to draw on (even if I don't get the exact Scripture right, the truth is there) when I get that envy/competitive thing rising up in me...I hate when that part of the old me tries to resurface. Here's the exact Scripture from NKJV --For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 2 Corinthians 10:12 Praise God our purpose and value is in HIM and not by this world's standard! Whew! Thanks for sharing Dano! Blessings! \oXoXo/ I had to look this up to see exactly where it is located cuz I couldn’t remember the reference, but it is a truth of God I have to try to draw on (even if I don’t get the exact Scripture right, the truth is there) when I get that envy/competitive thing rising up in me…I hate when that part of the old me tries to resurface. Here’s the exact Scripture from NKJV –For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 2 Corinthians 10:12

Praise God our purpose and value is in HIM and not by this world’s standard! Whew!
Thanks for sharing Dano! Blessings! \oXoXo/

]]> Comment on The fear of “no” by Rhonda http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1043&cpage=1#comment-665 Rhonda Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:41:41 +0000 http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1043#comment-665 I would love to tell you it just gets easier when you simply start asking people to do stuff, but for me that has not been the case. I stick my neck out very often even when I am fearful because I know I have to keep reaching out in order to be like Jesus. I am talking about reaching out to plain friends, sisters in Christ and family members for the simplest things, and my record is pretty bad. It's safe to say my offers and suggestions are 99.9 % of the time rejected. Sometimes I walk away thinking I MUST be reaching out to all the wrong people, or there's something wrong with me, and/or at very least I am appearing very desperate to be the one who always makes the offer or suggestion! But God is faithful and quick to remind me that He was the One who was ultimately rejected and I have to just keep on being me and being genuine...and some how God will use my efforts and offers to make a difference to someone somehow even if I don't get to see it until I get to heaven. Of course I have days when I shrink back, we all do. Praise God we have Him to look up to and pick us up! Hugs. Hang in there Dano. And peace be with you, brother. I would love to tell you it just gets easier when you simply start asking people to do stuff, but for me that has not been the case. I stick my neck out very often even when I am fearful because I know I have to keep reaching out in order to be like Jesus. I am talking about reaching out to plain friends, sisters in Christ and family members for the simplest things, and my record is pretty bad. It’s safe to say my offers and suggestions are 99.9 % of the time rejected. Sometimes I walk away thinking I MUST be reaching out to all the wrong people, or there’s something wrong with me, and/or at very least I am appearing very desperate to be the one who always makes the offer or suggestion! But God is faithful and quick to remind me that He was the One who was ultimately rejected and I have to just keep on being me and being genuine…and some how God will use my efforts and offers to make a difference to someone somehow even if I don’t get to see it until I get to heaven. Of course I have days when I shrink back, we all do. Praise God we have Him to look up to and pick us up! Hugs. Hang in there Dano. And peace be with you, brother.

]]> Comment on The fear of “no” by dano http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1043&cpage=1#comment-664 dano Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:55:21 +0000 http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=1043#comment-664 Just for the record. After I chickened out, I updated my status to sell the tickets and just pass up on the whole show. Then another friend of mine contacted me and asked to go with me. Wow, that was exactly what I intended, but definitely not the way I thought it would pan out. It does not reduce my fear of "no", but maybe as I continue to shed light on this defect of character I can conquer this stigma... Just for the record. After I chickened out, I updated my status to sell the tickets and just pass up on the whole show. Then another friend of mine contacted me and asked to go with me. Wow, that was exactly what I intended, but definitely not the way I thought it would pan out. It does not reduce my fear of “no”, but maybe as I continue to shed light on this defect of character I can conquer this stigma…

]]> Comment on About Dano by Judy Buchanan http://dcolombo.com/blog/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-660 Judy Buchanan Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:11:20 +0000 http://dcolombo.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-660 Hi Dan, I will be praying for everyone involved in this mission trip. It's a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in the lives of these girls. :) Judy B Hi Dan,

I will be praying for everyone involved in this mission trip. It’s a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in the lives of these girls. :) Judy B

]]> Comment on Friend or acquaintance by Ronnie Allgood http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=967&cpage=1#comment-655 Ronnie Allgood Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:48:01 +0000 http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=967#comment-655 Keep on sharing bro. I'll let you know next week around this time how I'm doing with this challenge. Thanks for the encouragement....:-) Keep on sharing bro.
I’ll let you know next week around this time how I’m doing with this challenge.

Thanks for the encouragement….:-)

]]> Comment on Continue to change by Ronnie Allgood http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=936&cpage=1#comment-642 Ronnie Allgood Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:54:46 +0000 http://dcolombo.com/blog/?p=936#comment-642 That's a sticky situation. I agree with Kevin but what would I recommend in the way of actual guidance to a person in this situation. I'd actually share with him some of the verses Kevin just posted and let the Lord do His work as the guy is willing to follow thru. I'll keep this situation in my prayers today as I go about the day. Thanks for sharing with us these stories like you do. I appreciate your thoughts have alot of respect for your views on things. Peace bro. That’s a sticky situation.
I agree with Kevin but what would I recommend in the way of actual guidance to a person in this situation. I’d actually share with him some of the verses Kevin just posted and let the Lord do His work as the guy is willing to follow thru.
I’ll keep this situation in my prayers today as I go about the day.

Thanks for sharing with us these stories like you do. I appreciate your thoughts have alot of respect for your views on things.

Peace bro.

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