My Daniel

Daniel took a long time writing his testimony. Every attempt resulted in a testimony of novel proportions. Perhaps someday he will write a book, although writing is the thing he despises most. He has joked, tho, that maybe God will use his worst subject to speak to the most people. Who knows? We all know God works best through our weakness.

Daniel's life verse is Daniel 6:26-28:

I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel.

     "For he is the living God

          and he endures forever;

     his kingdom will not be destroyed

          his dominion will never end.

     He rescues and he saves

          he performs signs and wonders

          in the heavens and on the earth.

     He has rescued Daniel

          from the power of the lions."

So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Daniel chose this verse as his life verse because it "describes the character of God and that all have been saved from the power of the lions. It shows love and forgiveness."

For Daniel, the "power of the lions" represents all the evil things done to him in his early life and he was rescued and saved through adoption when God placed him in his new forever family. Does that mean his life suddenly became easy? No. He had much trauma to overcome. He also had much grief and loss to overcome. It took many years to work through all of that, and he continues to work through things, with God and his mama by his side. I'm very proud of the young man he has become.

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