Darryl

[Byron Donalds @ByronDonalds]

To you, it's just a Cracker Barrel parking lot. To me, it's where I gave my life to Jesus Christ.

I was 21 years old. I was working at the Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee after some of the worst years of my life. I'd made mistakes. Real ones.

I grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, raised by a mom who worked hard and didn't accept excuses. But I made decisions that should have ended my story before it ever really started. By the grace of God, they didn't. But every day, I was carrying them.

One afternoon, a church group came into the restaurant, just back from a revival. I served them their meals like I served any other table. But something happened while I was serving them. I can't fully explain it to you. The Lord spoke to me. He said, “Stop running from Me.”

It knocked me back.

I went to find the table, and they were all gone. I could see through their windows that they were getting on their bus, and I knew deep down that if I let them drive away, I was going to keep running. So I went outside. The last woman, just as she was stepping onto the bus, turned to me and asked, “Are you okay?”

I told her, “No ma’am, I’m not okay.” I told her the Lord was telling me to stop running.

That whole bus emptied out, stood with me in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee, Florida, and prayed over me right there.

I gave my life to Christ that day. Right there.

I still get emotional about it. Because I know what I was before that moment, and I know what He's done since. He gave me a wife who shares my faith. He gave me three sons. He gave me a career, a community, a calling I never would have dared to ask for. He took a kid from Crown Heights who’d run out of chances and gave him a life that doesn't make sense apart from grace.

People ask me sometimes why I talk about it. Why I bring up the parking lot. Why I don't just keep that part private and let folks see the polished version.

I'll tell you why.

Because there's a young man out there right now — maybe in Tallahassee, maybe in Tampa, maybe in Miami, maybe in a small town in the Panhandle — who thinks his story is already over. Who thinks the mistakes he's made disqualify him from the life he could have had. Who thinks God doesn't want anything to do with somebody like him.

I'm here to tell him: that's a lie.

In life, you're not who you are at the lowest point. You're who you choose to become after.

The Lord met me in a Cracker Barrel parking lot. He'll meet you wherever you are.

You just have to stop running.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

“I searched the world over and thought I found true love, you met another and pffft! you were gone.”

[John Ziegler @Zigmanfreud]

@MiltonFriedmanW 💯😡

[Rick Scott @SenRickScott]

Delete this.

These men and women gave the last full measure of devotion protecting their fellow Americans from a tyrannical terrorist regime that wants to kill our people and destroy our way of life.

To use them as political props on Memorial Day is just beyond the pale. It’s disgusting and unAmerican.

[Jon Gabriel @exjon]

The Submarine Force had the highest casualty rate of all American forces in WW2. One in 5 submariners gave their lives; 52 boats and 3,506 men remain on eternal patrol. Subs made up less than 2% of the US Navy but sank nearly 60% of all Japanese shipping. #MemorialDay

[John Ziegler @Zigmanfreud]

“DEI for thee, but NOT for me!!”
🤔😂🤦‍♂️😡🤮

[John Ziegler @Zigmanfreud]

Now that this post has over a million “views”:

Many are misinterpreting the point. The reason this event is relevant to SEC dominance is it shows the importance of CFB there is SO great that attractive women will make it central to their wedding. That filters down to everything!

[Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius]

So I watched Project Hail Mary last night and REALLY enjoyed it--I highly recommend.

(No, I have not read the book yet, but now I will.)

This is movie is apparently a box office smash.

What mystifies me is how Hollywood completely misses how most Americans yearn for this kind of story in their movies.

It's such an easy formula to follow:

1. Hero's journey.
2. Charismatic leading man (or woman).
3. Thoughtful plot and writing that make the viewer think.
4. No DEI, no political messaging of any kind.
5. Interpersonal story of love and sacrifice between the main characters.
6. High adventure.
7. Happy ending.

It's such an easy formula to follow, and it was once the norm in Hollywood.

How did they manage to lose sight of this and destroy their own industry?

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

I would rather be friends with someone I disagree with politically who never talks about politics than someone I agree with who can never shut the fuck up about politics.

[John Ziegler @Zigmanfreud]

True conservatives (all 300 of us left) understand that Barry Goldwater was right when he warned about the presidency eventually leading effectively to a monarchy.

This is especially relevant given that we’re supposedly celebrating 250 years of being free from monarchal tyranny.

[Zeek Arkham 🇺🇸 @ZeekArkham]

I honestly don’t even care about the monetization part of it.

I just want to grow as a creator and have the people I’m friends with on this platform actually be able to see what I’m putting out.

Especially as someone who makes original content, it’s hard to watch someone who simply parrots Fox News clips get way more engagement.

[☘️𝕃𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕪 𝕄𝕔𝔾𝕖𝕖‎ @LuckyMcGee]

Fun Fact of the Day: These Four Republicans Byron Donalds (FL-19), Wesley Hunt (TX-38), John James (MI-10), and Burgess Owens (UT-4) represent majority white congressional districts, and NOT one of them was allowed to join the Black Congressional Caucus.

Are they not black enough? 🤔

I’m starting to think the democrats are being very disingenuous about all this talk of black people being unable to be elected or represented, the black vote being repressed, and the “Jim Crow 2.0” bullshit. 🤨

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

Don’t let this go viral though.

[Peter Kostis @peterjkostis]

For obvious reasons, I choose to not comment on golf announcing but I'm making an exception. Doing just a couple of events a year is, in itself, quite difficult but @david59duval impressed me this week. In an age where many announcers are either scripted or tend to do radio and tell you what you just saw, David did a very good job of letting the pictures tell you "what" and he explained the "why". Well done sir.....

[Timothy Sandefur @TimothySandefur]

Yes. Taiwan is not a “breakaway province.” It has never once been ruled over by the PRC. A PRC effort to take over Taiwan will be a foreign invasion by a communist aggressor.

[Darryl @dvan330]

@Super70sSports Suitable?!?!?
Hell, I had countless 99cent frames wrapped around those bad boys.

[John Ziegler @Zigmanfreud]

@dannykanell Imagine being so dumb that you don’t realize that results from more than two years ago are now irrelevant because all the rules have totally changed…

Imagine being Danny Kanell…

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

ARIZONANS…
DO NOT GIVE KATIE NO DEBATE HOBBS ANOTHER 4 YEARS TO TURN ARIZONA INTO CALIFORNIA!
#VoteBoggs4Gov

[John Ziegler @Zigmanfreud]

A preview of Alex Smalley tomorrow…

[John Ziegler @Zigmanfreud]

Told ya…
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