SimplyGodAndI

About Me

About myself

Hi my name is Daniel. I care about a person’s desire to learn and to be seen. My goal is to have people ponder truly on what they believe and to seek truth.

My heart posture is this

“I don’t want to be known, I just want to be faithful. My story will pass, so I live sharing the story that never will.”
Daniel sitting relaxed on a leather couch, wearing a navy sweater and name tag
Daniel holding up a matcha drink in front of a café storefront

I enjoy…

I love and practice a couple creative arts:

  • Videography
  • Photography
  • Poetry/Writing

I love to learn!

So that mindset has allowed me to practice humbleness and patience in ministry and gospel sharing. As well as pick up on languages such as Spanish, French and Korean.

My goal

I want to witness to a person’s heart the character of Jesus. I want to see their heart, past the biases of the culture and beyond the traumas of their past.

I want to live in such a way where I am completely operating where the Lord’s hand is guiding me. I want to truly know what it means to live by faith and to express to all what it means to show the love of God.

Daniel standing on a city street corner at sunset
Childhood photo of Daniel as a smiling baby, with his older brother behind him

The little baby with mystery stains all over his face is me. Little me didn’t know that big me would be serving God in ministry.

Dude on the right is my bro. I love you big bro :)

Daniel’s mom smiling outdoors at golden hour with mountains behind her

This is my mom (Hi mom). I always say this to people when I talk about her. “I might know more theology than her, but she out classes me when it comes to faith”.

She raised my brother and I in El Paso, Tx. She is my example of what it means to live by faith. (Love you mom)

Live by faith · From the Substack

“He is not the magnified version of my self-hatred. The gospel is not God waiting for me to become lovable.”

I’m afraid of dying.

Grace over shame · Short

My Testimony

  1. Because of what I experienced growing up, I learned to hide my emotions and became more comfortable in my mind than in my heart.
  2. I searched for meaning through knowledge, asking questions about life, death, purpose, and God.
  3. I studied religion, theology, and apologetics, but knowing about God did not fill the emptiness I carried.
  4. I understood God’s holiness and my sin, but I struggled to understand His love, grace, and mercy toward me.
  5. In 2022, I asked God to help me feel again, smile again, and know what true love was.
  6. Through people He placed in my life, Jesus began to soften my heart and teach me what true intimacy with Him looked like.

Today, I can feel and am no longer numb to emotions. Today, I can speak to anyone because my heart is attentive to the dismissed hearts. I am changed.