Giving Thanks - A Poem

Giving Thanks by Anthony A. DiMaria

As we sat around the fire on that cold but cheery night,
I looked around and I beheld a very wonderful sight,
The fire shown the smiling faces of friends having conversations.
Everyone was happy, everyone was laughing,
I don’t think more joy could be found in all of the nations!

And as I sat there looking at all this I thanked God for all He has given;
I thanked Him for my friends, ones who love Him and have striven
To be closer to Him and to do His will;
I thanked Him for the bright, starry night that He had made
And for the nice breeze and the chill.

I thanked Him for the fire that was warm and bright,
The friendly flames that jumped out and lit up the night!
I thanked Him for the joy that we all shared,
The ability to laugh and smile and talk about our Lord.
I thanked Him for the ability to worship Him without being scared.

Color

We recently had the great opportunity to be a part of the Christian Filmmakers 36-hour film contest.

Though challenging to create a film in 36 hours, it is also a lot of fun! God so blessed us as we made the film, and we hope that the end product is a blessing to you!

New Banner

So, I just redesigned our banner...

Just FYI.

-Dominic

us4HIM is no more

Hello everyone!

Geno here, for the first time in a while! I wanted to let you all know that we are going to be closing down our www.us4him.com website very soon. The reason for this is our new company, Block One Studios.

Block One started out as a collaboration of us and several other families who have worked together on a couple film projects. It has since morphed into both a commercial and narrative production company.

Previously, my friend Chad Stembridge and I had been business partners in the LLC that is Block One Studios, but through prayer and the Lord's teaching we have found that it is unbiblical to be involved in partnerships. Thus, Chad has continued his business, Stembridge Mill Moving Pictures, and I have taken over Block One Studios, LLC.

Throughout all of this, us4HIM Productions has become unused and unnecessary. We feel that Block One is a stronger brand, and that we have produced much higher-quality work since becoming Block One than we had previously with us4HIM. So, we have decided that we no longer need the us4HIM website, and are retiring us4HIM Productions completely.

You can still keep up with our work at: blockonestudios.com. If you're on Facebook, please consider becoming a fan by going to: facebook.com/blockonestudios.

We appreciate your continued support and encouragement as we strive to produce high-quality, God-honoring work! God bless!

Geno

A Truck Story

My dad ordered a cord of wood. Yes, he did. He ordered a cord of wood. The man he bought if from, Mr. Emerson, was a really nice guy, and he came to deliver the cord of wood my dad bought. 

My dad thought our yard would be dry enough, so he said that Mr. Emerson could just drive through. Alas, it was still wet and Mr. Emerson got stuck. So, we unloaded our wood from his trailer and tried pushing him out, but with still another load of wood in the bed of his truck, the task was difficult. So difficult, in fact, that we did not succeed.

That's right. We failed to push the truck out of our yard. So, we called a tow truck and they got him out in no time.

The following are the images documenting the affair. Let them tell you the story.

-Dominic

The Motions

So this past week I had an assignment for Literature to write a poem... I started it last Friday, but over the weekend, I was thinking about the topic I had chosen to write on, and really did not like it. It was really lame. So... I was praying about what I should write on, and God gave me the idea to write about just going through the motions of being a Christian.

Here's the poem:

The Motions

by

Anthony A. DiMaria

I wake up every morning, get out of bed,

Pick up my Bible, to see what the Lord has said.

For a while I’m interested, but as the days wear on,

It becomes just another thing on my check list.

It is like school to me now, I just do it to be done with it.

I am not focused on learning from it. I would rather

Be playing games or watching movies.

But then, in some event, the Lord shows me

That I am not honoring Him.

I am just going through the motions.

I say that I love Him, yet I put so many things first.

I say He is my number one priority, yet I would spend

Hours watching movies, and only fifteen minutes

In His word, learning from Him.

When I read my Bible, I’m thinking more about

How I can impress my friends with a new item

That has just come out, instead of focusing

And meditating on what I read.

I write about meaningless things that happen in my life

But I never write about what I have been reading in His word.

I put on a show at church so all my friends there

Will think I am a great follower of God, but at

Home I say and do things that God hates.

The Lord has revealed to me that I need to

Repent and be restored. I need to stop going

Through the Motions.

I used to wonder why the Lord wasn’t revealing

Anything to me, but I now know, that I was

Shutting Him off and not letting Him teach me

From His word. Now that I am not just going through

The motions, I feel like a new being. I feel free,

As if a huge burden has now been lifted off of me.

I now know what it feels like to truly follow God;

To truly honor Him... to truly put Him as my number one.

To truly be one of His children... It’s like a light has gone

On in me, I see things from a different view.

Now that I am not just going through the motions.

Let me know what you think!

In Christ,

-anth-

Snow

Yep, you read that right! We got snow here in SC! It was the first measurable snow fall here in the Charleston area in 10 years. When the snow was done falling we had about 3 inches. Well, we didn't want to miss this rare opportunity we had at getting some pictures of the snow, so we (Dom, Me, John, and Zeke) decided to get up early Saturday morning to take some pictures!

Here are a few of the ones I took:

You can see the pictures Dom took (and read the story of how he got a new camera) Here.

Thanks for stopping by! God bless!

-anth-

It's Been A While

Hey there! Well, it's been quite a while since we posted on here, and I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm hopefully going to be working on a nice long post to get you all updated on what's been happening... So, yeah, keep checking back and I'll try to have a post up this weekend! (Perhaps even one on my Photo Blog, too...)

-Dominic

Good Person 09

This is our latest Good Person video. We shot it during our recent awesome trip to IL.

This was the first video I have directed, and I would like to give a special thanks to everyone who helped out. The actors were all great - none of this would have been possible without them. And Chad did a fantastic job behind the camera, too!

Good Person 09 from Block One Studios on Vimeo.

-Dominic

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