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wecanbeperfect · 7 months

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DAVID ARMS HIMSELF

1 Samuel 17:40 And he took his staff in his hand and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH

1 Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

#Let Righteousness be your sling #Let your your stones be #Godliness #Faith #Love #Patience #Meekness #Slay that Giant whatever it may be #Fight The Good Fight of Faith #A More Perfect Tabernacle #Jesus Christ #The Son of God #Praise God #The Father

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tabernacleheart · 9 months

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Whosoever, He said, commits sin, whether Jew or Greek, rich or poor, king or beggar, is the servant of sin. O miserable bondage! ...when wearied with the hardness of his tasks... whither does the slave of sin flee? He takes it along with him, wherever he goes; for his sin is within him. The pleasure passes away, but the sin does not pass away: its delight goes, its sting remains behind. He alone can free from sin, Who came without sin, and was made a sacrifice for sin. [With these truths,] Christ purposely alarms us first, and then gives us hope. He alarms us, that we may not love sin; He gives us hope, that we may not despair of the absolution of our sin. Our hope then is this, that we shall be freed by Him who is free. He has paid the price for us, not in money, but in His own blood: If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. Not from the barbarians, but from the devil; not from the captivity of the body, but from the wickedness of the soul. [Now] the first stage of freedom is, the abstaining from sin. But that is only incipient, it is not perfect freedom: for the flesh still lusts against the spirit, so that you do not do the things that you would. Full and perfect freedom will only be, when the contest is over, and the last enemy, death, is destroyed. Do not then abuse your freedom, for the purpose of sinning freely; but use it in order not to sin at all. Your will will be free, if it be merciful: you will be free, if you become the servant of righteousness.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

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slavy77 · 1 year

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I don’t remember the 60’s and 70s (cause I wasn’t born yet), but I wonder how today’s society of protesting and social justice compares to back in those days. I feel like there should be a study done on who, what, why and actions taken…it would be very interesting.

Today’s society seems to have a new thing to fight about each week. Social media amplifies the smallest voice and if there is drama within the topic, the media picks it up. I mean we are not hearing stories about the injustice of funding for childhood cancer - no drama. I don’t see much poverty and homelessness in our large cities - little drama, page 8.

That stuff might be there, but it’s buried. It’s not dramatic enough, even though I would term that a “good fight”.

Fight the good fight of faith. It’s a fight that is not popular. We don’t seem to care about faith like we used to. Faith to the majority is, at best, going to church on Sunday for an hour. Past that it’s onto the drama, obtain more crap (also known as material things), more money, more fame, more self-indulgence.

Somewhere we decided that faith was just like art, hanging somewhere on a wall that we walk by now-and-then, but not there for anything but decoration. I think this attitude is why we now live in the dumpster fire society we have.

I agree that we need to fix a lot of things and the past was far from perfect, but the world today feels chaotic and on the edge. Common sense is on the extinction list and truth/facts are anchored in feelings. It’s nuts!

If we could take the passion people feel for many of these causes with the true meaning of what faith is and what the Bible tells us, things would change for the better. Christian faith tells us to love each other, help each other. Man tells us to love those we like and who are like us and aggressively hate those who oppose us.

Faith tells us not to judge others, but to accept others. Man judges others and silos differences, unconsciously segregating the people (even when it's in the name of equality).

I get that the past was messed up, but morals kept things civil. Fighting the good fight is about faith in God, in the Bible. I’m trying to fight that fight and be a better person than I used to be. I’m trying to be an example for my daughter, so when she grows up her values are set right and she does what is right and lives the right way.

Fight the good fight, it’s not easy and might seem like we are losing, but the win comes after we leave this world. I hope you are on the winning side.

#faith #Faith in God #Follow Jesus #Fight the good Fight of faith #protest #society #the media #media #truth #childhood cancer

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paintpanic · 8 months

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#this one should also fit as a phone background #kirby series #kirby #nightmare kirby #ask 2 tag #im fairly happy with this #i think i was able to get the colors fairly faithful to the kind of palette adventure used #best looking NES game fight me #is it obvious that i just put emojis in the caption when i can't think of a good one. i feel the need to have *something* there.#anyways. im going out of town later today so expect some kind of hiatus. not that i usually warn you guys about those lol.

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bloomfish · 1 month

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It's so weird that in angel s5e2 they do a little flashback to Spike's blaze of glory moment in the last episode of Buffy... but they leave out Buffy saying "I love you". It's such a blatant omission, the ONLY omission from that scene, that it feels totally deliberate and kind of dishonest. Considering a lot of the Spike and Angel moments in S5 revolve around their jealousy and rivalry towards each other, and a LOT of that is to do with Buffy like... Why would you leave it out? It's a pretty big moment for Spike's character in general.

As far as I recall they don't even mention it, they just mention the fact that Spike and Buffy have had a lot of sex compared to bangel's ONE disastrous time (that they remember) but it does kind of cheapen it for Spike. A big motivation for him not leaving LA could have been him not wanting to hold Buffy to her words, since he clearly doesn't believe that she loves him (even though she does, as per Whedon). He presumably thinks she only said that to make him feel better in his final moments, because she wouldn't have to actually follow through on her words. Which is sad. But it makes much more sense as a motivation than the weird 'it cheapens my moment of glory' excuse like since when does spike give a shit about that

#spuffy #idk missed opportunity for sure. maybe it's brought up later in the season? I can't remember rn #but they do kind of shunt spike's complexity and make his character all about angel's feelings #though don't get me wrong i LOVE their fight over the cup #i love the symbolism of spike being able to hold the cross while angel can't.#spike pointing out that he fought for his soul while angel had to be forced to change is sooooo cathartic #because that's the thing about angel is he's not inherently a good person. he has to continually fight to be better #he's the faith to spike's buffy #btvs thoughts #btvs #anyway their continued insistence that buffy and angel are soulmates that transcend any other relationships #is rly detrimental to both buffy and angel as characters imo. as well as any other relationships they might have #cordelia and spike who actually put in the work to get to know them as people are automatically relegated to second fiddle #dont get me wrong i love bangel for the angst but i dont buy that buffy will always be in love w the same guy she barely knew at age 16

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rithmeres · 1 year

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I HAVE NEVER CRIED SO HARD IN MY LIFE

#STUFF THAT HITS DIFFERENT WHEN UR CHRISTIAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT!!!!!I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT I HAVE FINISHED THE RACE I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#HANGE ZOE #ERWIN SMITH #ATTACK ON TITAN #YES THE COLORS ARE DIRECTLY LIFTED FROM MERCURY AND LIGHTNING BY JMM (LIKE A FIERY PHOENIX BIRD!!! LIKE DEATH IN REVERSE!!!)#:D I AM DISTRAUGHT!!!!!!!!#WHEREFORE ART THOU #SNK #SNK SPOILERS

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coconut530 · 4 months

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BITTERSWEET REUNIONS

#Nevermore #Nevermore Webtoon #Webtoon #WOW WHAT A RETURN!! I KNOW THE HIATUS WASN’T THAT LONG BUT DAMNNNNN!!! ALSO RIP TO OUR 5 COIN STATUS #ANYWAY MORELLA SNAPPING ADA BACK.. IT’S SO CRAZY HOW HER PARTICLES WERE ALL OVER THE ROOM #CAN SPECTRES LIKE UPGRADE THEIR POWERS BC IT LOOKS LIKE ADA DID THAT #WILL BBY SORRY FOR CHOKING YOU AND DAMNNNNNN LENORE FOR FORCING HIM OFF AND TELLING 👏🏼 HIM 👏🏼 OFF 👏🏼 GODDAMN LOVED THAT #AND THEN ADA AND MORELLA FIGHTING!! MORELLA SHOUTING IS AMAZING! AND IT NEVER OCCURED TO ME THAT ADA DEFLECTS HER BLAME IT’S CRAZY #SICK OF PLAYING WITH PHONIES!! EPISODE 7!!! CALLBACKS!! AND NOW MORELLA COME TO THE MISFITS FULL TIME PLZZZZZ #OOP DUKE YOU GOOD? OK OH UH YEAH IT’S BEEN A BIT WITH YOUR SPECTRE ALSO UR POWERS MADE ADA GO OUT OF CONTROL SO 😬#GIVING HIM HIS JACKET AAAAAAA! THE COIN AAAA! EULALIE AAAAAAAA! DUKE CATCHING HER AAAAAAAAAA! PLUTO BLUSHING AAAAAAAAAA!#WELCOME TO ANOTHER EP OF EULA’S AMAZING FACTS #BERENICE! GROUP HUG!!! THEY’RE ALL SO WHOLESOME I CAN’T I’M SO GLAD THEY’RE ALL TOGETHER AGAIN! BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!#wait just realizing something did duke’s spectre heal his bruises? interesting #PUT ME BACK IN THE WALL HAHAHAHAHA #And the two of them scoping out the mess #YESSSSS YOU GOTTA BEG SIR! BEG FOR YOUR PLACE AND YOUR LIFE! REAL TEST OF -FAITH- LIKE THE LAST EP ALMOST #DAMN WE BACK EVERYONE SO EXCITED TO MAYYYYBE FINISH OFF THE SEASON??? IDK WHERE WE GO FROM HERE I ASSUME EP. 100 #BUT YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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koalas-koalas-everywhere · 6 months

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One Piece #758 (vol. 76)

Hang on, I need a second... Usopp, who usually takes credit even for things he didn't do, who respects Luffy's good opinion so much that he credited his faith in his crew as the reason they kept fighting, that he agreed to work with a random, dangerous Warlord in a plan to take out an Emperor of the Sea just because Luffy complimented him, saying it doesn't matter if he never finds out that Usopp saved his life, as long as he's safe and can keep going...

Not that it's unprecedented for Usopp to do something like this - in fact, it's one of the first things we see him do. He also kept Kuro's invasion of his home village a secret. And maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I don't think it's completely irrelevant that Syrup Village's existence such as it was (a peaceful and carefree place that, if anything, could use someone like Usopp causing mischief to liven it up every once in a while) depended on the secrecy. Here he just thought, "I saved you, that's enough".

(Not to mention the comparison - this would be putting Luffy on the same level as his home village, the place he grew up in.)

#One Piece #one piece manga #Usopp #Monkey D. Luffy #Dressrosa arc #fuck it I don't really ship it but I'm feeling it rn #usolu #THE THING IS. for all of Usopp's good qualities. humility isn't really one of them (not as something separate from his cowardice)#some issues ago he demanded a statue from the people he'd tricked and had planned to abandon!#and it's not just bc he cares abt Luffy. He's also putting his faith in him as the person who can save them. He'll shelter him from harm #of all kinds -even knowing that he'd been in danger- he'll give him peace so that he can keep fighting FOR ALL OF THEM #but also this is just after thinking that he doesn't want the sea without Luffy #Usopp who'll run scared until you hit one of his buttons my beloved #<- she says after wanting to tear her heart out when he was about to abandon the Tontottas #but also this is what unlocks his haki

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koukaaa-descent · 2 months

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I love buddy very much,, pangolin if u see this know that u are the reason I have so much love for these lovely corpses,, it's so silly. I hope it and its crew have a happy ending forever and ever

#lethal company #lethal company masked #lethal company employee #i am slightly terrified of tagging people #however i am in good faith that tumblr will throw this pangolins way regardldss #thank you for rearranging my brain chemistry with your series #i am very sorry if i got anything wrong #this was a result of brainrot after reading 'you had a body' again #koukart #fighting for my life against magma's low quality

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virtue-boy · 3 months

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Went on a transandrophobia truther blog and instantly saw this ..

1) love the slight of hand where he says "being trans" instead of actually identifying any positionality or god forbid mentioning WOMANHOOD as a type of positionality in his post which allows him to call trans women men and completely disregard the experience of the closested trans WOMAN. Telling that your argument hinges on "after transitioning to a man I am exactly the same as a woman undercover as a man"

2) just say you're not on T and you don't know anyone who is. Like as someone who's passed as male on an off for my whole life and now fully passes as male all the time thanks to T I low key snorted reading this... Liiike let's be for real here passing as a man (and doubly so if u are binary and have the pronouns to match) and passing gives you privilege out the fucking wazoo and I literally think about it every time I leave the house, meet new people, take blue collar jobs, interact w people on public transit, walk around at night, go to gay clubs, bond w male overseers, look for roommates, etc. This is obviously extremely racialized as much as it is gendered, but there is literally not a single "privilege" I had as a girl (that was assumed to be a guy 50-70% of the time) that I lost as a guy.

3) Also how do trans men "inherently defy patriarchal manhood" I literally know a trans guy who went to jail for domestic violence against a woman like trans men are incredibly capable of accessing and enacting patriarchy and thinking ourselves justified in accessing patriarchal homosociality. Like we are literally becoming men and we don't just magically exit the patriarchal society because we aren't the men at the top of the make food chain.... a la R.W. Connel. Being trans men means we lose some for being trans but we win some because we are men. Like gay men are frequently denied their masculinity but it would be dodo brained to act like gay men have no male homosociality they can access or that no gay man has ever accessed male homosociality. Like if u believe that you actually don't know any gay history Attttt Alllllll 😭 like genuinely. We also earn more money per dollar than women in our same gender modality, that doesn't sound like "inherently defying patriarchal manhood" to me that sounds actually like a pretty typical social positionality for oppressed and marginalized men. Like in my own friend groups, at school, and in my music and promotions scene being an (openly trans) man actually has granted me actually a lot of homosociality that I can draw on.

#Mine #Transandrophobia truthers #God everytime I scratch one second below the surface on this it's just a rich topology of fucking garbage and barely disguised hatred #Of trans women like these guys genuinely see trans women as mortal fucking enemies who they are entitled to as allies but since t women #Wont just bow down and refuse to become “gender egalitarians” instead of feminists instead of considering their position in the community o #Good faith engaging w trans women in their community to build allyship and unity they just say #well we could have had unity in our #Community but all these WOMEN insist on calling me a MAN when I am the true ontological woman here #so I guess we can't be a community and I have to dedicate my whole online presence to fighting women in my own community 💔

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kosite · 2 years

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charles puts himself in a position to win and ferrari does everything in their power to prevent it

#they cannot #in good faith #say they are genuinely trying to stay in the championship fight #hungarian gp 2022 #too many

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tabernacleheart · 10 months

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The [paralyzed] man’s eight-and-thirty years of illness had apparently been brought on by dissipation. It was a sin of flesh, avenged in the flesh, that had given him that miserable life... and so Christ comes to him again with this solemn warning: ‘There is a worse thing than eight-and-thirty years of paralysis. You fell once, and sore was your punishment. If you fall twice, your punishment will be sorer.’ Why? Because the first one had done him no good. So here are lessons for us. There is always danger that we shall fall back into old sins, even if we think we have overcome them. The mystic influence of habit, enfeebled will, the familiar temptation, the imagination rebelling, the memory tempting– sometimes even, as in the case of a man that has been a drunkard, the physical effect of the odour of his temptation upon his nostrils– all these things make it extremely unlikely that a man who has once been under the condemnation of any evil shall never be tempted to fall under its sway again. And such a fall is not only more criminal than the former, it is more deadly than the former. [I assure you] there is no blacker condemnation; and if I may use a strong word, there is no hotter hell, than that which belongs to an apostate Christian. [And so we Christians must take heed, for behold, we also] have been made whole. ‘Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto you.’ And turn to that Lord and say, ‘Hold Thou me up and I shall be saved.’ Then the enemies will not be able to recapture you, and the chains which have dropped from your wrists will never enclose them any more.

Alexander MacLaren; Commentary on John 5:14

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fightinglikeaman · 2 months

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By lightvessel

#the good fight #christian faith #myuplouds #light vessel

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azriaann · 3 months

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natsu and END keep me up at night. it makes me SO MAD LIKE THERE WAS SOOOOOOO MUCH POTENTIAL FOR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, ANGST, AND AN ACTUALLY INTERESTING FINALE BUT NO! i don’t understand why they would make him this all-powerful demon from the book of zeref and then have him transform for literally half of one episode and then never again💀 so fucking stupid!!!!! sorry i’m a hater i just don’t understand why they wouldn’t capitalize on this obviously (at least somewhat) thought out character arc for him …. like you have this heroic do-gooder who is suddenly thrust into this evil role AND ALL U DO IS HAVE HIM FIGHT HIS FRIEND? WHICH HAS NO CONSEQUENCES?????? IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE😭😭😭😭

and then there was that brief snap in 100yq… which should come back based on the foreshadowing…. but like COME ON!!!!!! make him hurt his loved ones or something im on my knees begging for some actual angst because this franchise is severely lacking

don’t get me started on the “actually i’ve decided im human so i won’t be a demon or a dragon actually😁☝️” shit because….

#sorry i’m a hater #natsu as END had so much potential #like think of the nalu shit that could’ve happened #IT COULDVE BEEN SO GOOD #holding onto a sliver of faith for the ignia fight #natsu #fairy tail #excuse my rant

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scrawnytreedemon · 3 months

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Seriously tempted to make a highkey detached headcanon/pseudo-analysis post regarding Zant and gender. Probably a bad idea.

#scrawny rambles #zant #strong emphasis on the pseudo it's red string pins and corkboards fueled by audhd & months if not cumulative years of hyperfixation #my thing is that the optics are awful and this is tumblr #when it's like. alot of finding my gender issues and feminine rage in a character that... does not play *well* with that #it could be seen as crossing a line when i'm closeted transmasc and i see them as. well closeted *something else*#if that makes sense #it's deeply meaningful to me and comes from a place of compassion #but i think even someone in good faith can see the obvious issues with that #let alone the numerous people who either don't/no longer have the patience #or are looking for a fight #idk man. don't really have anyone personally to talk about this with that has the same extensive bg on the guy as i #i've got good and eager friends #but i'm giving them the context— the conversation is inherently led and skewed by my biases in a topic i have wayyy too much investment in #and they don't. yknow?#as opposed to presenting it to other people who share it and have wider context #and the sense to know if i'm bullshitting #the lens ends up being an addition instead of the groundwork; y'feel?#it's 1am god help #seasonal depression has my sleep schedule in a shit pit. sad!#tl;dr: things that look bad unfortunately compell me and that's why i give villains 18752489 flavours of queer biracial and neurodiv. ty.#just like me fr frrrrr

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thebroccolination · 22 days

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SERIES VS. COUPLE

Do your favorite BL couples match your favorite BL series?

I feel like this must be a phenomenon, so I want to see what other people's lists look like. \:D/

These are mine. I'm very proud.

Voila:

TOP 3 SERIES: Be My Favorite, SOTUS, Until We Meet Again TOP 3 COUPLES: WinTeam, KongArt, KawiPi

Because, like, we judge series and character based on different criteria, right?

Be My Favorite shot to the top of my list by episode eight last year because the writing was immaculate (Waa took extra time to really hone the script, and it shows!), the directing is phenomenal (the behind-the-scenes footage and interviews show how much influence Waa had in bringing out the best in everyone), the premise is right up my alley (subjective, but y'know, favorites lists are subjective by nature), etc. etc. etc. It's just all-around an incredibly well-crafted show, so it's sitting pretty cozy up there at the top.

But!

When I think about couples, WinTeam and KongArt are firmly first and second.

WinTeam have been my favorite BL couple from Day ONE, and no one's even remotely challenged them since even though Between Us is somewhere around #5 or #6 on my list (depending on how much of the series I choose to selectively forget).

And KongArt? We saw them grow from age 19/20 to, like, 26/27? (I haven't math'd the years in a while, but the Our Skyy episode is definitely set during their late twenties.) Experiencing that much development for a BL couple is rare, and their relationship is portayed so beautifully.

So, y'know, both lists are completely subjective and don't always have anything to do with quality or whatever. WinTeam are my favorite couple because Win's my favorite character archetype and Team is a sassy traumatized gremlin, and Be My Favorite is my favorite series because holy shit I love gay time travel and it's the only series I've seen that's treated leitmotifs seriously.

SO TELL ME YOURS. \:D/

#i think it's a fun phenomenon and i'm curious what other people's lists look like #also just for clarity: i made this in the spirit of fun fandom nonsense #i also posted this to twitter but i'm not sure if people will take it in good faith or #y'know #fight about it #if they do i'll delete it there #the antagonism across all online spaces is widespread and really exhausting but i'm trying to counter it with positivity #i will spongebob my way through your anger #with my silly little canva graphics and my carefully selected screenshots from my little gay hallmark shows #thai bl #bl series #be my favorite #sotus the series #until we meet again #winteam #kongart #kongarthit #kongpob x arthit #kawi x pisaeng #kawipi #this was on twitter for five minutes before someone managed to get antagonistic about it #so it now lives exclusively here

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