#hope shines

[wherehopeshines]

The Image of God and our Imagination

Just as imagination can fuel fear, so can imagination fuel faith. After all, God created us with imaginations to use for His purpose.

The Word of God, the Bible, says that without faith it is impossible to please God. As an extension to this, without imagination, it is virtually impossible to have faith. How else are we going to see what we are believing for, before we ever see it in actuality? Hebrews‬ ‭11:1‬ says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

So how did God create the universe and all that is in it from nothing? Hebrews 11:3 says, “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” God exercised his imagination! He first saw the worlds, and then He spoke them into being!

God created man in his own image, endowing us with the same ability to create. Hebrews 11, the whole chapter, speaks of the faith of the patriarchs and the exploits that were done by faith, many never physically seeing all they believed God for this side of eternity.

The Latin term ‘Imago Dei’ refers to man being created in the Image of God, in all His creativity and attributes. I have attached a link to an article below expanding on the concept of Imago Dei.

God created the first man, Adam, in His own image. God later took the first woman, Eve, out of Adams side. Adam was like God in every way. He had full authority in the paradise that was the earth at that time, known as the Garden of Eden. Adam was also given the task of naming all the animals, an amazing feat of imagination! He walked and talked with God in the cool of the day.

The only thing Adam was not given authority over was the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, which God had instructed that he must not eat from, for the day that he did so, he would surely die.

When the fateful day came that Satan, embodied in the serpent, tempted Eve to eat from the forbidden tree, she shared the fruit with Adam. Death did indeed come, but not in the way you might expect.

Adam and Eve had been created to live forever in God’s presence, having constant fellowship with him in Eden. In fact, nothing ever died there until Adam disobeyed God’s express instructions to enjoy the garden, eating of any and all of the amazing produce of the land except the fruit of that one tree. Even the animals were all herbivores. Only after what became known as ‘The Fall’ did animals begin killing each other for food.

The first death after The Fall was not a physical death, but the spiritual death of Adam and Eve, a curse that would eventually lead to their physical deaths, and the deaths of all of their descendants.

The second death was when God killed an innocent lamb to provide clothing for Adam and Eve. Their sin of disobedience had opened their eyes to their nakedness, and they were ashamed. Prior to The Fall, they had been naked and unashamed.

God put Adam and Eve out of the garden because, had they eaten from The Tree of Life in their fallen state, they would have lived forever, never again having any hope of restoration of that pure relationship with God they had once enjoyed.

Fast-forward four thousand years. Jesus (the new Adam), conceived by a virgin through the Holy Spirit of God, came to the earth as a perfect man, just as the original Adam had been. His sole purpose was to point mankind back to God and dying as a perfect sacrifice for sin, the very thing that had broken the relationship between Adam and God in the garden.

For millennia between the Garden of Eden and the Cross of Calvary, mankind has, under special circumstances and in rare cases as detailed throughout the Old Testament of the Bible, been endowed with the ability to walk close to God, but there was always a separation.

But now Jesus has died and risen from the dead, conquering death forever. He has sent the promised Holy Spirit to those who will receive his gift of eternal life. As John 3:16-17 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”

In John 14:16-18, Jesus himself promises the Holy Spirit to those who will follow Him. “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.”

Once we have received salvation from sin in Jesus and the promised Holy Spirit has been given to us, our spirit is restored to the Creators original design and we can begin the journey of relationship with Him, just as if we had never sinned. All the power, authority, wisdom and imagination that created the universe and raised Jesus from the dead has come to live in us. Just as Adam of old, we are restored to once again partake and partner in all the creativity and attributes of sons and daughters of the Creator God.

#freedom #hope #power for healing #live free #great marriages still happen #freedom in christ #hope shines #created in His image #imagination #imago dei

[astral-veil]

Mando final episode tonight

#the mandalorian #mandalorian #star wars #din djarin #My expectations are low #i hope din get to shine a bit but knowing how its going i bet bo katan gonna ride the mythosaur and save the day urggg..... #din needing rescue #probably gonna rescue himself at this point since he get so sidelined

[natalia-lafourcade]

My Top 5 Albums of 2023

↳ "Circle - The 1st Album" ONEW Favorite song: "Anywhere"

#lee jinki #jinki #onew #shinee #shinee onew #shineeedit #dailyshinee #i genuinely thought this set was gonna come out blue but orange really represents how warm this album makes me feel #i miss him. i hope he's well #mio

[simplyavatrice]

nobody does it like her

#ava silva #avatrice #warrior nun #warriornunedit #avasilvaedit #avatriceedit #alba baptista #no character has come around quite like her #nobody has her heart #her personality #her depth #like this girl was paralyzed #and it never feels out of place in her story #because alba puts so much emotion into everything so many little details #but she's such a shining light of hope and love and determination #the fact that she finds love and family for the first time in twelve years and fights for it with everything she has #for herself and her future #for the world once she figures out how much she loves it #for her family #the one she finds and so desperately wanted #then for bea #her bea #who she loves with her whole fucking heart and soul #and is ready to give up the future she spent twelve years lying around dreaming about #nobody does it like ava silva #NOBODY #anyway i'll never be over her #myedits

[ryllen]

Congrats to the FIRST TEAM to BEAT THE TITAN!

#this one is the easiest one for me! #MVP trey-senpai! #thank you for everyone who shared advices and tips for me #the two other team gotta sweat really hard now #i hope they all will make it with the current team members i assigned them with #this team got 2 SSR it's very lenient #i still gotta keep refighting the titan until luck shines on me BCS I WAS SO CLOSE #once i got it to the last 700+ of its HP & the other time it was like 44 HP - 0 HP #44!!!!!! CAN U BELIEEV #book 6

[sp1cy-t0ss]

Danny: “Batman’s not a furry, stop calling him that.” The batkids: [intense booing] Bruce: [sigh of relief] Danny: “There’s no fur on his costume or anything.” The Bats: Danny: “The word you’re looking for is ‘leather daddy.’

#dpxdc #dp x dc #bruce had one shining moment of hope but this? This is worse #feel free to boo me it won't make me wrong #spice posts

[herewegobebe]

Happy Birthday Mr Sunshine 🌞🥰💕🐰

#shinee #onew #lee jinki #happy onew day #hope you have the happiest day full of good things lovely jinki 💕 #miss you so much #analook #my.gifs

[hiirenvirnas]

The most sane Team Bolas?!?! member ❤

#qsmp #qsmp fanart #carre #hiiren art #(theyre all insane) #Finally got to draw him properly!! He's awesome #the red team's shining star of hope 💫

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

congratulations to the owl house for not only making the coven heads all gay as hell, but making each coven head an individual flavor of gay

#toh #the owl house #labyrinth runners #edas requiem #thems the breaks kid #adrian graye #terra snapdragon #raine whispers #darius toh #toh eberwolf #and we have four more coven heads they havent introduced yet #im hope every one of them is a different flavor of gay #'the covens shine in nine different hues' yeah belos thats the gay pride flag

[wherehopeshines]

HE ROARS OVER THE DARKNESS

“David prayed to God the words of this song after God saved him from all his enemies and from Saul.

God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout; My mountaintop refuge, he saves me from ruthless men.

I sing to God the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved.

The waves of death crashed over me, devil waters rushed over me. Hell’s ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit. A hostile world! I called to God, to my God I cried out.

From his palace he heard me call; my cry brought me right into his presence— a private audience! Earth wobbled and lurched; the very heavens shook like leaves, Quaked like aspen leaves because of his rage. His nostrils flared, billowing smoke; his mouth spit fire. Tongues of fire darted in and out; he lowered the sky.

He stepped down; under his feet an abyss opened up. He rode a winged creature, swift on wind-wings. He wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black rain-cloud darkness. But his cloud-brightness burst through, a grand comet of fireworks.

Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout. God shot his arrows—pandemonium! He hurled his lightnings—a rout! The secret sources of ocean were exposed, the hidden depths of earth lay uncovered the moment God roared in protest, let loose his hurricane anger.

But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved—surprised to be loved!

God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I cleaned up my act, he gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I’ve kept alert to God’s ways; I haven’t taken God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I’m watching my step.

God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes. You stick by people who stick with you, you’re straight with people who’re straight with you, you’re good to good people, you shrewdly work around the bad ones. You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg.

Suddenly, God, your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness. I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences. What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God-direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him makes it.

Is there any god like God? Are we not at bedrock? Is not this the God who armed me well, then aimed me in the right direction? Now I run like a deer; I’m king of the mountain. He shows me how to fight; I can bend a bronze bow! You protect me with salvation-armor; you touch me and I feel ten feet tall.

You cleared the ground under me so my footing was firm. When I chased my enemies I caught them; I didn’t let go till they were dead men. I nailed them; they were down for good; then I walked all over them.

You armed me well for this fight; you smashed the upstarts. You made my enemies turn tail, and I wiped out the haters. They cried “uncle” but Uncle didn’t come; they yelled for God and got no for an answer. I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind. I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter.

You rescued me from a squabbling people; you made me a leader of nations. People I’d never heard of served me; the moment they got wind of me they submitted. They gave up; they came trembling from their hideouts.

Live, God! Blessing to my Rock, my towering Salvation-God! This God set things right for me and shut up the people who talked back. He rescued me from enemy anger. You pulled me from the grip of upstarts, You saved me from the bullies. That’s why I’m thanking you, God, all over the world. That’s why I’m singing songs that rhyme your name. God’s king takes the trophy; God’s chosen is beloved. I mean David and all his children— always.”

‭‭2 Samuel‬ ‭22‬:‭1‬-‭51‬ ‭MSG‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/97/2sa.22.1-51.MSG

Credit for artwork to

https://instagram.com/aeronbrownart?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

#it’s time to roar #hope #freedom #live free #power for healing #healing #trauma #freedom in christ #hope shines

[ramcue]

i participated in the cookie run wlw week event that's going on on twitter :)

day 2 : rainy day / shining glitter & black lemonade

(technically day 1 cuz this is the first prompt i'm doing :3)

#cookie run #cookie run fanart #cookie run kingdom #shining glitter cookie #shining glitter x black lemonade #black lemonade cookie #crk #gee it's been so long since my last post i hope i can get y'alls attention with things other than mcyt.. #pinky promise i'll come back to mcyt stuff when im done with this tho :3 #ace art

[warmrainplease]

Bonus:

#hope y’all like the cinnamon roll one #Ik there aren’t any fan favs in there #but I wanted to give some other characters some time to shine #and besides Alastor none really fit the way those others did (Alastor as looks like can kill you and can kill you obv) #hazbin hotel #angel dust #hazbin alastor #alastor the radio demon #hazbin angel dust #hazbin hotel vaggie #hazbin vaggie #hazbin #hazbin charlie #Hazbin husk #hazbin hotel husker #hazbin hotel husk #nifty hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel niffty #hazbin cherri bomb #hazbin hotel cherri bomb #hazbin hotel adam #hazbin hotel lute #hazbin hotel vox #hazbin hotel velvette #hazbin velvette #hazbin vox #vox #hazbin valentino #hazbin nifty #hazbin lucifer morningstar

[shadowduel]

i keep getting into fat ass q-taro discourse with my one single friend who thinks he doesn't have a fat ass. FAT ASS Q-TARO TRUTHERS, RISE UP.

#hi maze if you see this i hope you kill yourse #keiji shinogi #q taro burgerberg #q-taro burgerberg #yttd #your turn to die #kimi ga shine #kmgsn #shadowart #keiji's there cause maze insists he has a fat ass but not q-taro. Okay? #so it's funny to imagine keiji as a vote here in this sad sad majority vote #What's that? If you knew Keiji would lose his cake. you wouldn't have voted?

[lucky-fydraws]

I like drawing Kuro. He's just a little guy :)

+ another one I like a little less under read more

And I'll use this read more to also remind everyone here that reblogs are better than likes. Support artists! Reblog their art! This doesn't just apply to me! Go through your likes and reblog the art you liked!

As always, image description is in ALT.

#dungeon meshi #kuro #traditional art #furry #kobold #anthro #I had a lot of fun with these. I hope it shines through :) #the original painting is actually quite large and is high resolution #but the website I use to host images doesn't allow files over 7Mo aha #fun fact: I drew these in front of a mirror. An alternative to live drawing with a model LOL #I recommend it. It's quite fun (and because the positions aren't always comfortable it forces you to be quick!)

[jinseulss]

#happyonewday!!

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#shinee #onew #jinki #shawolsource #dailyshinee #shineeedit #* #i had this done days ago but decided to redo it all last night becuase i started hating it LMAOO #anyway happy birthday beloved 🥺 #i hope you have the most amazing day

[scribbly-z-raid]

Flat vs render

There's been an art trend going on Twitter comparing flat colors vs rendering and I wanted to give it a shot

#your turn to die #kimi ga shine #yttd #sara chidouin #z art #my method of rendering is slapping colors down and hoping for the best