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tabernacleheart · 10 months

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Humility is the frame of mind which we should labour and pray for, if we would not be offended. If we find any of Christ’s sayings hard to understand, we should humbly remember our present ignorance, and believe that we shall know more by and by. If we find any of His sayings difficult to obey, we should humbly recollect that He will never require of us impossibilities, and that what He bids us do He will give us grace to perform.

Rev. C. H. Rouse

#humility #Rev. C. H. Rouse #Grace #Lean not on your own understanding #Understanding #Offense #Religion

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yeslordmyking · 2 years

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July, 17 (Morning) Devotion

“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.”

1 Thessalonians 1:4

Many persons want to know their election before they look to Christ, but they cannot learn it thus, it is only to be discovered by “looking unto Jesus.” If you desire to ascertain your own election;—after the following manner, shall you assure your heart before God. Do you feel yourself to be a lost, guilty sinner? go straightway to the cross of Christ, and tell Jesus so, and tell him that you have read in the Bible, “Him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out.” Tell him that he has said, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” Look to Jesus and believe on him, and you shall make proof of your election directly, for so surely as thou believest, thou art elect. If you will give yourself wholly up to Christ and trust him, then you are one of God’s chosen ones; but if you stop and say, “I want to know first whether I am elect,” you ask you know not what. Go to Jesus, be you never so guilty, just as you are. Leave all curious inquiry about election alone. Go straight to Christ and hide in his wounds, and you shall know your election. The assurance of the Holy Spirit shall be given to you, so that you shall be able to say, “I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him.” Christ was at the everlasting council: he can tell you whether you were chosen or not; but you cannot find it out in any other way. Go and put your trust in him, and his answer will be—“I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” There will be no doubt about his having chosen you, when you have chosen him.

“Sons we are through God’s election,

Who in Jesus Christ believe.”

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kdmiller55 · 7 months

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Life Doesn’t Always Make Sense

1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Keep listening to my words, and let this be your comfort. 3 Bear with me, and I will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient? 5 Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth. 6 When I remember, I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh. 7 Why do the…

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vviciously · 1 year

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i really like this guy but idk if its i actually think hes attractive or hes just been really kind to me and now my attachment issues r showing up bcos its been rlly lonely for so long and i want to txt him but my trust issues and hes too good for me issues r also showing up and i also think i just need to get closer with God but i also have wedding fever since my sisters wedding is this how it is to be a girl and i also just enjoy doing dishes and cooking but i dont want babies but im so open to adoption but i obviously know children need a dad and a mum so adoption would only become an option if i were married and theres a lot of things in my stuppid head that r so embarrassing i hate tumblr but idk what to do in this situation and ive only talked to him in person twice but he always txts with heyy and i always think abt that meme thats like heyyyyyy and lists the different meanings behind the numbers of ys and i hope he doesn't think im rude if i dont txt him i just dont believe playing easy to get

#im mental ive been praying im like hes going away for like a month to party and im like pray pray pray :/#lean not on your own understanding

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justwriterbritt · 1 year

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Church today was phenomenal!

It's all about how your own understanding is not enough fuel to get you through, but if you have faith in God's Word, His Promises, and have no doubt, then you have "The Edge."

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dangoulains-devotion · 2 months

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#FF7 #FF7R #FF7 Rebirth #Final Fantasy VII #Final Fantasy VII Rebirth #aerith gainsborough #barret wallace #my favourite synergy ability... solely for the animation its so cute and cool #sorry papa wallace for i am 1) not good at drawing facial hair and 2) was not mentally strong enough to draw your gun #one day i will but today was not that day #i worked on this for 9 hours straight it got to a point i zoomed out and was like why doesnt this look right #and it was bc i forgot his tattoo....... he's naked iwthout that #also i've never tried to do comic-y explosions and text before so i kind of just looked at clip art for reference and then yolo'd it #i hope it doesnt look terrible i've decided i no longer care to fret over it #i need you to understand that if you were to zoom out the camera on this photo #barret is proper crouched down and aerith is standing on a pile of books #so that they could attain a pose where she is leaning on his shoulder #I FORGOT MY OWN ART TAG bro im so tired #my art #<- i am moonlight elegy on twt

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sluttylittlewaste · 28 days

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Does anyone else remember how during ACoC people kept trying to prove that Caramelinda was somehow in on [redacted's] betrayal and was actually evil? And do we all remember how many times Brennan had to say "No, she's not evil or Bad or anything, she's just a woman who is trying really hard to make the best decisions she can with the information she has in the heinous circumstances she's in"??? Do we remember Brennan having to tell the Bad Kids that Zayne Darkshadow isn't just some cringefail fucking edgelord but a child who suffered greatly in his life and then DIED?

Does anyone else remember Kalina literally having to snap her own neck to get the Bad Kids to realize that she might not be just *blanket evil*?

I feel like I'm seeing something very similar happening with Porter and Kipperlily and I really hope Brennan once again subverts the idea that just because a character is antagonistic they are inherently Bad or Evil.

Also, just a reminder Protagonist = main character Antagonist = person opposing/challenging the main character

These terms do not possess a moral assignation.

#To be clear this is not about the Intrepid Heroes and how they play the game #This is fully about how easy it is while playing DnD to forget being the main character makes it really easy to assume opposition = malice #and to make character judgments based on whether or not NPCs or nice/helpful/frienldly/agreeable #even though time and time again it has been proven that the nicest people in the world can be the most nefarious #also in the specific case of Fantasy High #they are all so good at playing teens and really leaning into the defensive/reactive/emotional aspect of that #a lot like Ruby in ACoC #there's also something very high school about responding to a person disliking you with extreme defensiveness #rather than simply understanding that sometimes that just...happens #and that people can come to and act based on conclusions about you without all of the information #in the exact same way that you can #but it feels more personal and offensive because you are living in your own head and know your reasons for doing things #so it becomes a flat dichotomy of nice person = good #rude person = bad #and it takes a lot of growth and perspective to know things aren't that flat in most situations #Aabria is actually really good at subverting that manner of thinking #both as a DM and a PC #d20 fhjy #dimension 20 #fhjy #if i die #let me die #thoughts #a crown of candy #acoc spoilers #fhjy spoilers

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void-proxima · 14 days

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One of the more heartbreaking episodes of this show was released on April 28, 2019: "This is Not A Drill", featuring Drill Man (...and his absolutely abysmal excuse for a father). To commemorate it, I drew him over the weekend (and touched up the shading today). As always, the poor guy is not having a good time.

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#mmfc #Mega Man Fully Charged #Drill Man #Drillman #this episode is an interesting one #because it was definitely framed to be more lighthearted than how it ended up #and the ending corroborates that #but even from what is explicitly stated it ended up really frickin dark #Before i actually watched this episode when I got into the show in 2022 #I assumed most of their dynamic was extrapolated or leaned into for interpretations #but nope his father is just straight up abusive onscreen #not to mention all the subtle details that cause me emotional harm #aside from the dissonance and the fact that once again Drill Man has gotten screwed over by opening up to people #one of the worst parts is that it could have been a REALLY GOOD way to connect with kids who don't have such a great home life #and subtly introduce that idea to kids who do so they have a better understanding when they brush up against that irl #Like at the end when Dr. Light goes into that monologue about how parents ALWAYS love their children and he's SURE Drill sr secretly cares #what if instead they had acknowledged that his dad did not really care about Drill Man's feelings and hurt him for his own personal gain #and that treating your kids like that isn't right and isn't loving #IMAGINE IT #we were kind of robbed tbh that could have been groundbreaking #no pun intended

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lanternlightss · 25 days

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sighs. oh how the human and inhuman meet together in their understandings of one another, we’re really in it now …

#JUST !!!!!!!!!!!!!#i am thinking.#bc the human knows that the inhuman will never truly understand them in “their” way. they act human as much as they like. they can nail down #every aspect #but the fact remains that they aren’t human and will never fully be human.#and they both know and understand that—their will always be a separation somewhere. and they both try to reach to the other in what ways #that they can while never going over that line #and vice versa for the human !!!!!!#they won’t ever get it !!!! if the inhuman is a monster. a beast. a hulking piece of metal. an elemental being #they understand the inhuman’s behaviors. how they express themself in ways similar to that of their own behavior #a hiss. raised hairs. silent and unmoving. wind beating against the trees.#but sometimes. when they can’t get through to them. when theres a glint to their eyes that as much as they squint can’t make out. leave #for space. to let the inhuman gather themselves in their own ways #you can reach out but the closest you will ever get is grazing each other finger tips. and being content with that #for now you will lean against each other #knowing how different your worlds are that you can never truly revolve fully around it #i am. i. bites at the walls #lantern says stuff

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tabernacleheart · 11 months

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Those who feel little or none of the work of God in their own hearts are not willing to allow that He works in others. Many deny the influences of God's Spirit, merely because they never felt them. This is to make any man's experience the rule by which the whole Word of God is to be interpreted; and consequently, to leave no more divinity in the Bible than is found in the heart of him who professes to explain it.

Adam Clarke

#this hits hard #biblical interpretation #the bible #Unbelief #Faith #Doubt #Lean not on your own understanding #This is very relevant to the world lately

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yeslordmyking · 2 years

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June, 30 (Evening) Devotion

“Ah Lord God, behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.”

Jeremiah 32:17

At the very time when the Chaldeans surrounded Jerusalem, and when the sword, famine and pestilence had desolated the land, Jeremiah was commanded by God to purchase a field, and have the deed of transfer legally sealed and witnessed. This was a strange purchase for a rational man to make. Prudence could not justify it, for it was buying with scarcely a probability that the person purchasing could ever enjoy the possession. But it was enough for Jeremiah that his God had bidden him, for well he knew that God will be justified of all his children. He reasoned thus: “Ah, Lord God! thou canst make this plot of ground of use to me; thou canst rid this land of these oppressors; thou canst make me yet sit under my vine and my fig-tree in the heritage which I have bought; for thou didst make the heavens and the earth, and there is nothing too hard for thee.” This gave a majesty to the early saints, that they dared to do at God’s command things which carnal reason would condemn. Whether it be a Noah who is to build a ship on dry land, an Abraham who is to offer up his only son, or a Moses who is to despise the treasures of Egypt, or a Joshua who is to besiege Jericho seven days, using no weapons but the blasts of rams’ horns, they all act upon God’s command, contrary to the dictates of carnal reason; and the Lord gives them a rich reward as the result of their obedient faith. Would to God we had in the religion of these modern times a more potent infusion of this heroic faith in God. If we would venture more upon the naked promise of God, we should enter a world of wonders to which as yet we are strangers. Let Jeremiah’s place of confidence be ours—nothing is too hard for the God that created the heavens and the earth.

Daily Bible and Devotional for Women - http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=daily.bible.for.woman

#God #Jesus #christianity #faith #passionate faith #faith in adversity #faith in God #lean not on your own understanding #God will make a way #God's power #God's might #deep faith #incomprehensible God #the power of God #the might of God #the power of faith #have faith #devotional #bible verse

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sunset-peril · 29 days

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Man am I glad that God is such a patient God.

I've said the exact same thing to Him probably about twenty times in the past week and just generally having be an anxious, falling apart mess. (And probably overthinking everything)

And if I was Him, I probably would've slapped me by now. Even I think this monologue is getting old, and I'm the one that keeps saying it to Him.

#anyways there's my rambling thing #a lot of awe in Him #and also a lot of frustration with myself #faith #christianity #my stuff #yambling #this lean not on your own understanding thing is hard #...mmm that's a bit of an understatement #this past year has kinda been a dumper fire #kinda like that one picture where the lightning struck a tree #and the tree is burning from the inside #despite being alive #y'all seen that one?#and I'm rambling again

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zero-a · 1 year

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people will go all "just be yourself and love yourself! :)" and then go "if you don't act the way i want, you gotta reprogram your entire way of thinking then reach into the very core of who you are and what makes you you, discard it, and replace it with this better, friendlier, more empathetic version that's coincidentally far more convenient for me to deal with than any other possible compromise we can make that you can do for me but doesn't stretch your mind to nothing but thin bands of what you'd consider 'You' :))))))"

#mine.txt #just thinking about all those 'think positively!' and 'romanticize your life!' posts #like on one hand i can see their merit cause self-hatred though instinctual is ultimately detrimental to your mental health #but on the other hand...some of them (a lot of them) are really just unashamedly asking other people to completely change themselves huh #all in the guise of ''positive thinking'' ''self-love'' and ''betterment'' no less #i suppose i shouldnt be surprised considering most people can barely grasp the concept of someone who Genuinely has muted emotions #as a natural state instead of a depressive symptom #not to mention the human quality of escalating things #so ofc tumblr which seems to currently be in its mental health recovery phase would naturally lean in so hard towards ''radical happiness''#but man sometimes i really do just wanna shake the person from behind the screen and say #'no! dont you understand! this is just how i am! stop implying that everybody who doesnt feel joy at simply waking up is a miserable hag!'#sometimes they dont even imply it they just straight up say it 💀#im honestly fine (as in idc) with seeing them but they remind me so much of those toxic positivity bitches that sell you random hoaxes #and tell you that youre ''ruining their vibes'' when youre not just beaming like the sun every waking second #well idc most of the time that is #sometimes they just trigger my szpd (and my dpd weirdly enough)#with the szpd obviously i dont like being told what to do and what to feel and having some rando assume things about me #but with the dpd its like #oh i must be doing something wrong ofc this stranger on the internet knows more about emotions and feelings than me #cause im a dumbass who doesnt Feel things therefore i must do what they say even to my own detriment #this mainly applies to those guilt-trippy ones so ive learned to steer clear of them #possibly even block the op

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soldier-poet-king · 1 year

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Tumblr pls fuckin stop suggesting trad blogs to me oh my fuckin shit I am going to lose it

#not even just trad caths. but trad prots. anything leaning thst way #no i dont want to hear abt j Peterson or m walsh or any of those ilk #omg i had to hear enough about pterson when i was at u of t #ughhhhh #like if youre perbaos well-meaning post abt talking to queers or ppl of other faiths #is full of condescenion #and the underlying premise that its abt evangelization and not just like. treating other ppl like ppl #idk how to help u #not everything has an ulterior motive!#have u considered! just being a good kind person without being a preachy asshole!#is actually the divine plan! god works in ways u dont understand! ur just being self righteous and annoying!!!#have u considered that other ppl are not just ignorant and dumb but have made their own decisions #and most ppl are genuinely trying to seek Good in whatever way they can or know how #for whatever definition of Good #and some of yall are Sooooo condescending and prideful #and im gonna KILL im so fkin annoyed #and tumbkr keeps!!!! recing it to me!!!#Go away #franposting #this is what i get for being on my phone at work #:////#literally these ppl vire evanglizing and conversion as a means to an end #they don't even see other ppl as ppl. but as objects to be saved or whatever. like ffs. that's SO #ppl are ends in and of themselves. not to be kant. but yknow. STOP we can tell when ur being an ass. i promise

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themyscirah · 2 months

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Started thinking about the Amanda Waller + Ben Turner relationship again.... fuck, I'm gonna need a minute

#I JUST- SHDIAUDJSHDSHEYEYRYRYRY guys. guys #i know none of you see my vision and thats okay. i will make you see my vision. i will force you to see my vision. i will-#like jesus fucking christ oh my god. its so interesting and gives me so many emotions and just!!!#i know im not making sense bc none of my moots are sui sq fans and also like half of the content fucking me up specifically here is in my #head because i cant stop thinking about my absolute power fix it au but like!!!!!!!#also the fact i have a fix it for a comic that isnt out yet is so funny to me. its literally fucking real though. god knows we need it #may my own content carry me through the dark times (extreme villain waller arc)#anyways this fucks me up so bad you dont even know. someday ill actually explain it #dc hire me to write a suicide squad ongoing PLEASE. i could do it so good it would be so fucking good dc PLEASE 😭😭😭😭😭😭#also like this isnt me shipping them btw. like 110% not that. just to clarify.#i wouldnt even call it a friendship bc like. theyre not friends really. he has the most equal dynamic with her i would say but it still isnt #equal. shes v much his boss even though they have an understanding and respect there #like she believes and trusts in him much more than anybody really even himself. like she sees the good man and the leader even when he #doesnt. but she isnt nice about it. and there is a lot of conflict between them when there needs to be #like as much as ben is “wallers man”--the team leader she wanted from the beginning before rick flagg pushed his way in #ben i would say is still a very moral person even when lost and unsure of himself and his goodness (which is like one of his main things)#like i feel like while amanda can lean very into a “the ends justify the means” mindset in her worse moments and do bad things to get #herself out of a corner ben has like a deep and meaningful understanding of how the choices of your methods and how you act can weigh on you #like even though he was brainwashed and whatnot (thats still the story right? i cant remember) he holds a lot of guilt and baggage over his #actions and i think is able to temper amanda's worse tendencies in terms of that by calling her out when he recognizes that behavior #idk. i just really think that amanda waller and the suicide squad as a whole has lost its way without a more moral authority presence there.#like someone who can call her out and keep them more on track. which i really thing ben is and could be #i just very much am interested in their dynamic and how that would look like as equals and how i think they could help each other.#which ofc is what my wip is about and revolves around #blah #sui sq

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gonnabeokaykid · 2 years

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but if "911, what's your fantasy?" is buck spending the episode picturing how him and eddie would be as a couple (after potentially a almost kiss, after the reveal of the PoSiBiLLitiES) and the future they might have, pondering what may change if they take that step, or what if it doesn't change at all, then what does that mean yk???? does he believe in himself enough to believe he deserves it? that he is not gonna wreck it? be too much, too loud, too selfish? can he live with himself if he is the one to drive eddie away?

intwining his life with the diaz boys together with his fantasy and dream of a family, of stability, of that Special Connection - of what he's always wanted - with the realization that maybe, MAYBE, that dream is what they have had All Along.

This thing that they've Made. That they have Built.

WHAT THEN

#ah i think i get it now #911 getting my therapy bill is WHAT THEN honestly #just ugh buck having this reckoning with himself and the ideas he has in his head of what happiness is and what he is allowed to give #To Himself #how you can be independent yet also lean on someone and be both happy and sad at the same time #how maybe he can have a small moment of his own #within the love and support and understanding and Space that eddie is gonna give him #like girlypops i am conCAVING #like when a person that loves you see you in your emotions #and give you space to figure it out #and support when you can't do it alone #yall #my blorbomans is going through it and i'm having a Time #911 fox #6a speculation #linn says things

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