Hi, I want to tell you how to pray in an effective way. It doesn't matter if it's the prayer to heal your soul or body — it works for everything.
I recommend you to just lay down and talk to Lord from the heart of yours. Let Him know about the problems you face and tell Him that You surrender to His will. May His will be done. If He wants you to be healed, let Him heal you. Just surrender, close your eyes and trust in Him. He will make a way for you. He's a waymaker. He healed a lot of people and can do the same for you, just trust in Him. Trust in Who He says He is. If you don't know what to pray, I leave you the prayer that I wrote with the help of the Precious Holy Spirit:
”Lord, I surrender to You. May Your will be done, not mine. If it is according to Your will, heal me from [...]. I believe that You can do everything. You are God Almighty who is the God of the Impossible. You are our only True God who is the God of Miracles. I know that I can be healed in the Wonderful Name of Jesus, in the presence of the Precious Holy Spirit Who is the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and lives in me.
Lord, You said that if we have faith as big as a mustard seed, we will tell the mountain to move from here to there and it will move. Lord, I stand before You with faith as big as a mustard seed and beg You to have Mercy on me not because of what I did, not because of my works but because of what Jesus did on the cross for me and every other human being to lead us to salvation. Lord, I seek Your help and have faith that You will help me with my need of healing. Lord, strengthen me and heal my body from all of the diseases and clean it with the Precious and Holy Blood of Jesus — the One Who died on the cross for me. He was whipped for the sins of mine so that I could be whole in the Name of His. He was the One that also said that if I pray to You in the Name of His, what I'll ask Him will be given to me. Lord of Lords and King of Kings, I stand before You and believe that I can receive healing from the disease that steals my joy and hope — [name what kind of healing you're praying for] in the Precious, Holy Name of Jesus — our King Who was born in a humble way even though He was and still is our God. For He was not born as an ordinary human. I believe and admit that I have faith that Jesus Christ is not only a real Human but also a real God of mine. He is my Savior that came down to live on earth and teach me how my life on earth should look like. He was there to teach me how my prayers should look like, let me know about the Kingdom of Yours, oh Lord and make a new covenant. He was here on earth and died on the cross for me and my sins. He died on the cross so that I could have an eternal life in the Kingdom of our Heveanly Father. On the third day, He rose from the dead and let everyone know that He truly is the Savior of ours. I have faith that I can be healed in the Name of my Messaiah Who deeply cares about me and loves me. For there's no greater love than the love of the One Who dies for His friends.”
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uhhh thinkin about how mizu and taigen's relationship was described as "this meeting of the minds, this meeting of the swords, that they could not share with anybody else" in one of the netflix articles about the show
and i'm going crazy because YEAH they're both equally invested about swords and fighting in a way that nobody else in their lives are. and that's just. so important considering we're talking about mizu, who sees her sword as her own soul.
and it's not JUST mizu who's obsessed with fighting. taigen is too. cuz like after their duel at the shindo dojo, as taigen is examining his bald spot in the mirror where mizu cut off his hair, he literally interrupts his own turmoil over losing his honour, just to express his awe, openly admiring mizu's skill DESPITE the fact that mizu just beat his ass and stripped his honour and status from him
then in the next episode, mizu says a very similar line when she examines the cut flower that fowler had pinned to heiji shindo's robe.
this was also such a sudden thing to notice in the middle of their conversation (my interpretation of this is that it hints to fowler's own skills with a blade, and gives mizu information about her enemy being a formidable opponent), but the fact that mizu had such a keen eye and managed to hone in on such a tiny detail from like a foot or two away is interesting because it shows us just how attentive mizu is, especially when it comes to blades and anything to do with them
to mizu (when she's not spiralling and agonising over her own self-hatred and the way the world treats her), swords are not a mere tool for revenge, but an art form which she is fascinated by and loves and admires. we see this from time to time, during rare moments of respite, like when she admires the duel in the beginning of ep4
mizu also takes to heart all the teachings from her years training, while taigen is interestingly less strict about them, basically disregarding some of those teachings as mere pedantry, or even if he doesn't actually really think so, he at least tells mizu as much in his attempt to comfort her after her sword breaks
but that doesn't mean he doesn't care for the more formal aspects of his training at all. because in ep3 when he says this
this line about mount sumeru is not talking about the literal mountain in front of them, but is a recitation of a line from the lotus sutra, which is among the mahayana sutras that they learned as part of their spiritual training, as zen buddhism forms a lot of the basis for samurai doctrines and philosophy. the sutra given more emphasis in the show is the heart sutra that mizu writes on her body in ep7 during her rite of rebirth
so taigen saying this line, as i see it, is a way to bond with mizu, or at least make conversation over their shared knowledge, as we see him await a reaction as soon as he says this. but mizu gives him none, and he looks disappointed/annoyed/frustrated or what have you as he watches her walk off without a word
also we see a little more of their shared knowledge of swordsmanship in the last episode when it's clear that mizu has been training ringo in sword fighting techniques
and later taigen recognises it instantly
they're both nerds about swords and fighting!!! they both respect each other's skills!!!
GOD i really hope in future episodes they get to bond some more over their shared passion and common training and just samurai camaraderie in general!!! mizu clearly loves the artistry of sword fighting so much, she deserves to have a confidant who shares that with her, someone she can talk openly about these things to!!!
because like remember when mikio was telling her about the naginata, she looked soooo uwu in love!!! admiring her husband as he showed off the weapon and told her the benefits of using it!!! believing at the time that she'd found a match who she could openly share her love of martial arts with!! she was having so much fun sparring him too. everyone says fighting is part of her love language and YES it IS!!!
except the difference is that mikio—due to, among other things, their large age difference and subsequent gap in life experience—believes he is mizu's teacher, rather than her equal. this is the role he's readily taken throughout their marriage, from teaching her how to throw a knife to cut down fruit (not like she needed that particular lesson), to teaching her equestrian skills.
meanwhile taigen and mizu were both kids growing up poor in the same backwater fishing village, which means that they are and always have been PEERS. and this becomes even more pronounced once taigen is stripped of his giant ego and unlearns his prejudice, allowing them both to fully respect each other and view each other as equals
which is again why it frustrates taigen when mizu admits later in this scene that she basically doesn't care about saving the shogun. like he gets mad because it upends his initial belief in their shared goals and aligned values, believing them both to be samurai of equal standing and honour.
ALSO i'd like to add, that though mizu is the better swordsman as we see her win all their brawls and matches, she doesn't surpass him by that much, and mizu knows this.
these words coming from mizu is such a huge compliment all things considered, acknowledging that he was strong enough to deserve fighting her, because shortly before this mizu was just about to say "no one has given me much of a challenge" only for taigen to enter the scene and, well, challenge her.
now combine this with her saying that chiaki's broken blade suits him well, giving to him HER sword which SHE made AND won, as a surety, promising him a duel that he "deserves". it's proof that even though she finds taigen an annoying brat and oftentimes an obstacle to her mission for revenge, she DOES respect him and does value his skills.
IN CONCLUSION nobody else is on their level, nobody else shares their love of swordsmanship and that is such an important factor to their bond and the way they relate to each other. i rest my case your honour
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