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You are faced with some random problem and the only person who can help you is the main character from the last piece of media you consumed (you can also do favorite character if there are multiple main characters). You can stay in this universe or be in the universe of the character, whichever you prefer, but the problem remains the same and the only person who can directly help you is the main character. That character can call on the help of those they know in their media, but when it comes down to it, they are the only person really helping you. How do you react to this situation?

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The hardest part about recovering from Religious OCD is that you are eventually going to have to make the most terrifying leap of faith in the world: to admit that you have done all you can, and trust that God is going to take care of the rest.

For someone who has never experienced OCD, that probably doesn't sound scary at all. But believe me, when you seriously believe that your immortal soul is on the line, that kinda of trust take every last thing you have.

To trust that He wants you in heaven more than you want to be in heaven. To trust that He knows how much you love Him, even when you think that you aren't positive that you love Him. To trust that jumping through hoops isn't what gets you to heaven—His arms are.

For a Catholic, that probably looks like trusting your loved ones when they tell you that you don't need to go to confession. "Okay, but what if I did that time, and it happens to be the ONE time I wasn't obsessing?" 1) the likelihood of that happening is slim to none BUT 2) if it did, do you really think a God Who is love and mercy itself would hold that against you? Don't you know that He knows how confused and scared you are? Don't you know that He knows that you are trusting your loved ones because your brain can't be trusted? Don't you know that He knows that you love Him so much you want to never, ever, ever hurt Him, and you are just trying to be healthy? That is the leap of faith you have to make.

For an Evangelical, it likely looks like doing your best to dismiss questions about whether or not you are saved. You did what you knew to do. You repented, you were baptized, you love God and you are continuing to seek Him out. "But what if I didn't repent right?" --- If you weren't repentant, you wouldn't be worried about it. You love Jesus with everything in you. I know you do. Because if you didn't, you wouldn't be sobbing over the sinner's prayer, trying to say it "correctly." Jesus knows. Jesus knows Your heart, and He came to earth for you, and the misfiring neurons in your brain are not going to be what determines your eternal salvation. He wants you. And you want Him. And that's enough. That's your leap of faith.

And some point, you have to throw your hands in the air and say "Jesus, I did everything I can. I'm scared, and I'm confused, and I don't understand anything, and I don't know what to do anymore. So will you figure it out for me?" And rest in that. Because He will figure it out for you. You don't need to be solving all those mental puzzles. He knows the answers.

He is not mad at you for being confused. He is not upset with you for being scared. He is not angry that you don't have all the answers. Righteousness is not necessarily determined by clarity. He is not impatient with you for being a little lost. He does not begrudge you for your illness.

That is the scariest leap of faith you will ever take. But brothers and sisters, there is freedom on the other side. There is joy on the other side. And Christ will catch you when you jump.

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it’s always “poor little meow meow” or “evil bastard” or “I could make him worse” what about men who are normal 🙄what about men who pay taxes and are well adjusted individuals and not at all insane

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I found this hilarious post stating elons girlfriends as typical c drama concubines and I'm loosing it

Bonus

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did you hear? there was another sunrise this morning. the clouds are parting to let love in. birds still live in the trees and rabbits still live in the ground and God still loves you

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Crushing on a man who talks too much and has a girlfriend....apparently still fighting with a friend despite us having a conversation where I thought we sorted it out...my mom's also in the pits and that's my job to help with...about to graduate with no money and no prospects...if I make it through March nothing will ever be able to kill me I will literally never die

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I wanted to meme before the big day.

Not yet, Brutus.. not yet..

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I did this and qualified for the VITA program, where you give them your documents and they do your return for you. I got a huge refund and so much peace of mind and time back because I didn’t have to do it myself.

CLICK ON THIS LINK! DO IT!

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hey do you mind if I have a crush on you...as a friend....

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March: *starts*

Tumblr:

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I say shit like "If my memory serves me" knowing damn well it serves the dark lord

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saw that post about someone joining tumblr with their actual full name and it gave me the shudders

DO NOT DO THIS, new people!

this is the anonymous website: bosses and relatives and real life don't follow you here

if you have a business or are a "creator" or whatever, you can just go by the business name or your artist tag or your nomme de plume if you must

we are not normalizing using this site like f*cebook!

learn to interact as an amorphous collective of preferences and conceits that people associate visually only with the image of your icon like the rest of us

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Sure the age gaps are often weird when you look at period novels and the power dynamic consistently is in the favour of the older man but if I were a young woman with very little power I'd honestly rather marry a man maybe a decade older who had already become the person he was likely to stay and had a long resume of kindness and good decision making than marry a man in his early twenties who could turn into anything.

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One thing about an Austen heroine she will NEVER think ough maybe I led that horrible man on you will NEVER catch her blaming herself when a terrible little man proposes out of the blue. An energy to collectively bring back actually.