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Asking my child's forgiveness

I woke up early since I had a 7am call for work. Today was my day for school drop off, so I walked into the boys' bedroom to find my preschooler sprawled out on the wood floor! 😂

I swept him up and told him, "Can Mommy tell you something? I need to ask for your forgiveness. I have not been doing my best lately. I've been impatient and got easily angry at you. I also haven't been saying sorry to you for those times. I'm not proud of that and it makes me sad to treat you that way. I'm sorry. I'm still working to do better, but sometimes I will make mistakes. Can you forgive me?"

He had a tear in his eye and with a smile, he said "Yes" and gave me the biggest hug.

I asked him to pray for me whenever I make a mistake. "You can help me, my love. Tell Jesus, 'Please help Mommy, she's having a hard time,' when you see that I need calm down time or if I'm using my words to hurt others. I promise I will always do my best to say sorry."

It's a lot to ask of him, but somehow I could feel it on my heart that he will love me through it, like he always does even when I least deserve it.

Dear God, please give me the strength to shepherd the children You've blessed me to care for.

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“One of my favorite Hasidic teachings says that every person should carry two pieces of paper, one in your right hand pocket and the other in your left. On one of the pieces, you write the verse “I am but dust and ashes.” On the other piece, you write a very different verse “Bishvili nivra haolam/For my sake the world was created.” The key to living a successful life is to be guided by both of those statements and keep those two opposing truths in balance.”

— Rabbi Jeffrey Summit

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‘How long, O Lord, will you forget me…forever? How long will you look away from my face? How long will you whisper in my soul, spreading sadness in my heart? How long will my enemy be superior to me?’

- ‘How Long, Lord?’ performed by the legendary Lebanese singer Fairouz in the style of an Orthodox chant

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I have main character syndrome but I'm Job from the Bible

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"Where were You, God?", Arthur Meschian (translated by Tathev Simonyan)

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Desolate at the Loss of her Lover, 1850 by Giuseppe Molteni (Italian, 1800–1867)

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2016: A man performs ablution before the morning prayers for Eid al-Fitr in Colombo, Sri Lanka. [Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters]

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“The great Mystics tend to recognize that Whoever God is, he or she does not need our protection or perfect understanding. All of our words, dogmas, and rituals are like children playing in a sandbox before infinite Mystery and Wonderment. If anything is true, then it always has been true; and people who sincerely search will touch upon the same truth in every age and culture, while using different language, symbols, and rituals to point us in the same direction. The direction is always toward more love and union–and in ever widening circles.”

— Richard Rohr

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i have just heard from @mohammedshehabtt that the crossing might open soon. screenshot below:

if muhammad is right, the crossing will open soon. that means he has only a limited amount of time to raise funds and get his family to a safe place.

muhammad is only 26. he's younger than i am. it breaks my heart that this is something he has to worry about. unfortunately, it is, and he's got his family to worry about too:

mona, his wife, 24 years old

iman, 6, and toleen, 5, his daughters

his mother and father

they've lost their home in the war. they are currently displaced in deir al balah. iman and toleen have gotten sick due to the conditions in the camp they're staying in. look at these sweet girls; they don't deserve this.

they deserve a home. they deserve warmth and safety. they deserve a cozy bed to sleep in every night, and a home to decorate with star-shaped lights like they had before.

this is not merely a dream they have; it is an attainable goal.

muhammad needs to raise €30k total to get his family out, of which he only has €5257 at the time of my writing this post. i am appealing to all of you who see this post to please share it. please donate whatever you can. i know a lot of people have been feeling hopeless especially now, but please don't. there is hope. if the people of palestine have hope and faith, so should we all. and now more than ever we need to work together to help them.

so please, share and donate. whatever you can do, please do it. thank you.

⭐ @mohammedshehabtt ⭐ vet (111) ⭐ gfm ⭐

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Pink Mary- prints on society6

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Vivienne Westwood

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Honestly. Christians should be more scared of "the wrath of God" then anybody. We, as professed Christians, have the boldness to claim the title of Christ for ourselves. To claim that we have been anointed by the Anointed One. We quite literally bear his name (title but wtv). Bearing his name in vain is literally one of the first 10 Commandments and if there is anything I would be more scared of breaking it would be that one.

All humanity images God (poorly or well) but it is Christians (as well as religious Jews and Muslims etc) who claim to bear the name of God.

The one's who should fear the wrath of God most are those who claim to follow him.

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praying for your mutuals 2: electric boogaloo (intercession edition!)

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on Corinthians 13:4-8

 "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails."

Now read it again with "God" instead of "love."

 "God is patient, God is kind. He does not envy, He does not boast, He is not proud. He does not dishonor others, He is not self-seeking, He is not easily angered, He keeps no record of wrongs. God does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. He always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

God never fails."

Now read it once more from your name, this is how God sees you, this is how he calls you to serve him, who he is calling you to be.

"(your name) is patient, (your name) is kind. (your name) does not envy, (your name) does not boast, (your name) is not proud. (your name) does not dishonor others, (your name) is not self-seeking,(your name) is not easily angered, (your name) keeps no record of wrongs. (your name) does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. (your name) always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

God never fails, and he didn't when he made you. You are beautiful, you are loved, you are exactly who you are supposed to be.

@idylls-of-the-divine-romance

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I ask god to send a swordsman / and god says ‘look at your hands’

— Melissa Broder in “Problem Area” from Last Sext

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the front seat of the car is a type of confessional