#Ask God for wisdom

[lightfromthelighthouse]

Good Morning!☀

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. James 1:5-6

Google search has become the goto place for information. Next in line is probably YouTube, then some of the other search engines like Bing or Ask!. While these all have their place, they can provide knowledge but ofen not the wisdom you need. Wisdom is knowing what to do with the knowledge.

We are told if we need wisdom, simply ask God for it. He will not withhold or put limits on how much wisdom he gives.He will not scold us for asking. We are reminded that we need to ask, believing without doubt that God will do what we ask. God honors faith. Jesus frequently said to those who came to him, "Acccording to you faith be it unto you; your faith has save you; your faith has made you whole."

You believe, God hears, God speaks, you believe!

[sloanslone]

didn't have enough art to give away for Halloween so have these divas in compensation

Separately:

I worked so hard on this my artwork files crashed 💀🙌

Bonus: I love these two so much 😭

[anniflamma]

I love how Ares actually sound concerned for Athena and shielded Aphrodite and his siblings. Like him being protective of Aphrodite, I get, but the fact that he bothered to protect Hephaestus and Apollo and was genuinely worried about Athena, just gives me this feeling that despite everything that happened between them he still has some care for them.

Also, apologies if my vocabulary isn't that good, English is not my Native language.

I’ve always liked the idea of portraying Ares in a more nuanced, gray light instead of just black and white. It makes him much more relatable too. Rather than having Athena and Ares be enemies 24/7, exploring a rival sibling relationship is much more fun.

Yes, they’re always fighting each other, but when it really matters, they still care for each other.

[nothing-impt]

Hera concept art :D

[sarnai4]

greek pantheon in the family group chat?

(LOVE that! Okay, let's get into this)

Hestia: Hello! Just checking in on everybody :D! How are you doing?

Athena: Auntie, this is a group chat.

Hestia: I know, Sweetie. We never get a chance to talk in-person anymore, so I thought this could help.

Apollo: I foresee this going badly.

Ares: You don't need to be a prophet to do that

Hermes: Being a prophet might not help him. He didn't foresee me stealing his cows. HAhaha

Apollo: Dad! He admitted it!

Zeus: TBH I always knew. I just thought it was funny.

Hestia (typing)

Apollo: You've got to smite him or something.

Artemis: Come on, Pol. Don't expect Dad to fix all your problems.

Hephaestus: Didn't you literally run crying into his arms when Hera hit you?

Artemis (has left the chat)

Hermes: I bet she's on her way over to you again Dad

Ares: If she is, can I come too? You keep not responding to any of my texts and I had something I wanted to ask you

Ares: Dad? Are you ignoring me AGAIN?

Athena: I'd wager, yes.

Ares: It's a group chat! How are you going to pretend like I'm not here??

Zeus (typing)

Ares: Okay good.

Zeus: Hera, are you coming home early tonight?

Ares: >:(

Athena: You still have me.

Ares: Mean it?

Athena: At this moment anyway

Hestia (typing)

Hera: You two, cut it out. I'm trying to respond to your father.

Ares: Sorry

Athena: Sorry

Hera: Why do you want to know if I'll be in early?

Zeus (typing)

Hera: Are you trying to bring someone to MY home?

Poseidon: LOL

Zeus (stops typing)

Hestia: Maybe this is a topic that you two should discuss in a private chat.

Hera: ARE THEY ALREADY THERE ZEUS??

Poseidon: Also also are they cute? If so send pics. Sharing is caring :)

Hera: You stay out of this! Zeus, are you going to answer me or not? I see that you're still in this cat.

Zeus: Something came up. I've got to go. (has left the chat)

Demeter: Very classy of you.

Dionysus: Hera, I can make you a drink if it would make you feel better

Hera: It might

Demeter: Make two please. It's about to be winter. HADES

Hades: I'd really rather not be involved in this

Demeter: I'd rather not spend the winter away from my daughter. Guess we're BOTH unhappy now.

Hades (has left the chat)

Demeter: I know where you live!

Hephaestus: He can't see this text until he gets back

Demeter: He'll see me a lot sooner

Hestia: No one ever actually answered my question about how they were doing.

Hestia: Are you still there?

Athena: I tried to warn you that this wouldn't work.

Hestia: Maybe it can work another time. Should we try this again tomorrow?

Everyone: NO

[saixria]

Idk how I never made a full sheet for my Athena design so here’s an updated sheet of her casual and battle-mode clothes :D you have no idea how much pain and suffering went into me stubbornly trying to keep her feathers brown while keeping some part of her blue like QT and so odysseus can have a blue cloak inspired by her. Trying to make brown work with blue was like trying to mash two magnets with the same charge together. Also I honestly love the idea of her using her wing cape to fly but at the same time i don’t want her losing one side of it to affect her flying… so idk…

[reality-detective]

What does possibly the smartest man in the world say is the most important thing for YOU to do in your life?

Do you know where God is? 🤔

[undercover707]

[mer-acle]

Do you have any athena hcs?

Uhhh

How much time do you have lol

I'll try to list the short ones so this post doesn't get too long. Due to writing about her a lot I have a lot of lore lmao

1. Athena is the eldest child (Hephaestus born shortly after her). Nobody who's spoken to her once would expect anything else honestly

2. At the time of the Odyssey she's about 4000 years old (No reason or proof I just decided) Her first 200 years give or take were spent with Triton (read: Pallas)

3. She only got assigned with Warfare as her domain after officially joining Olympus

4. Her emotional distance with her siblings is partly due to Pallas trauma, and partly due to Zeus liking to "keep her to himself" (read: isolated as the favorite). She gets along best with Hermes and Hephaestus (yes, I refuse to accept Erechtonius happened) bc the former is just as chaotic as herself and the latter shares her creativity and both don't ask for a big commitment from her (again. No Erechtonius and no arranged marriages in my plotline let me have this)

5. Dislikes being touched. Her siblings learn to accept it, Zeus does not. She doesn't try to enforce it with him. (Yes in every iteration of her that I will ever write, there will be a touch-starved to hug plotline sue me. I need therapy)

6. Never braids her hair. She used to have braids when with Pallas, but since then she has never worn her hair this way again. She also wears it quite a bit shorter than she used to back then.

7. Her grey eyes are inherited from Métis. They also glow in the dark. She has perfect night vision.

8. Perfect memory. Also she has bird's eye view versions of even her own memories (hc that one of her domains is history so that's why) It's how she found out that Zeus interfered with Pallas's death.

9. Used to have an Oceanic themed armor before joining Olympus (Métis made it for her) She allows Hephaestus to make her a new one, shedding the Ocean symbols in an effort to please Zeus.

10. Connected to her status as a virgin goddess but in contrast to Artemis, Athena dresses pretty covered up, doesn't undress even for bathing (in ancient Greece sometimes you'd keep your chiton on as a sort of bathing suit almost, but being naked was more common) (also this is not 'purity' stuff btw I just get that vibe from her, Artemis, literally go off queen you're doing great)

11. Classic but good, cocks her head like an owl like all the time. Also says "hmm" a lot (intonation may vary)

12. (Remember, my hc, you can do whatever you like) I think all the virgin goddesses are acespec/arospec in some capacity, but Athena is the cut and dry aro/ace/repulsed one. Like... It's a big fat no from her (I'm projecting hard btw)

Anyway twelve seems like a good number I hope you like them :) I picked those that aren't specific to Epic and can be applied to myth!Athena too

[nyssasatelier]

Have you ever drew Aphrodite? 🤨

I didn't before but I have now! ;)

I present you my interpretation of the goddess of love and beauty :

I imagine that she constantly changes her appearance by mimicking the traits the people around her believe to be beautiful. She doesn't do it on purpose it's her nature to change much like the foam of the waves from which she was first formed.

[rexonalapis]

it is very telling that average genshin players cannot comprehend seeing an actual mature, qualified leader that is actually good at taking her job seriously after meeting archons who either is still childish, clowning whimsically, or straight up incompetent.

[sloanslone]

Could I ask for the hefefef design?

Hefeffuf design has been rotting in my art gallery for months 😭 I'll change it soon(only drew it for god games)

He likes Athena :)

Yek

[gotstabbedbyapen]

Also let's not forget. In the Iliad Apollo literally sent Odysseus a favorable breeze on his way back after he returned Chryseis. Apollo has never held personal grudges towards most of the greek warriors (except Achilles hahaha) + Odysseus invokes Apollo's help many times in the Odyssey. Especially when he's back Ithaca, he calls upon Apollo to help him destroy the suitors. This also happens on the day of Apollo's festival and his bow was also given to him by Apollo.

Thanks for the addition Anon! (or it could have been you, I think I know who you are (¬‿¬))

[ms-divi]

Your Hera design is mwahh!

Can we please see more!? PLEASE!

Okay so, I was looking my gallery the other night and found this

My old drafts of Hera

[sarnai4]

Athena: What are you going to wear for Halloween?

Ares (opens his mouth)

Athena: The blood of your enemies doesn't count.

Ares: Let me get back to you on that.

Aphrodite: I'm not decided yet either, but I know I'll be going as someone sexy.

Ares: So, yourself?

Aphrodite (giggles)

Athena (gags)

Aphrodite: You know what, we should go in a couple's costume.

Ares: Yeah! That could be fun.

Aphrodite: Mama and Papa Bear!

Ares: Warrior lovers!

Aphrodite: Partners in crime and life!

Ares: Newlywed soldiers!

(Ares and Aphrodite start kissing while still listing off ideas)

Athena: I regret everything leading up to this moment.

[anniflamma]

Ooh my personal hc for Hephaestus' involvement in god games might be the incident with the infant. Hephaestus was thrown off Mount Olympus. He might have some beef with Odysseus throwing the baby from the tower?

Oh my, you are a genius!! That would be a really good connection and also use a plot point in the musical itself.

It would be kind of funny too, Odysseus decided that if he was in the same spot again (in the song Monster), he'll be willing to commit it again. So we would have Athena convincing Hephaestus that it would be okay to drop babies on the floor. 🤣