#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!

[brucedinsman]

Daily Service: Serve God, not others

Updated for volume 26  Before you witness, judge, condescend, or anything else, Pray.  Ask God to give you the wisdom to speak what is needed. Ephesians 4:15 KJV but speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: Leviticus 20:26 KJV and ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be…

[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]

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.

[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

[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.

[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.

[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 (¬‿¬))

[brucedinsman]

Daily Service: Serve God, not others

Updated for volume 25  Before you witness, judge, condescend, or anything else, Pray.  Ask God to give you the wisdom to speak what is needed. Ephesians 4:15 KJV but speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: Leviticus 20:26 KJV and ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be…

[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

[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. 🤣

[sugarpasteltmnt]

I read all of tnv today and I am insane for it please take my offering (that only took me like 2 hours sorry I have a project I have a deadline for and I couldn’t sacrifice much more time)

RIP Donnie in the back doing the family guy pose i love it so much LOOOOOOOOL

ALSO!!! PLEASE DO YOUR ASSIGNMENT FANFICS CAN WAIT!!!