#Consequences of disobedience

[inlustris-infensus]

[theshinysnivy1]

[mc-critical]

1.04 / 1.05

[why-bless-your-heart]

@green-great-dragon I understand the sympathy for people who have to go through the heartbreak of infertility. It’s a cross I may have to bear too, so understand I’m not trying to be callous when I say that the desire to have a child cannot trump that child’s right to be conceived naturally. God designed human sexuality, and going against His plan is not a “gift.”

[theladyhibiscus]

People up here hype about their hustle and telling others about you can be your best the harder you work. Sorry honey bear, but that's not how God wanted us to live. Because of Adam's being tempted and sinful action of disobedience and listening to Satan instead of God, we are still facing his sin's consequence of working until we drop just so we can eat and have shelter. We were supposed to just live happily with no grind needed as everything we ever need would have been right there for us.

I might get hate for this post. Oh well. Jesus already warned Christians about persecution for following Him. So, I'm cool with it.

[teyrnacousland]

I think about that last part a lot. Does Illario know? Because this is what he says in The Wigmaker Job with regards to the possibility of Lucanis failing the contract:

Does Illario not know that Lucanis has forfeited contracts before? Is it just that this is a bigger (higher paying) contract than the ones Lucanis mentions to Davrin? Or does it just not cross Illario's mind here because he's worried in the way he would be if it was his contract? For all his messing around in this story, Illario is the one who's more focused on the job and the job alone. Illario knows very well that he can't afford to fail a contract. Does he know Lucanis can?

I honestly don't think lucanis would have gotten much gentler training than most of the other crows -- if anything I expect he got more direct and intensely focused/constant attention on and control exerted over him than most of them might, since caterina has so much bound up in him both emotionally, politically and (ultimately, as the case always is with the crows lol) financially. she does not seem the type to as it were risk spoiling the sole viable heir by sparing the rod (derogatory). she has too much on the line here leave stuff like that to chance. where the 'first talon's favourite kid' privileges DO likely enter into it for me is that he can every so often make the move to spare a target based in nothing but his own conscience and not be killed for it himself.

which also has me wondering like... did caterina know she was sending him to kill a child, with that one target he mentions to davrin? or was it a surprise to her too? from what he says, she is the one who picks the contracts for him. was that contract how she realized there are things she could ask him to do, uses she could try to put him to, that would just break him (which would be such a waste at this point she's invested so many years and so much of herself in this knife that rests perfectly in her hand)? was it a test?? did it turn into a test both ways??? did lucanis know she wouldn't have him killed for refusing to do it, or is that one of the few times he came back and looked her in the eye to see what she would do, as the closest he's ever gotten to actually telling her 'no'???? 'you have every right to kill me for it, but this is one thing I can't do for you' with his hands not dripping with blood... and for whatever reason or set of reasons you might choose to believe, she doesn't kill him. what an absolutely nuts relationship this is

(how does illario feel watching that go down. knowing lucanis can gamble on love or sunk cost logic or whatever it is that stays her hand to hold on to having a soul, while illario could surrender his whole soul unquestioningly every time to her and still not have the love.)

[granonine]

God's Sovereigntry

Joshua 14:10-15. And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as He said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for…

[perenlop]

pokemon: i choose you is a movie that exists and honestly sorta sucks but i can't help but have a huge soft spot for it because it was the first pokemon movie i got to see in a theater and with my best friend <3

[sillimancer]

once again suggesting we all stop paying federal income tax to protest... you know. *gestures at all of the USA*

[kdmiller55]

Sin Has a Long Shelf-life

14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 In the letter he wrote, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down, and die.” 16 And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men. 17 And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and…

[itsfarmerphil]

W9D5: Finish stronger! A long week, with the ramp in the middle to make it happen.

We started the week strong. At the midpoint, we asked could “Humpday be a ramp that launches us up, up, and away?” So to close out the week, it feels important to finish it stronger. It is going to take some of that revival energy from Wednesday for the power of God to allow me to finish stronger. It’s going to take some Holy Spirit wisdom to help me walk through this day and finish the week…

[p0ison-moon]

as much as I bitch about how toxic this side of my family is, I do have to say that almost every single one of them has my back right now in a way the other side of my family absolutely doesn’t.

[biblebloodhound]

A Time of Woe (Isaiah 5:15-24)

Actions and inactions both have consequences. Acting selfishly through wanton accumulation is an equal inaction against the community.

The Prophet Isaiah, by Raphael, 1512 So people will be brought low    and everyone humbled,    the eyes of the arrogant humbled.But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice,    and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;    lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich. Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of…

[ultrachoppedpenguinbouquet]

Fall of Humanity

[thebeccagramchronicles]

Why a small spiritual victory can be really big

the day God won the argument

Spiritual victories can be major. A couple of days ago, I mentioned sharing what I consider a major spiritual victory in my life. For some of you, it may seem trivial. For me, it was huge. It was the day God won the argument. This is one of my favorite chapters of scripture. A little background. There was a time when I entertained a lot. I enjoyed it. We opened our home for all kinds of…

[heartofashepherd]

Death and Destruction: The Tragic End of Israel [the Northern Kingdom] (...