#From Glory to Glory

[wecanbeperfect]

CHRIST OUR CORNER STONE

Ephesians 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

Ephesians 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

Ephesians 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in Lord:

Ephesians 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for habitation of God through the Spirit.

[justana0kguy]

2023 OCTOBER 07 Saturday

"I want to say pure hearts where they make a place, there where the Son of God could rest His head, when the breed of the foxes would no longer have a home in hearts. The Word says to them: all these powers of the earth against which man leads his struggle, are only small foxes, cunning but pitiful if compared to your power. If you master them, then our vineyard, that is to say human nature, will cover its own beauty, and it will prelude to the clusters by the flowers of virtuous life."

~ Saint Gregory of Nyssa, The little foxes, Spiritual writings "From Glory to Glory"

[lightfromthelighthouse]

Good Morning!☀️

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18

Man was created in the image of God:

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:27

Sin and death marred that image, and man got farther away from the reflection of God that he was created to be. In confessing our sins and turning to Christ as the payment for our sin and victor over death, the veil that blocked the glory of God being seen in us was lifted. Instead of drifting farther away from the reflection of God we are to be, we are now conforming more and more to that image, moving from glory to glory.

We are reminded that this is the work of the Spirit within us and not of our own efforts. As we walk in obedience and life, we are changed increasingly into the reflection of God we were created to be!

[chaiaurchaandni]

does throwing a stone at a tank

make a child a terrorist?

is terrorism about resisting oppression? is terrorism about demanding your birthright to live safely and peacefully in your homeland? is terrorism about hating the killers of your family, your friends and your people?

accusations of terrorism are often weaponized against those fighting for liberation and sovereignty and dignity. the french settlers called the algerians terrorists. the indian government calls the kashmiris terrorists. the pakistani army calls pashtun activists terrorists. the turkish government calls the kurds terrorists. apartheid south africa called nelson mandela a terrorist. americans called the vietcong and the black panthers terrorists. the israelis call the palestinians terrorists. all oppressive regimes are connected. all oppressed people are connected. injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

[the-lions-art-cave]

very rough doodle of sunny and glory, loosely based on the designs of the cancelled netflix show

[bixels]

Scary Sunset.

I'm concepting things way outta order in this story, but I'm sure you can piece things together. Context is for a storybeat where, after defeating and capturing Adagio (thus having all three sirens in her possession), Sunset enacts her revenge plot to release the sirens on Canterlot as Thea discovers she's been manipulated. In a confrontation, the two scuffle and fight over the siren orbs while Sunset struggles with her conflicting wants and emotions.

[heywriters]

Once again, you can be an English major. a seasoned journalist. an established author. a famed literary critic...and you will still scratch your head over the junk that makes it big. Public opinion has no worth. Just write what you want.

"But I don't want to share something that isn't perfect" why not? everyone else does.

[wasabi-gumdrop]

neon glory squad 💖

[its-zaina]

Macklemore 🇵🇸🫶🏻 ,

Germany.

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[infinitelystrangemachinex]

massages forehead So Ambessa hid Mel away because she was a weapon in the literal sense, a mage. But Ambessa came to Piltover for Hextech? And Ambessa had nothing to say to Mel about her powers having visibly awakened? Even when Mel offered to go with Ambessa, giving her the ultimate opportunity to make Mel a weapon for real? And Ambessa made no attempt to find or retrieve Mel - not just her daughter and the remnants of the family Ambessa professes to love, but also her ultimate weapon - when she disappeared? And Ambessa trusted Singed and Viktor on their home turf - neither of them hiding how insane and self-serving they are with every reason to take over Ambessa's soldiers or just blatantly turn on her as soon as it benefits them - more than she trusted Mel? While Caitlyn (and by extension Piltover) was visibly and clearly falling away from Ambessa's teachings before Ambessa's eyes? (as if getting rid of certain people allows piltover to get rid of fascism but we won't get into All That)

Not only do I struggle to be hyped for Mel's powers beyond how amazing and beautiful she looks, but I can't help but feel like Mel is somehow less powerful in season 2 than she was in season 1, and not in an interesting way. As if Mel's ability to bend all of Piltover politics and economics to her will in season 1 now means nothing in season 2? You can argue that Jinx's attack led directly to Mel losing ground in Piltover - because I expected Mel to have to claw back that power without being able to rely on people who are too easily seduced by Ambessa and authoritarianism, and she would have to get creative to go toe to toe with her mother. I expected pushback to her mage identity that she would have to navigate. But instead this went either unwritten, or was ignored or discarded. Instead Mel is removed from the main plot, cutting her off from what made her the most interesting - only for all of Mel's very real talents, her very real powers and abilities, to be not only translated but REPLACED with magical powers she doesn't know how to control, and by the finale, those magic powers are the only powers that are considered real. Mel takes a backseat to Piltover's governing and decisions, a backseat to Jayce of all people who was not only new to politics mere months ago but made poor governing, strategic, and diplomatic decisions when he had that power. In season 1 Mel stayed off the "throne" but she did pull its strings one way or the other, and she makes no attempt at this in season 2

In my least generous suspicions, Mel was gentled and quieted to capitulate to an agenda for other characters who had to be correct and heroic - or wrong and villainous - no matter what the leadup narrative said, given her powers to help sell the game and set up future shows, and was effectively ejected from the Arcane story with faceless soldiers and a role she doesn't want because she was inconvenient there

[guldaastan]

there is no end to our struggle.

[thewomancallednova]

wait wait wait wait wait im watching the omega glory and spock does a vulcan neck pinch on someone and kirk is like pity you can't teach me that and spock is like i did try captain and like huh? the implications??? Did they like sit together in the gym, spock gently placing his fingers on jims neck, trying to show him where the right muscles are and squeezing just a little bit, not enough to actually incapacitate jim but like show him where to go and then jim tries it on spock gently??? and like obviously it didnt work but like did jim just squeeze spocks shoulder a bunch, did spock put his hand on jims, trying to correct jim's hand's stance? and like we know that humans can learn it bc of data and michael so its either a skill issue on kirks part or he just like... did it wrong on purpose so he could hold/touch hands with spock more??? has anyone written fan fiction about this??? why have i never seen anyone talk about this???

[lyss-sketchbox]

Bloodhound

[azucarera-art]

when u, a queen, come across another king, & u discuss how best to maximize ur joint slay 💅🏽✨

[chaiaurchaandni]

[abu-obe1da]