#Gifts of God

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“Art is not a religion—it is religion. It is the glorification of gifts given to us by God, and to share these gifts is a form of ministry. It is not the only obligation we have, of course, but it is a vocation that is infused with Spirit. All people are chosen to honor and to glorify God in some way, and artists are chosen to share what they can and what they must through their particular art. I never forgot a scripture that seared through me in childhood: ‘Glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.’ That changed me forever.”

—Martha Graham/Interview with James Grissom/The scripture is 1 Corinthians 6:20/

Photo: Barbara Morgan

[Follies of God]

[fierysword]

Source: Sophia: Goddess of Wisdom, Bride of God by Caitlin Matthews

[eyeoftheheart]

The Tree of Divine Love

“It is very difficult to describe love in words. It is like trying to describe honey to someone who has never tasted or even seen honey, who doesn’t know what honey is. Love is to see what is good and beautiful in everything. It is to learn from everything, to see the gifts of God and the generosity of God in everything. It is to be thankful for all God’s bounties. This is the first step on the road to the love of God. This is just a seed of love. In time, the seed will grow and become a tree and bear fruit. Then, whoever tastes of that fruit will know what real love is.”

― Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi, Love Is The Wine: Talks of a Sufi Master in America

Artwork: Fruit Trees by Gustav Klimt

[faithisthekey-23]

Hi, I would love to share with you a poem I wrote today (11th May 2023). It's called ”Heaven's road”. In another post, I will share with you the Bible verses that I used while writing this poem. Enjoy the reading :)

Heaven's road

Walk in the righteousness with Almighty

Try, give it a chance — change your clothes into new garments

The garments that please God without any doubts

What does please God? Being obedient, having it in the heart of yours — forgiveness and love

That cannot be overcomed with the power of the Holy Spirit

Who constantly reminds us about the God Almighty's will

Do not judge so you won't be judged

Don't let yourself pay too much attention to your brothers' speck of sawdust

Instead, pay attention to the plank in your own eye

Then you will be able to help your brother with the issue he has

Ask the Lord to give you what you lack and you'll receive it

For He doesn't make the promises He doesn't keep

He said that if we ask, He will give it to us

He told us that if we seek, we will find it so don't have doubts

If we knock on the door, He will open them for you and me

All we need is faith as big as mustard seed to believe how Faithful He is

Be with God for if you're with our Creator you're not against Him

Be sure you not commit the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit

For whatever you do will be forgiven but not this one sin

Speaking against the Holy Spirit will stay as your sin for eternity

Listen to His words carefully and remember them

Don't let them be stolen from your mind by the enemy

Be just like the seed that fell on the good soil and produced a great crop

Be just like the sheep that knows the Good Shepherd's voice

Be obedient to the will of His and go wherever He wants you to go

Just trust Him that He will lead you to the Heaven's road

Ask Him for His grace to be born again in Christ

For He is the only One Who can give you that

Believe that He says Who He is and that every commandment of His is good

Leave everything at His Mighty Hands and say ”Lord, I surrender to You"

Put your faith and trust in Him for He knows what's needed the most for you

He will take care of everything, never leave nor forsake you

For He is the One that goes before you and always makes a way

Trust in Him and believe how the miracles unfold

Know that He's the Way, Truth and Life, He is the Lord of Lords

He deserves His throne for He's our King Who saved us from eternal punishment

For His Goodness, Peace and Love let's give Him praise

[greykolla-art]

Unstoppable villain, meet immovable agent of friendship!

I was wondering in what circumstances Charlie would just OFFER her soul to Al.

And he would short circuit as all his manipulation plans become unnecessary.

Cause Charlie cares about her friends and if they need help she won’t hesitate.

[adler-obsessed]

god. Vivienne really is just. that character. She is taken to the circle so young she does not remember what her parents even looked like and someone had to tell her. She wouldn’t even know if they were telling the truth. She is ruthless, the terror and nightmare of the Orlesian court. She almost weeps when you find the Tranquil skulls in Redcliffe. She hates drop waists. She is harrowed younger than any other mage in living memory. She teaches Bull the steps to the dance of the six candles. He likens her to a Qunari dreadnought that has half the enemies on the ground before he’s even reached the front line. Her accent’s not Orlesian. No Free Marcher can tell where she is from either. Is her original voice another part of herself she cut off? She enchanted a duke within one meeting and they scandalised even Orlesian society. She was good friends with his wife. They possibly fucked too. No can control her. She’s been owned since the moment she was first brought to the Circle. She belongs to no people. There are a dozen leashes around her neck claiming otherwise. She makes fun of an elven god for setting his coattails on fire.  She is on the verge of banishing Cole back to the Fade all the time. She can’t help but grow to care for him at the end despite her best efforts to pretend otherwise. She hates herself for it. She thinks caring makes you weak. During the first conversation you have with her unmasked as a Trevelyan, she begs to know if you also cared about her childhood friend, Lydia. She tries to import illegal fur into Skyhold. Did she kill everything soft within her soul herself or did the Chantry sisters do it for her? She is impossible to prank. Some might say she’s even better than Sera at pranking. She was pulled into the game by the time she was nineteen. She’d faced worse things since she could first remember her dreams. Life has never been fair. One merely needs to be hard enough to survive. The blade at her neck when she lay on the floor of the harrowing chamber was no different from the hunger in her belly as child, a necessary pain that only drove her forward. Maker, was there ever any chance that she did not see cruelty as simply another word for life? Is there any version of her that does not end up surrounded by moral filth? 

[armorpervert]

wait holy shit dude you think being horny is a biological thing? oh my god that’s been disproven for years [pulls out my phone to read wikipedia to you] “sexual arousal (also known as sexual excitement) describes the psychokinetic response to leylines intersecting over areas of the brain dedicated to conceptualizing fear”

[teaboot]

Not to be absolutely unhinged but I think that if I buy enough tiny plastic tubs to continue breaking down every possession I own into discrete categories then eventually I will live in a home where I don't constantly have a large pile of completely miscellaneous nicknacks in the middle of the floor constantly and forever until I die

Current box count is 56

[recny]

iwtv happy family moments (0:06)

[solchariot]

finally leaking these doodles for the world to see ft @hymnoeides 's crack!hermes

[hymnoeides]

@solchariot ‘s Hermes and Helios heh >:3

[scripture-pictures]

[fierysword]

The energies hidden within God were sevenfold... These sevenfold spirits are those sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit: wisdom, understanding, counsel, knowledge, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. They are also the seven pillars of Wisdom's temple.

Source: Sophia: Goddess of Wisdom, Bride of God by Caitlin Matthews

[egophiliac]

dragon princess of my heart

[morganbritton132]

A fan posts to their socials a video of them whispering about how Eddie Munson is in the same store as them and, “Do I go say hi? People says he’s nice but I don’t want to bother him, and he’s on the phone. What do I do???”

Then in the background, you can faintly hear Eddie say into his phone, “Saturday? Yeah, I’m free.”

Followed by a louder voice that sounds like it’s right next to the camera because it is, Steve says, “No, you’re not! Ozzy has a birthday party.”

“You were serious about that?”

“No, Ed. I just put in the calendar for no reason,” Steve says, eye roll present in his voice. “Also, this girl wants a picture with you.”

[ghostskyee]

ive already seen barbie twice and i could watch it a million times more if money wasn’t real