#Verse: O: Inn Keeper

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Secrets Within A Mind

@bishoukakaku

                   ~◯~ }The Moon is out, and Shining a Deep Crimson{

      “I was sure that place was suppose to be open today... or was it suppose to be yesterday and I just lost track of time since my employees both called out the last couple nights...” That was most likely, it was hard to keep track of your days, which meant that he missed some of the things he needed to get for a project or two that he wanted to do. The thought caused him to pause and slowly sigh to himself before pulling his planner up to look at it again. “I can strike that and that off my to do list for the day then. Maintenance on the hot spring fountain, a couple of the mats in rooms 3 and 10, and clearing out the area to build that expansion are all still there though. This is still going to be a rather long weekend.” It was hard to be an inn keeper when you were just 25, he was just lucky he had the means to do it without the need from outside sources. It allowed him some room to think of other things and also keep an eye on his surroundings a bit better so that he didn’t miss anything, like the few drops of water that hit the top of his head.

       The rain came out of no where, and where it would normally not bother him, he couldn’t deal with it the same was as normal with so many people around. Meaning he was now currently running through a down pour with nothing but his notebook to keep (and failing to) his head dry as he mumbled just about every curse word he could think of in every language shifting darkened and damp crimson locks from his face so that he could see. 

     He was starting to get faster and was half tempted to just start braking out his speed to the max without a care for who would see knowing no one would recognize a blur. But Instead of upping the speed he was using, he found himself coming to a sliding stop. The reason? Someone sitting in the rain looking more than just a little under the weather if he went off surface looks and not just cause they were soaked in the rain. Now standing in front of the person the crimson male’s emerald hues stayed upon the other taking in all he could. “You okay?”

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God’s Care of His servants

Paul Gerhardt was, many years ago, a great preacher in Brandenburg, Germany, and he loved to preach from his heart what he saw and believed in the Word of God. But the “Great Elector” of Brandenburg did not like his preaching, and sent to say to him, “Paul Gerhardt, if you cannot preach differently from that, you must leave this country.” Gerhardt sent back a message that it would be very hard to leave his home, his people, his country, and his livelihood; but he could only preach what he found in God’s Word, and as long as he lived he would preach that. So he had to go into banishment with his wife and little children. At the end of the first day’s journey they came into a wood, and rested at night at a little inn they found there. The little children were crying and clinging to their mother, and she too, who had kept up all day, now began to weep. This made Gerhardt have a very heavy heart. So he went alone into the dark wood to think and pray. While he was in the wood this text came to his mind and comforted him: “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.” “Yes,” he thought, “though I am banished from house and home, and don’t know where to take my wife and children for shelter to-morrow, yet God, my God, sees me in this dark wood. Now is the time to trust Him. He will show me the way through. He will bring it to pass.’ ” He was so happy that he remembered that text, and so thankful to God, that he tried to make the text into a hymn as he paced up and down between the trees. Every verse begins with a word or two from the text, so that if you read the first words of each verse you just read the text. When he went into the house he told his wife about the text, and began to repeat to her his hymn. She soon dried her tears (the children bad already gone to sleep), and become as hopeful and trustful as Gerhardt himself. They had scarcely retired to rest when they heard a great noise at the door. It seemed as though some important person were knocking there. When the landlord opened the door, a man on horseback said aloud, “I am a messenger. I come from Duke Christian of Merscberg, and I am in search of Paul Gerhardt. Do you know whether he has passed this way?” “Paul Gerhardt,” said the landlord. “Yes, he is in this house.” “Then let me see him instantly,” said the Duke’s messenger. And the messenger handed to the good man a large sealed letter. It came from the Duke Christian, and it said, “Come into my country, Paul Gerhardt, and you shall have church, and people, and home, and livelihood, and liberty to preach the gospel to your heart’s content. Gerhardt’s hymn commenced thus:—“ ‘Commit thy way,’ O weeper,

The cares that fret thy soul, To thine Almighty Keeper, Who makes the world to roll; “ ‘Unto the Lord,’ who guideth The wind and cloud and sea; Oh, doubt not, He provideth A pathway, too, for thee.”

~ Preacher’s Homiletical

[heroesofhydaelyn]

Do you have a list of AUs or verses for samilen at all? :O

Fuck yeah I do (I really needed to write these out anyway tbh)

Default/Standard Verse

In his standard verse, Samilen is not the Warrior of Light in any capacity. Instead of being tasked by the Scions or blessed with any particular gift, he is merely a botanist and carpenter residing in Gridania, with some also knowing him as a once-talented archer in the Twin Adders before and up to the events of The Calamity.

In this verse, Samilen is extremely nonverbal and only rarely speaks to anyone but himself outside the presence of others. Though he is not a hermit who keeps solely to himself, the Keeper does try to keep away from crowds and from most bustling centers of activity if he can help it. 

He visits Limsa Lominsa on occasion to either visit family or pay respect to them (he’s never told anyone if they survived the Calamity or not), but otherwise gently keeps to himself in the Black Shroud when he’s not otherwise at one of the guilds or napping in his practically-now-a-home inn room.

Warrior of Light AU

As a Warrior of Light, Samilen’s adventures closely follows the MSQ of the game without too much deviation, essentially plucking him from his simple life as a Gridanian botanist and tossing him back into a world of loss, stress and combat that he thought he once left behind. In the early months of his time with the Scions, Samilen keeps very much to himself still–he’s terrified of getting close to people again, and moreso about being useless to save the world which has been thrust upon his shoulders. His biggest fear in this verse is, by far, being a failure.

As time goes on, Samilen allows himself to open up with the Scions and the other people he meets along the way. ARR teaches him to reach out, Heavensward teaches him to trust, Stormblood teaches him to be brave and Shadowbringers teaches him to stand tall in his convictions.

By the events of Heavensward into Stormblood, Samilen regains some sense of verbal communication. Though he will always fall back into mute handspeak when stressed in much the same way as he self-stims, the Keeper does have a sense of growth very unique to this verse, if only to help him feel confident enough in himself and his abilities to speak once more and to protect those most dear to him.

Lightwarden AU

This verse is a spinoff of Samilen being the Warrior of Light, specifically during the events of Shadowbringers. While the MSQ would see the warrior having take down all the Lightwardens and bring peace back to the First, this verse has Samilen fail and fall victim to the light instead, transforming into a Lightwarden himself and then on known only as Silence, as a testimate to all of the words, feelings and desires he left unspoken in his life as a mortal.

Close to Home AU

In this verse, Samilen never chose to leave home when he was a child, instead remaining with his family and taking up the mariner skills of his father N’obuli Tia. Instead of learning and perfecting skills in botany and carpentry, Samilen instead takes on the title as one of the best fisherman of his age and up-and-coming culinarian. He never much learns the combative skills of archery, though his close kinship with his sister N’mahzi (who herself wants to be a marauder and general brigand) does allow him to learn some manner of basic self-defense.

When the Calamity happens, none of them are prepared for it. Like many people in Limsa, the Jawantal family can only experience it with the fervent hope of surviving and rebuilding like everyone else. It’s hard even as the years pass by, but Samilen is determined to do his best to support his family through whatever means required of him.

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God’s Care of His servants

Paul Gerhardt was, many years ago, a great preacher in Brandenburg, Germany, and he loved to preach from his heart what he saw and believed in the Word of God. But the “Great Elector” of Brandenburg did not like his preaching, and sent to say to him, “Paul Gerhardt, if you cannot preach differently from that, you must leave this country.” Gerhardt sent back a message that it would be very hard to leave his home, his people, his country, and his livelihood; but he could only preach what he found in God’s Word, and as long as he lived he would preach that. So he had to go into banishment with his wife and little children. At the end of the first day’s journey they came into a wood, and rested at night at a little inn they found there. The little children were crying and clinging to their mother, and she too, who had kept up all day, now began to weep. This made Gerhardt have a very heavy heart. So he went alone into the dark wood to think and pray. While he was in the wood this text came to his mind and comforted him: “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.” “Yes,” he thought, “though I am banished from house and home, and don’t know where to take my wife and children for shelter to-morrow, yet God, my God, sees me in this dark wood. Now is the time to trust Him. He will show me the way through. He will bring it to pass.’ ” He was so happy that he remembered that text, and so thankful to God, that he tried to make the text into a hymn as he paced up and down between the trees. Every verse begins with a word or two from the text, so that if you read the first words of each verse you just read the text. When he went into the house he told his wife about the text, and began to repeat to her his hymn. She soon dried her tears (the children bad already gone to sleep), and become as hopeful and trustful as Gerhardt himself. They had scarcely retired to rest when they heard a great noise at the door. It seemed as though some important person were knocking there. When the landlord opened the door, a man on horseback said aloud, “I am a messenger. I come from Duke Christian of Merscberg, and I am in search of Paul Gerhardt. Do you know whether he has passed this way?” “Paul Gerhardt,” said the landlord. “Yes, he is in this house.” “Then let me see him instantly,” said the Duke’s messenger. And the messenger handed to the good man a large sealed letter. It came from the Duke Christian, and it said, “Come into my country, Paul Gerhardt, and you shall have church, and people, and home, and livelihood, and liberty to preach the gospel to your heart’s content. Gerhardt’s hymn commenced thus:—“ ‘Commit thy way,’ O weeper,

The cares that fret thy soul, To thine Almighty Keeper, Who makes the world to roll; “ ‘Unto the Lord,’ who guideth The wind and cloud and sea; Oh, doubt not, He provideth A pathway, too, for thee.”

~ Preacher’s Homiletical

[filmbuehne]

Disclaimer: I have read parts of the novel, the donghua and I watched the entire show.

Also, this will get super long, so I will hide it under a read-more.

When Xue Yang was a child (7 y/o), Chang Ping’s father used him to deliver a letter to a guy he was on bad terms with. That letter only contained insults, so the receiver beat XY up. XY returned to the inn where CP’s father had stayed at to get the candy he was promised as a reward, but it had been cleared away. The inn keeper also beat XY up because he thought a begging child to be a nuisance.

So XY ran around to find CP’s father to get his reward. CP’s father was already on a carriage speeding away so when XY was running to stop the carriage, he gave XY a hit with the horse whip, causing XY to fall before the carriage, which ran over his left hand, causing him to lose his pinky finger.

Essentially the resentment over this injustice (and the Yin metal which XY’s family apparently had hold of [at least in the show]) caused him to become a delinquent in the area of Kuizhou. By the age of 15, he had already killed a man.

So Xiao Xingchen, roaming the world freely wanting to bring justice, gets on the case and follows XY in order to stop and “arrest” him. XY murders the whole Chang sect (50 people) and XXC “arrests” him and XY is brought before Nie Mingjue [show-verse] to receive punishment.

Thanks to Meng Yao/ Jin Guangyao, XY can escape, and swears revenge on XXC for trying to stop his revenge on the Chang sect.

A lot of things happen and a wounded XY is found by a now blind XXC (yes, that’s on XY too) who nurses him back to heath in Yi City.

So at first XY still wants revenge, and manipulates XXC to kill the villagers (XXC is led to believe that they are ghost puppets, since he can’t see anymore and Shuanghua [his sword] can detect negative energies, but not seperate between dead and living).

After a while, however, XY seemingly appreciates having XXC take care of him, and while he still conceals his identity, he stops killing people. He lives peacefully along XXC and A-Jing, until Song Lan (XXC’s “most intimate cultivation partner”) comes around after searching years for XXC.

XY, seeing his home fall apart, decides to poison SL with corpse powder and cut his tongue out. Shunghua detects the evil energy, and pierces SL through the heart – XXC killed SL.

However, since AJ had met SL before his death, she tells XXC what XY has done this whole time. XXC confronts XY with the intention to kill him, but XY twists the story around, pushing all the blame on XXC, mocking him that he was the one to kill SL. XXC, devastated by what he has done, commits suicide and shatters his soul. XY collects some shards of the soul in a soul trapping pouch.

XY suddenly realizes that he has caused XXC to commit suicide, and he tries to bring him back as a ghost puppet (same thing he did to SL) in the hopes of keeping him around (“dead people are better anyway; they listen”. However, due to XXC’s shattered soul, it fails.

XY then spends years trying to find a way to resurrect XXC (you could argue, that in his own twisted way, he fell in love). So when Wei Wuxian is revived, XY does the most to bring WWX to Yi City to get him to bring XXC back with the Stygian Tiger Seal.

WWX refuses, and over the course of the fight, he manages to take both Shuanghua and the pouch containing XXC’s soul. Both are returned to SL.

The novel and the show differ in the ending.

In the novel, XY has his arm cut off by Lan Wanji, who also kills XY later. Su She manages to take XY’s dead body away.

In the show, XY had his arm cut off by LWJ. Su She only takes XY’s Stygian Tiger seal, but not XY. XY, who has practically given up, smiles as SL stabs him through the heart.

And that is XY’s story.

can someone please explain the xue yang side plot bc i’m confused as HECK

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Exodus 4:24-31 comments: Aaron sent to meet Moses

Exodus 4:24 ¶  And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. 25  Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 26  So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. 27  And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. 28  And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. 29  And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30  And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31  And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

The inn, a place of lodging for travelers to Egypt, is mentioned in Genesis 42:27 and 43:21. We don’t know if this is a reference to the same lodging place mentioned in both books but since Moses traditionally is considered to be the main author of both books under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit one might assume it was.

Here is a scene, like many others, for which we are given little information and our imaginations can run wild. Did God appear as the angel of the LORD, the preincarnate Jesus Christ? This is clearly only a threat as God has plans for Moses beyond this. But Moses must be taught something here. The narrative is not always what we think it is. Compare the previous and future passages on circumcision for the Hebrews, the willful binding of a person and their family to God, to see how important it is that man make his small commitment in the face of God’s great mercy.

James 1:8  A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Apparently, Moses is required to commit himself completely to God and to trust and believe Him. Part of this for the Hebrews, the descendants of Abraham, is the rite of circumcision of the males of one’s family.

Genesis 17:10  This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 11  And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12  And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14  And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

In this type of context, in Genesis, to be cut off means to be killed.

Zechariah 13:8  And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

2Kings 9:8  For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

Ezekiel 25:7  Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Moses’ wife does the job for him in her frustration. Here is an example of a woman doing God’s will, and God accepts her act, when a man can’t or won’t do it. I am reminded of the modern Bible champion, Dr. Gail Riplinger. Consider this verse;

Jeremiah 31:22  How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.

Or consider the judge, Deborah, and her commitment.

Judges 4:4 ¶  And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5  And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6  And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? 7  And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. 8  And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. 9  And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

Or Huldah, the prophetess, preaching to the king’s men.

2Kings 22:11 ¶  And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. 12  And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying, 13  Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. 15  And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,

Or consider Philip’s daughters.

Acts 21:8 ¶  And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. 9  And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

Here, we see that Aaron had already been sent to meet with Moses on the mount of God. They met, talked about what God had commanded them to do, and then met with the elders of Israel. Contrary to Moses’ prediction they were believed by the people.

Here is an example of one posture of worship, bowing one’s head. There are other postures of worship listed in the Bible which were discussed in Genesis, showing reverence, awe, and submission to the one worshipped.

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Our Bible Lessons for November 1 to 7

What's ahead in the Bible readings

November 1 to November 7, 2018 The Twenty-third Week After Pentecost The Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time*

Bible Review: The Modern English Version

The most important thing you need to know about the Modern English Version (MEV) is that it is a revision of the Authorized Version, usually called the King James Version (KJV). It incorporates modern English vernacular. This translation started as an effort by military chaplains to provide an update to the KJV, so that troops could better understand it. Military chaplains got others who were not chaplains involved in the work; eventually, the target audience changed to the entire English-speaking world. It follows the principle of formal equivalence, which means being as literal as possible using proper grammar and syntax.

One feature that I find helpful is naming the parallel passage just below the title of a section. A slight disadvantage of this approach is that it requires a title whenever there is a parallel passage, even if one isn't necessary for us to understand what follows. As always, remember that the title is not part of the text, and was added by editors to help us. This translation is usually the source of the parallel passages included in our daily readings. A relatively unusual feature is that pronouns referring to God or Jesus are always capitalized. This can be helpful at times when it isn't clear to whom the pronoun refers. References to books of the Bible in footnotes and when parallel passages are named use abbreviations for book names. For example, Mt for Matthew and Lk for Luke.

The books are in the usual order. It does not include the deuterocanonical/apocryphal books.

There is an interesting but incomplete history of English language Bibles included in the introduction, starting with William Tyndale's translation. It is incomplete because it does not mention the Revised Standard Version (RSV), the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), or any of the many translations by Catholic scholars. It does have a very complete description of the development of the KJV.

Here is our Sunday Gospel Lesson from the MEV: The Great Commandment Mt 22:34-40; Lk 10:25-28

One of the scribes came near and heard them reasoning together. Perceiving that Jesus had answered them well, he asked Him, “Which of the is the first commandment of all?”

Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, is one Lord. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’¹ This is the first commandment. The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’² There is no commandment greater than these.”

The scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, that there is God, and there is no other but Him. To love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength and to love one's neighbor as oneself is much more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that no one dared to ask Him any question.

¹30 Dt 6:4-5   ²31 Lev 19:18 (MEV)

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This week's illustration

The image this week is of the Good Samaritan with the man who was beaten on the road. He is at the inn, and the inn keeper is helping him to bring the injured man inside. It is a reminder to me first, that actions are greater than words, and second that help can come from unexpected quarters.

Theme of this week's lessons

Our readings this week nearly all have a theme of love. The key reading from the complementary Hebrew Scriptures comes on Sunday when we read the beginning of the Shema prayer from Deuteronomy:

Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

You can find the rest of the Shema here.

Gospel Lessons

Our Gospel lesson for Sunday a scribe asks Jesus which commandment is the greatest, and Jesus quotes from the passage above and adds "and you shall love your neighbor as yourself." The scribe replies

“Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, that there is God, and there is no other but Him. To love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength and to love one's neighbor as oneself is much more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” (MEV)

Of course, there is always the question of who is my neighbor. Jesus answers this in the parable of the Good Samaritan, which is our Saturday Gospel reading. We are so used to the idea of the Samaritan as a good and righteous person that most of us don't understand the ways in which Jesus' hearers would have thought of the Samaritan. The Samaritans rejected a view of salvation history centered on Jerusalem, and their religious life centered on a temple on Mt. Gerizim, rather than on the Jerusalem temple. An analogy might be Christians and Muslems. We worship the same God, but in quite different ways, and there is unfortunately enmity between us. So it was between Jews and Samaritans.

In our third Gospel reading, on Wednesday, Jesus tells us to love one another. So our three Gospel readings tell us to love God, our neighbors in the broadest sense, and one another. Think this week about who is your neighbor in the sense of the Good Samaritan parable.

Psalms

I want to share some perspective on verse five of the complementary Psalm 51, which we read during the time of reflection. “Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me,” reads the verse. Here is what the New Interpreter's Bible commentary has to say:

It is not intended to suggest that sin is transmitted biologically or that sexuality is sinful by definition. Rather, it conveys the inevitability of human fallibility. In each human life, in each human situation, sin is pervasive. We are born into it, and we cannot escape it. While sin is a matter of individual decision, it also has a corporate dimension that affects us, despite our best intentions and decisions.

Here is the good news:

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

For you have no delight in sacrifice; if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

God forgives us. Thanks be to God.

Our semi-continuous psalm during the time of preparation reminds us that God graciously lifts up those who are bowed down.

Epistle Lessons

In our Friday Epistle, Paul reminds us that our God is the God of both Jews and Gentiles. Gentiles, of course, means everyone who is not Jewish. Paul also reminds us that Jesus has paid for our sins by his blood. In our Sunday Epistle from Hebrews, we are reminded of this: if the blood of goats and bulls sanctifies those who have been defiled, much more Christ's blood brings us redemption. In our Monday Epistle lesson, Paul urges the Romans (and us) to live peaceably with all, and reminds us that love is the fulfilling of the law.

Complementary Hebrew Scripture

Our Wednesday Hebrew Scripture reading has the prophet Micah reminding us what God requires of us: to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God. See the discussion above for our Sunday Hebrew Scripture.

There one lesson where some context might be helpful. The Saturday Hebrew Scripture is about what happens when an Israelite is unable to celebrate Passover. The answer is that you do it later, at a time specified in the reading. This actually fits with the rest of our readings, because it is about the importance of returning the love that God has shown us by freeing the Israelites from their Egyptian bondage.

Semi-continuous Hebrew Scripture

This week we are reading about Ruth and Naomi, a pair of women bonded as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Ruth, a Maobite, sticks with Naomi, a woman from Judah, as they return to Naomi's homeland. There Ruth takes some pretty forward actions, which are ultimately rewarded with marriage to a relative of Naomi's. I especially note how Ruth shares what she gets by gleaning in the fields with Naomi, sustaining them both until Ruth's marriage. We will finish up our lessons about Ruth next week in our Thursday through Sunday lessons.

Thank you for all that you do but to bring about justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God. Mike Gilbertson

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Summary and a link for each day

Thursday to Sunday Psalms Complementary Psalm 119:1-8 Seeking God with all our hearts Semi-continuous Psalm 146 God lifts those who are bowed down.

Thursday: Preparation for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Complementary Exodus 22:1-15 Laws about restitution Semi-continuous Ruth 1:18-22 Ruth the Maobite and Naomi the Judean return to Judah after both are widowed. Both Hebrews 9:1-12 The ritual of the sanctuary: Christ has entered into the Holy Place, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.

Friday: Preparation for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Complementary Leviticus 19:32-37 You shall fear God. You shall treat aliens as part of your community, for you were aliens in Egypt. Semi-continuous Ruth 2:1-9 Ruth meets Boaz. Both Romans 3:21-31 God is God of both Jews and Gentiles. Christ, through his blood, has atoned for our sins.

Saturday: Preparation for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Complementary Numbers 9:9-14 All should keep the Passover. You have one law for the resident alien and the native. Semi-continuous Ruth 2:10-14 Boaz protects Ruth. Both Luke 10:25-37 Jesus, through the parable of the Good Samaritan, defines who a neighbor is.

The Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Complementary Deuteronomy 6:1-9 The Great Commandment; The Shema Semi-continuous Ruth 1:1-18 Ruth remains with Naomi. Both Hebrews 9:11-14 If the blood of goats and bulls sanctifies those who have been defiled, how much more will Christ's blood bring us redemption. Both Mark 12:28-34 Jesus, asked which commandment is the greatest, answers, "The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these."

Monday to Wednesday Psalms Complementary Psalm 51 I have sinned against you. Create in me a clean heart. Semi-continuous Psalm 18:20-30 It is you who light my lamp. God lights my darkness.

Monday: Reflection on the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Complementary Deuteronomy 6:10-25 When you enter the land that God has promised you, do not put God to the test. Semi-continuous Ruth 2:15-23 Ruth gleans in Boaz' fields during the wheat and barley harvests. Naomi says that Boaz is a close relative. Both Romans 12:17-21; 13:8-10 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. The law is summed up in this word: love your neighbor as yourself.

Tuesday: Reflection on the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Complementary Deuteronomy 28:58-29:1 The cost of disobedience Semi-continuous Ruth 3:1-7 Ruth and Boaz are at the threshing floor at night. Both Acts 7:17-29 Stephen, speaking before the Sanhedrin, recounts Moses' early years.

Wednesday: Reflection on the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Complementary Micah 6:1-8 Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God. Semi-continuous Ruth 3:3-8 Boaz is startled by Ruth's presence on the threshing floor. Both John 13:31-35 Jesus says, "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another."

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Meeting under a Soul (closed)

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        ~◯~ }The Moon is out, and Shining a Deep Crimson{

    “Oh?” That was a sight he has not seen in, sigh who was he kidding its only been a week since he saw a soul that had yet departed from this world. You would think after 24 years or so you would be used to it. Especially since his memories go even farther back than that to a god knows number of souls seen by these emerald hues of his. The thing that caught his attention about this soul was that it was still new, newer than he had seen outside of his memories. Tilting his head to the side he couldn’t help but follow the trail of its energy to it. The inn would be fine anyways since two of his employees were there at the moment and he told them eh wouldn’t be back for while. “Glad I didn’t buy anything that can melt”  

    With those words passing by his lips, it didn’t take him long to follow the trail to where the soul remained hovering. It was just out of sight of anyone that would pass by normally. And though at first he thought the person that had died was alone, the faint scent of someone, or something else caught his attention as he stepped out of the sight of the street. “Is anyone else here?”

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A List Of Known Verses

So I have a fucking actually list and can put the shit into a proper page later. I will add more when more verses show up. BUt I tend to make them on the fly so normally only when someone from a different verse starts to Rp with me.

Verse:Original World;(Verse: O:) Aka My Verse created from scratch for the wolf and the rest of my Muses. Though it may never actually take place in their original world unless we plot it that way. This will mean that Ookami’s powers are in full force in every way shape and form with no restrictions as his body is connected to his home universe at all times no matter what. 

Lives: First On

Sub Verse: Time Lines:

Inn Keeper: Young Wolf: Dimensional Wolf Sword Wielding Wolf The First Lives Black and White (Un-active) Black Cat (Un-Active) Lovely Soul (Un-active) Neko And Wolf (Un- Active)

Verse: Black Butler (Verse: BB:) His memories are a bit awkward in this world, somewhat mixed up and this causes his abilities to Causing them to focus mostly upon his Flame Manipulation and giving him a much higher  ability to take control over People using his Mark Of The Pride

Lives: Third On

Sub Verse/Timelines Forget Me Not (Closed) Verse: FFVII: Final fantasy Seven: A wolf with little understanding of who he really is in this world he is connected to the Life stream and can hear the voices of the world much like Areiths race the only difference is his connection goes to the point of channeling the Life Stream or Mako and it can cause a variety of things to happen to him. 

Lives: Third On

Sub Verse/Time lines

Care Taker BFGD (Before Flower Girls Death) Care Taker AFGD (After Flower Girls Death) Wandering Merc Verse: FFGlavie Final Fantasy 15/Kingsglavie: A boy born with a soul not his own and is forced to learn this as his body starts to change at the age of 12. This is the start of things in this one. Much like in the Seven Verse, he is still connected to the world they live in and can use abilities much like Noc but in different forms and this is still unknown to him at the moment. Now at the age of 25 he spends his time as a royal guard to train his body and mind.

Lives: Mostly fourth References Third

Sub Verse/Timeline (Unmade as of yet)

Verse: Vampire Knight (VK) There is little differences in his body and soul in this world from in the Original verse. The most is that he lies and calls himself a Lycan instead of a Wolf Demon like he normally would. And he does Attend Cross Academy as a guardian and a member of both the Sun and Moon Classes.

Lives: Third on

Sub Verse/Timeline Lycan Heart Sun and moon

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Alright since I need to keep a reminder for myself I’m going to post it here. 

Verses will have two to three splits in them.  The first being the World they belong, the second being the timeline. Sometimes it will be World, Occupation, timeline

What this means really is that There will be an overview of how Ookami is for each world with little differences between them Such as how his body works or little things like that. If there is an occupation placed in it like say {Verse: O: Inn Keeper: Alpha} It pretty much means, Original Verse, meaning my own Universe Ookami, His occupation for this verse being an inn keeper and the timeline is Alpha or main. Another example would be {Verse: FFVII: Wandering Merc: Alpha} Which is The Final Fantasy Seven Universe, Main timeline and works as a Merc at times.I’ll make a good page for these soon when i figure how many I have, though I’m sure its not a lot.