#Walk With Faith in God

[nightingaleatdawnwrites]

There are things I still need to learn, things I’m genuinely sorry for, and things I am beyond proud of. I’m still growing. I’m not stagnant or moving backwards at all. I’ll always be a work in progress.

I’ll keep moving forward knowing that God will always be by my side. Guiding me and helping me with all the battles that I need to overcome. I’ll be swimming the deepest ocean, climbing the highest mountain, and walking the treacherous road knowing that I will always be guided by God.

I will always be gifted and blessed.

[zzoupz]

promised like 10 people i would animate them making out n im a man of my words

[raayllum]

I get that in general a lot of kids shows do utilize the protagonists ('good guys') in ways where they're supposed to be role models, particularly because some do have a "lesson of the week" where the character does bad things, then clearly learns and explains what they should've done instead by the end of the episode.

That has just... never been how TDP has operated, and I don't get how and why people think we're supposed to take what anyone does in the show as being unilaterally good or evil. Particularly in arc 2; any moral simplicity that was hanging on by a thread in arc 1 has been taken out back and shot numerous times by now.

TDP very rarely calls anything Evil or Good, and when it does, it's always filtered through the characters' biases, and rarely does more then 2-3 characters ever have the same opinion on something for the same reasons. Soren and Rayla, who have inverted character arcs, are some of the only characters to ever use the term villain / good guys or bad guys, and are two of the most staunchly black-and-white thinking characters, heavily to their detriment, I might add, in terms of coping with the increasing complexity of their lives. They have cognitive biases. They're not always right, and are frequently wrong. This is true for everyone in the show.

The show refuses to condemn murder, indirectly and directly condemns the expulsion of humans from Xadia routinely (Evrkynd being a city for everyone, Ezran arguing with Karim, who is the most wrong about the most things), and shows a variety of viewpoints on all things.

The show understands that the choices people make—whether the same character trait is a flaw or a strength—as well as 'moral' choices are all circumstantial.

Are you wrong to burn people alive? Mostly yes (2x07, 6x08) but also no (3x09). Are you wrong to kill people? Sometimes yes, sometimes no, sometimes whether it's 'wrong' or 'right' doesn't even factor in. Are you wrong to use dark magic, or use the dangerous Staff of Ziard, or coin someone and condemn them to a 'fate worse than death'? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Is lying or hiding the truth to protect someone wrong? Sometimes yes (1x06, 2x03, 3x03, 5x01, 7x04, 7x06) sometimes no (1x02, 2x03, 6x06, 5x08, 7x08).

Are you doing the right thing?

Do you have no choice? Is that true, or is that just what you think, or how you rationalize it yourself?

When is it right or cowardly to leave (Viren, Lissa, Rayla, Callum, Ezran, the Cosmic Council, the offer made to Karim's troops)? When should you stay? When do you decide to share resources (2x05) to your potential detriment or withhold them in the name of protecting yourself and your own people (Xadia and magic)? At what point(s) do you prioritize your own pain and grief, or someone else's (i.e. the Keeper vs Callum vs Ezran)? At what point is someone too dangerous or 'too far gone' to keep alive (Runaan about Harrow, Ezran about Aaravos)? At what point do you decide someone cannot change? When do you refuse to change (Karim, Terry) who you are no matter what happens, and when do you decide that you must (Ezran, Soren)? When is it wrong to use illusions to trick someone (3x09 and 7x06) and when is it more reasonable (2x03)? When should you be willing to sacrifice others (Rayla with her family, Runaan and Rayla with Callum, Soren with Viren) and when should you refuse? When should you sacrifice yourself, and when it is wrong to? Did you betray them, or did they betray you, or both (usually both)? When should you betray or stay loyal to your family? What is the right thing to do?

The show, tbh, doesn't know, at least 90% of the time. It's not interested in knowing. It's interested in exploring. That's the whole point. At most, it says you should work towards harm reduction, but what constitutes harm, and what peace looks like, is also something that greatly differs for all the characters.

Rayla is willing to sacrifice the love of her life, Ezran is willing to create weapons of mass destruction and wield one, and Callum used a torture spell on someone when he absolutely did not have to. The idea that any of the protagonists are meant to be paragons of unblemished virtue who are always 100% right, or that any of the antagonists do not canonically have a good point of contention with anything that's happened and are always 100% wrong, is reductive to everything the show is and explores, because it is Quite Literally not what the show does, ever tbh.

They literally spelled it out this past season as a core theme; I don't think they needed to have a character directly point it out every time a main character did something that was Kinda Fucked Up or Complicated But Understandable to know that the show knows it was Canonically Fucked Up or Complicated But Understandable.

There is not a single character or action in TDP that is always right, and there is not a singular character or action in TDP that is always wrong. Hell, even narrowing it down to "this is 'right' or 'wrong'" feels counterintuitive because it's so subjective within the narrative.

Every choice the characters make is often well reasoned, aligns with their values and world views, and fits into how they work through problems. Every choice has benefits and consequences, for them or for others. That doesn't mean it's Right for everyone involved. That doesn't mean it's Wrong for everyone involved. That's what makes the show interesting. Everything has nuance. Everything has Complexity. I'm not interested in a simplified version of TDP. I'm interested in the show as is.

I hope you are, too.

[heartsings77]

2 Corinthians 5:6-8 NKJV 6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

[adviceformefromme]

If you’re wondering why you keep doing all this self healing, yet year in year out you’re still plagued with anxiety, depression, still struggling mentally, still dealing with toxic relationships…It’s because you are yet to familiarise yourself with the one who can help you and you keep listening to the one that will hurt you. When you understand where you can find deep love and healing (and it’s not from this world). It’s from the source. The source that is available to us all, the source that is God. The more you fluff this up and feel more comfortable praying to the ‘universe’ the more you are actually missing out on this transformation. You need to go straight to the source. The more you lean on the next salary bracket to bring you peace and happiness, the more you suffer, the more you lean on relationships, secs, attention to fill you up, the more you miss out on your transformation. You’re looking for the world to fill you in places that can only be filled with God. This is the underlying truth. Until you receive God’s love, you will seek it from everywhere and everyone outside of yourself. Until you realise this you will struggle. And year in year out, you will seek answers and try to find healing in something that is so blatantly obvious. You need God. You can’t do this alone. You can’t lean on your own understanding, because time and time again its lead you to suffering. 

I've created a free-guide to learn more about finding your way back home with God.

[soultiio]

my god my god why have you forsaken me

wasn't I good to you?

[bluefive65]

[aspirant1598]

[tears-that-heal]

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[firethekitty]

very unpopular trigun fandom opinion but. i really Don’t like when people write/draw wolfwood as being genuinely religious. like wearing rosary and praying every night and saying grace before eating and shit. HE SHOOTS PEOPLE AND KILLS THEM and smokes and drinks and curses and wears his collar as wide open as possible and is a Literal Hitman who was kidnapped by a religious cult as a child. do you guys sincerely believe he’s a good christian boy or something

[prayerismyweapon]

Ain't it good when God reveals you to you? I don't mean just all your mess but your purpose, your strength and the path you have following and trusting Him. Sometimes we can get so busy looking and asking God " what am I suppose to do?" What is my purpose?" "How am I to serve you?" That we don't realize the question(s) have already been answered and we had already started working in that ministry we are to have a part. It's OK to take a deep breathe and be still for a little. Trust that it shall be given and revealed.

[nightingaleatdawnwrites]

Power of Positivity

April 11th, 2021

I wrote this article three years ago and this is the revised version.

My life is my masterpiece. I’m very grateful to those who reach out to me when they hear and feel my “thoughts” even if I don’t say a single word. It’s a never ending battle for me as I have a mood condition, however, I will continue to walk with faith in God and hope that better days are coming.

Do know that in life, there will always be roadblocks along the way as they are a part of your journey through life.

The most important thing is that we continue to have faith in God, count our blessings each day, be grateful for what we have, and even though we don’t get what we pray for, rest assured that God will give you something much better than whatever you have prayed for.

Do things with great love, enjoy the best things in life which are usually free, always see the brighter side of life, and always believe in the power of prayers.

Pay forward whatever you have received from people ~ whether in cash, in kind, knowledge or skills. Never expect something in return. A simple form of gratitude from them like “thank you “ or “salamat” should be enough to make you happy and contented. That only means that they have appreciated whatever you have given them. Enjoy the little things in life as they are the ones which usually make people happy.

Blessings to everyone and we will all get through this Pandemic. Once again, the world will be a better place if we all help each other.

Maganda ang buhay! Laban lang palage and always pray as prayers work all the time!

[chocolate-cream-soldier]

Current Mood:

(while watching a theory/review video for agatha all along epi.7)

[livingfortheheartofchrist]

“If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will be night” - even the darkness is not dark to you. The night shines like the day; darkness and light are alike to you.”

“For it was you who created my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”“I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wondrously made. Your works are wondrous, and I know this very well.”

“My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth.”

“Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in your book and planned before a single one of them began.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭139‬:‭11-16‬ ‭

[walkswithmyfather]

[archervale]

Something about dean and cas both having faith in one another