#bible lettering

[4him-iwrite]

Is the Bible a love letter from God?

When you think about it, the Bible is one big love letter from God to us. Like really think about! At the root of it all, the commandments, the sacrifice, the cross, the promises, all of it stems from God's love…I think we really underestimate how much God loves us. Yes even when He is correcting us, it is in love. He truly just wants what is the absolute best for us. Honestly, it’s a beautiful thing to ponder on. Every word, every verse and scripture is woven in love.

[katabay]

THEY SAY THERE IS A CARPENTER FROM THE PROVINCE PERFORMING MIRACLES IN THE CAPITAL

another scene and some sketches of the fake byzantine empire ocs! thomas is a carpenter, john is a merchant. there's an emperor (two, actually) in here, looming ominously over everything.

(I call it the fake byzantine empire because the setting is playing with byzantine history that spans across three centuries, but it's also pulling from things like Statius' Thebaid and later medieval literature. folk catholic horror, probably. doctrinal debates and schisms are in here)

on the topic of nameless and unknown saints, tho, sometimes I think about this excerpt from an essay in Closet Queeries and the time I was on my way to Tanjay and saw an abandoned chapel along a road with a statue of a saint I didn't recognize inside

Closet Queeries, essays by J. Neil C. Garcia

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[akutagawasbloodyfangs]

Has this been done yet?

[rasticore]

Camael ripe for the "my pronouns are they/them not because i'm non-binary but because i'm Literally Everyone" joke

[scripture-pictures]

[beemintty]

walking into a christian bookstore hesitant.

walked out feeling like i failed as a christian.

let me explain:

i was that girl. the girl who lived and breathed bible books and devotion and self help books on christianity. i was that girl. the bible bash girl. the “i’m praying for you” girl. the god and the bible is the loud solution girl. the purity culture girl. the only friends with other christians, everyone else needs to be saved girl. the self righteous girl. the go to youth and church and conferences girl. i was THAT girl.

so what happened? i looked at the world. i saw people outside of my bubble. i saw pain and grief and anger and hurt. i saw PEOPLE. and my heart shattered. then i walked away. i walked away from my bubble. i walked away from purity. i walked away from my cruel ignorance. and i walked into curiosity and questioning. i walked into kindness and equality. i walked into openness and learning. i walked into love, for the world and for a girl. and i uncovered the truth of the church…. they do not love me. and if i was still “that girl”, neither would i. i walked out of the horrible reality is that was my whole world…

but some part of me always judges myself and the way my life is now. telling me i failed as a christian.

but know this: maybe i have failed as a christian. but, i have not failed as a follower of jesus. i have not failed at kindness.

[catholic-quotes]

[ushiromiya]

umineko is a perfect work to me but seeing the increase in fem battler fanart has made me realize it could be a holy relic preserved for generations if beabato yuri was added into the mix as well

[sarathrwizard]

Jude 1:1-25

This passage in the Bible has been very important for me recently. It helped clear up so many questions I had in my head. If you are willing, read 'The Letter Of Jude' from the Bible and maybe it will clear a few questions up in your head as well!

Bonus: Genesis 19:1-38 (Because it's mentioned, and is very intriguing to me.)

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Isaías 53:3-6 3 Despreciado y desechado entre los hombres, varón de dolores, experimentado en quebranto: y como que escondimos de él el rostro, fué menospreciado, y no lo estimamos.

4 Ciertamente llevó él nuestras enfermedades, y sufrió nuestros dolores; y nosotros le tuvimos por azotado, por herido de Dios y abatido.

5 Mas él herido fué por nuestras rebeliones, molido por nuestros pecados: el castigo de nuestra paz sobre él; y por su llaga fuimos nosotros curados.

6 Todos nosotros nos descarriamos como ovejas, cada cual se apartó por su camino: mas Jehová cargó en él el pecado de todos nosotros.

Despised and Rejected

3 People made fun of him, and even his friends left him. He was a man who suffered a lot of pain and sickness. We treated him like someone of no importance, like someone people will not even look at but turn away from in disgust.

4 The fact is, it was our suffering he took on himself; he bore our pain. But we thought that God was punishing him, that God was beating him for something he did. 5 But he was being punished for what we did. He was crushed because of our guilt. He took the punishment we deserved, and this brought us peace. We were healed because of his pain. 6 We had all wandered away like sheep. We had gone our own way. And yet the Lord put all our guilt on him. — Isaiah 53:3-6 | Spanish Blue Red and Gold Letter Edition Bible (SRV-BRG) and Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) Spanish Blue Red and Gold Letter Edition ™ Bible (SRV-BRG) Copyright © 2012/2015 BRG Bible Ministries. All rights reserved and Easy-to-Read Version Bible Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International. Cross References: Psalm 119:176; Matthew 8:17; Mark 10:33-34; Luke 18:31; John 19:7; Romans 4:25; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Peter 2:25

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What does it mean that Christ was despised and rejected of men?

[slaughtergutz]

some fun comic practice

did you know that the chain catshark is also known as the chain dogfish. like pick an animal.

they are also biofluorescent, which means they glow BRIGHT GREEN under a blacklight.

[seeking-elsewhither]

Today years old when I discovered there's a portion of the KJV of Exodus 10:5-6 written in Mando'a seen in The Mandalorian??

[fearandhatred]

fandom: good omens

word: worship

I HAVE FINALLY DONE IT copied straight from my notes app babey!! this may seem like just a sad poem but it's really crowley spiraling into a toxic inferiority mindset within the 10 whole seconds that they kiss. i did not mean it to take that turn but next to all the emotions in my brain is this entity called Dark Thoughts that turns the whole console black with one touch. anyway thank u bestie for the word prompt sorry it took five years

<3

Worn delicate but strong on your smallest finger, a golden halo of a ring that dug through layers of cloth into my spine when i kissed you. it was the first time i felt the touch of your hardened hands on my body, pressing me to you like i could be consumed whole, like you could breathe me into your soul and nestle me in your lungs, like i could become your air. and for a moment, it felt like we were

One. like we were the paths of two comets destined to intersect once and then never again; or perhaps like the odd bullet that gets lodged inside another midair, and doesn't make it out the other side alive. and it felt as if i knew for the first time a purpose beyond existence, beyond love: to worship. to worship you.

Resuscitation has never felt so explosive, so stuffed full with fearsome grace with the same force by which it was ripped from me. and i know now that i will never be the same unless i have this one thing, this reason to live and also to die.

So i'll worship you, from now till the death of time. and when every one of your touches burns with holiness, when you scald my tongue with spit, i'll welcome you on my knees to set me aflame.

Have me in all the ways, split me open on the altar as evidence of my humility, make me repent. forgive me.

I understand now, i understand, it's in my blood to submit, in my nature to crawl on my belly and eat the dust left behind. and i will, and maybe i can do it right this time—i will drag myself behind you with my hands clawing the carpeted shadows of your footsteps, break the bottle open to anoint your head. i'll worship you, skin to skin, soul for soul, if it means you'll stay.

Please—

[fieriframes]

[I like to sing. I wish I could sing like those guys who can sing two notes at once, those Monks. It takes them ten years to learn how to do it, but it's worth it, because God really sits up and notices when you sing chords. And there are all those Monks that used to sit and copy the Bible in this very neat lettering, and let me tell you: When you write all neat and pretty like those Monks did, you can bet that God sits up and takes notice. Those Monks recieve divine grace or my name isn't... whatever my name is.]

[tajcox]

A Letter from Jesus