#did u know that in one night jesus experienced all of human suffering at the same time?

[simptasia]

jesus in the garden of gethsemane aka jesus has the most severe attack of hyper empathy in all of human history

[yhwhrulz]

Worthy Brief - May 7, 2024

He understands our sufferings more than you know!

Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted (me-u-neh). But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

Hebrews 12:2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Romans 8:16-18 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

When I studied Isaiah 53 earnestly in the ancient Hebrew, I was taken back by the Hebrew word for "afflicted" (me-u-neh). In modern Hebrew, this word means "tortured". When I was young, and first learned what torture actually involved, my soul was shocked that this could happen to people; in fact that it was happening to people. That a person could be kept alive for the purpose of intentionally causing him intense agonizing pain was an astounding enigma for my young soul. It really frightened me; and I think that fear of torture is probably the greatest fear that humans can experience. We read about people who have been tortured, with a kind of horrified awe. And quietly we wonder inside, "How can this be?" And, "Could this ever happen to me?"

Crucifixion was a form of torture which the ancient Romans used frequently. And while I had a concept of the suffering that our Messiah endured for us, for some reason, the understanding that He was tortured for our iniquities brought my awareness to a new level. I did not begin to appreciate or fathom the suffering Yeshua went through. His identification with our suffering and our sin was total, and His experience of this torture so fully absorbed Him that He experienced what must have felt like infinite isolation and pain. Somehow, this is a deep comfort; to know that the Son of God understands by experience, torture, and suffering unthinkable.

But then, I suddenly realized that I also could not begin to comprehend the glory that awaited Him after His suffering. And that His suffering purchased for me a portion in that glory as well. It was the other side of the story, and somehow, these two extremes complement one another; suffering, and glory. The apostle Paul states his revelation about our sufferings with almost light-hearted conviction; that they are not even “worthy” to be compared with the glory that awaits us. This, to me, could be the most amazing promise in all of scripture.

Suffering is everywhere, a constant part of this life; it may be you, or someone you love, or people you don't even know but are agonizing over and praying for. This world casts suffering in every direction at every level of intensity. But all of it, every flaming ounce of it has been successfully absorbed into the body of Yeshua the Messiah. He was tortured for us – suffered death for us – so that our sufferings are trifles in the light of eternity. It's been said this way: from heaven the most miserable earthly life will look like one bad night in a cheap hotel. Thank the Lord.

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Baht Rivka (Jerusalem), Obadiah and Elianna (Dallas, TX) (Baltimore, Maryland)

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[thisismyghost-blog]

1st time I told my fam/friends on fb about the sadistic monster who abused me and is facing agg kidnapping and 3agg rape charges

So idk how some of you will react to this but i have to risk people who will hate me or just turn away in order to gain reinforcements. I have been practically in hiding for almost a year after finally giving up on keeping a bold face at my job that I loved with a few people that I really loved due to the pain I didn’t know how to handle of being visibly and deeply scorned by a few people who I had done nothing to but be friendly and awkward to (just due to lack of social experience)I have been protected under the love of my amazing family, my best friend Sayruh, and the incredible loving man who I can’t describe rn who came into my life about five years ago and with who’s path, unfortunately, was diverged during what I’m about to tell you. This isn’t going to be college level essay ish, so bare with me. I’m bleeding and panting out of breathe in the battlefield of life at this moment but I haven’t dropped the sword and I never will. I don’t have to do this alone, as much as I’ve been alone and felt deeply affected by if people think I am worthless, stupid, ugly, a whore or make assumptions about me that hurt them or take me the wrong way.i have hidden myself to protect others and to protect myself but I see now that is utter BULLLSHHIIITTT y’all. I was in a “relationship”with what fits the pattern of a malignant narcissist, possible psychopath for 9 entire soul crushing, brain washing, body mutilating, being made to believe I was bad or crazy, turning against myself months. That’s the time it takes to grow a fully ripened human, and apparently it’s also the time to nearly break an intelligent, loving sister, mother, daughter, friend, woman almost entirely.     This creature who masquerades as an attractive, eloquent, humble, caring, selfless individual has likely been slandering me since the moment he walked into my place of work as he, behind the scenes, carefully put up walls between me and anyone who might later have compassion for the things he had in store for me. That wasn’t terribly hard due to the fact that I was already a very shy person.This Lucifer gaslighted, undermined and abused me while successfully convincing me that he was helping me become a better person and applying his version of “therapy” based on his claimed experience in mental health in another country and coming out of terrible traumas all by himself. This person took the self doubt i already had, filled it with poison, and offered it through a needle promising the antidote. This person used my compassion and love for others to convince me to let him do horrible things to me as a stress relief or way of dealing with their past trauma in order to help them, to help them not do self destructive things and be able to go out and help others in Grand ways that he constantly spoke of.I have been hiding because I have seen that human nature tends to immediately start looking for ways to blame or dehumanize people that are in horrible situations like this. I have been hiding because I could feel the seering looks of disgust, feel the betrayel from those I had admired and even looked up to that had already taken place and wished not to extend an opportunity for others. I realize now that I have been ashamed of being vulnerable to someone else’s lack of humanity and feeling as though that truly debased me or may as well if it succeeded in debasing me from human status in the eyes of most people onlooking, so why give them a chance to onlook?I have no choice now because today I was shown my choice by the assistant district attorney.  It was my hope to protect others from this monster. It was my hope because I have seen what these creatures who walk among us, looking like people, expressing emotion on their face like people, and I have seen this creature twist otherwise upstanding, moderately intelligent individuals into hating a person in order to discredit them and also back them further into a corner, convince them they are nothing, watch them suffer and feed on their tears like a twisted vampire. You think you can spot a monster? Maybe you would have better luck. I think we all think we do, how can you not believe what your mind is telling you when you look at what looks like a human being but is a monster no one warned you about, who literally takes pleasure in slowly driving you insane and takes bites out of your flesh like a wolf and yelling at you for bleeding. I am not perfect, no one is. I make mistakes, that’s human. I take the wrong path sometimes, also human. Do I need to say that in order for you not to start asking a million questions until you get to the part where your brain can let out a sigh of relief and go “ooohh I was worried this world was that horrific for a minute but clearly this bitch is an idiot or a sinner who deserved whatever she’s going on about.”?I want to stop and give credit where credit is due.I am tempted to name names but I haven’t. There are people who I worked next to everyday and only had affection for who completely turned their back on me when he was arrested. I didn’t call police, my doctor did. I hate attention, I have no vendettas.  I have to  get out of this corner letting him and his minions scare/shame me into silence and projecting their ill motives onto me. I know it makes no sense. I only know that I am sure I experienced what I imagine thousands of murdered women experienced in their final moments. I feel that he would enjoyed watching my final moments and holding them in his hands like a god. I only know that an amazing doctor who I trusted and went to for advice about how to not get murdered or even possibly salvage my life from without police help because I didn’t believe they would help me. I believed him when he told me his ex’s called police and he talked them away, I believed him when he told me that police came to my door at times when I was screaming and he talked to them while I was in the bathroom crying and convinced them everything was ok. I believed what he didn’t have to put into words but only insinuate, that everyone will call me a stupid lying whore for staying around and trying to get help would only result in being told so. I was wrong. My doctor called the police without my knowledge, everyone treated me with compassion and respect and told me I was safe now. I thought that meant other girls would be safe now. I was mistaken. I held onto the remaining shards of my life with all my strength, allowing people under his spell to treat me despicably as I fought the tears, told myself it’s my fault for not being a better person who speaks up and is more than just quiet and friendly but involved and let’s you know them and is there for you. I tried to hold my head high and ignore them or focus on the 3 friends I had left and remind myself that they could have no clue what the truth was and that they would never believe me over such a charming loveable individual. How do you tell someone that a person they admire is capable of worse things than they have ever imagined and expect them to believe you unless they are incredibly close and trusting of you?Trial is coming up. I thought I could seek back up through expert witnesses and professionals who could untangle the dark web of deadly lies, ignorance and misinformation. I thought maybe I could find others like the girl he claimed to have put in the hospital for three months.. I thought.. Maybe.. I could sleep at night one day without picturing dead girls all alone in a landfill disposed of by him and forgotten. That is only my imagination but your mind is your window to the world and it’s all you see. Instead I am told that due to the burden of proof, even after the stack of felony indictments an incredible female detective at Smyrna PD was able to procure on my behalf.. That he will most likely walk free or get less than a decade and be let loose upon the world again. If you ever get hurt, make sure it’s by a total stranger and that you see clearly what’s going on in order to be able to immediately, report it and get the hell away from them so the law can protect you.(sarcasm if u didn’t see it.)There has to be an alarm raised and debate changed. Not for me but for my niece, my cousins, our daughters and sons, every human being who is out there vulnerable to be spotted by a shark who probably dresses and speaks properly and seems like a “stand up citizen” maybe even have a position of authority, maybe even like he did, claim to be a representative of Jesus and some version of my personal Satan’s false story that he was a champion of all orphans and the disenfranchised. I have pictures of him surrounded by smiling children he claimed were in a orphanage he managed for a time in an impoverished part of the world and claimed to have been their main source of affection and mental health assistance in dealing with the loss of their parents.If you are totally mind f9(?#d after reading this, understand that I have been fighting epic battles through Hell daily via my mind and PTSD armed with love  from my son, family, Antwane. An inkling that maybe I can build some sort of bridge to the nameless victims who will never have a charge formally filed much less prosecuted, the forgotten girls buried in shallow graves because a monster feasted on their human heart and knew no one would be in their corner to save them and that society at Large would walk on their unmarked grave with no tears shed for a “whore”. Armed with the small bit of reason and understanding I’ve gained through education and love not letting me die no matter how much agony and confusion and darkness swallowed me whole I walk out of that dark corner of shame today. I still need healing, I still am learning not to be hard on myself, I still have no idea what I’m doing but I’m fighting y’all and I have gained the type of clarity I’m not sure many people ever have after a lifetime. There is no magic day to come where after you try hard enough you never incur anymore criticism and you feel good enough, but in the meantime those who are so sure of themselves are devouring the innocent, virtually wholly unchecked and every bully, every shaming comment meant to put you down and shut you up is a type of  weaponry used by those behaving inhumanely and projecting their diminished humanity onto you. Don’t let them do it. If you care how you affect other people you are top notch in my book and every shortcoming you have tell everyone to STFU about and keep going. Your inability to wow a crowd or rock a swimsuit for a magazine or even speak to a stranger or your emotional outburst and lack of attention to your house when you’re depressed.. any and everything that you feel ashamed about, you give it the middle finger for me. Your voice in your own head and how you see yourself is where it starts and YOU are who I need to join me in this fight with the odds insanely against me and the rest who fall into their snare. I need you to keep trying,I need you to fight to see for yourself what really matters and what is left because there are no superheroes or quick fixes and everytime you feel empathy for someone and want to take their pain or help, this is how. You become strong and you fight for reason, compassion, you fight the voices that degrade and throw away human beings but you start with your own.If you want to talk, text me. Might take some time but I’ll be there and I will not judge anything so if you just need to vent things you feel shame about I am a good sounding board I have discovered. I don’t have any answers for you but I am another human being who values you. Naj is doing great btw he’s facing his own bullies but he’s got an expert on his side and an amazing dad and uncle. I have an extremely bright gorgeous life ahead and I see it on the horizon. I almost said if I don’t reach it I will die trying but there are 3 amazing guys in the next room that love me, a gorgeous brilliant sister a few minutes away, my mom with her endless Love, compassion, years of memories and experience that I hope to be able to properly learn from and appreciate, this genius niece who is so much like me at her age but better and actually likes me. I could keep going. If you looked in the mirror today and thought anything besides “Damn fine bitch, world’s lucky to have me!” then go apologize please. Maybe you won’t mean it but you can get there. I may not be able to stop him. There may be Hell on Earth that I have yet to see, but the people who love us and are waiting for us to meet and love them, they are what matters now. You are what matters to me now. He used to tell me I would gain great wisdom from him and help him change the world. I did gain wisdom, I won’t give him credit for that, I dug it out of the ashes of what he left behind. If that’s possible then imagine what you can do

[midsvmmars]

after taking a long ass break from actually rping and being active on here i changed my entire account and am ready to jump back into rping. i’m looking for some new 1x1 partners and plots but you should know i really want to focus on the writing and development of writing and pushing each other to write more!! many of the things on my page aren’t very updated but my rules are here (i’m 18 but i havent updated this in like a year) and some wanted plots are here though i’d like to create more original ideas between us and what we’re both into and brainstorming new things. i play more males and females and all types of ships but please don’t try to force me into playing a male. if you want to 1x1 like this and i’ll hit you up, and i’ll have some more specific stuff under the cut!!

okay honestly im a sucker for like angst and complicated and complex emotionally plots so pls give me something to make me suffer

on the opposite give me a plot on cupid and psyche please!!

“i’m a vampire and we met when you were still human and we fell in love and planned out our whole eternal life together but on the night i turned you i freaked out over the commitment and abandoned you in the middle of the night & now it’s over a century later and we’re only just seeing each other again for the first time since and there’s so much hatred in your eyes when you look at me but fuck you still look just as hot and make my heart race as much as you did back then and i think i made the biggest mistake of my life in leaving” au (☉‿☉✿)

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE PLOT PLS

angsty soulmate plots please??

okay i lowkey want like the stereotypical sugar daddy ceo plot but not where its like just smut filled and 50 shades of grey but where it starts the kinda stereotype then starts getting more real where like he has problems w emotions and intimacy and letting her close and shes trying but any step forward he takes 3 steps back and idk we can figure out more but i’d prolly wanna be the girl for this tbh

best friends older brother you’ve always hated but now youre lowkey attracted to him??

rOoMmAtEs

exes plot

OKAY BUT LIKE GREEK MYTHOLOGY PLOTS OR PLOTS W ANGELS OR DEVILS OR ETC JUST LIKE ETHEREAL BEINGS

being into your roommates boyfriend eep

a plot based off from dusk till dawn (the series world) based off kate x seth or kate x richie where it’s ‘sweet jesus girl goes on vacation with her family and gets held hostage by a hot af criminal trying to get into mexico and next thing they know theyre in trouble, share an unspoken connection, and are in a world of danger and excitement’ i don’t put it into words right but look it up and u get it

muse a is a prostitute with a heart of gold. muse b is a cop with a steely demeanor. muse a and muse b cross paths often when muse b is patrolling the streets. over time, muse b begins to feel protective over the kind-hearted muse a and develops feelings for them. muse b knows getting involved with a hooker could ruin their respectable reputation. muse b wants to get muse a off the streets and give them a better life, but muse a thinks muse b deserves to be with someone without a shameful past.

gimme a stranger things-esque plot that’s all about the 80s and teen angst. Teenagers who have nothing to do in their shitty little town except to hang out at their little diner or watch reruns of shitty movies at the drive-thru. gimme boring parents who have no idea what their children are up to. gimme teen angst and scrunchies and acid washed everything. gimme diner aesthetics and 80s rock ballads. seriously, gimme all of it.

‘popular wealthy bitch who owns the school and intimidates everybody but is secretly crushing on the soft boy with the puppy dog eyes who’s totally so unaware of it’ plot pls.

also yes ok i totally want a plot where for once it’s the female who’s really sexually experienced and popular, and this nerdy boy has a crush on one of her best friends, and she needs tutoring and he’s the only one who could do it- so she offers him tips and advice on how to get her friend to notice him and seem cool, in exchange he’ll tutor her.but as her best friend gains interest, he realises how inexperienced he is, so it becomes a trading of tutor- he teaches her maths equations, she teaches him how to kiss, and go down on a girl.and oh no- she’s starting to really like him???? she doesn’t want him to date her friend?? maybe he could date her instead?????

what about a bonnie/clyde kinda relationship?? like maybe they met when she was trying to steal his car or whatever and it was love at first sight and she just jumped into his car and they get together just like that and now they drive around running away from cops and cameras while they’re robbing stores and banks and they’re fucking on the hood of his car and being completely destructive and just fucking crazy but like they love each other and they cant be without each other and this is kinda like my problematic fave plot?? v screwed up but i kinda rly want it?

[paintmetara]

Joshua Daniel

I’m okay at writing, so writing the 15 page paper you asked for may not be a challenge for me. In any case, writing in this style will help me portray my thoughts to you. 

1- You already know I love you, but I don’t think that can be overcommunicated. Can someone actually tire of being told they are loved? So first- I love you. Thank you for letting me and for opening your heart to me, a stranger become family, in such a short time.

2- What should you do? I know you want an answer on what you should do for work. Oh Joshua. I wish I had the foresight and the knowledge to know what is best. I don’t. My most honest answer and my hearts desire for you is that you do what is best for your spiritual health- your relationship with Jesus. Even still, I don’t know what that option is. 

Really, I want you to be back home. I want you to be able to focus on the Lord for a longer time and be strengthened to the core. The Lord has different plans than I do, and I believe in and trust Him to be faithful even when its not the plan I would consider best. 

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9

To determine what to do next with work we have to ask- What are you trying to accomplish? You have a million things running through your mind, a million things you want to do, and it is overwhelming even for the strongest in faith. To have victory in these areas holding you captive, you must start with your thoughts. 

The ultimate answer to your question is to stop. repent. receive forgiveness. move forward. walk in grace and TRUTH. The Truth that if you can trust God with your salvation, you can trust him with every tiny little detail. I want you to practice taking your thoughts captive and transforming your mind. 

“For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.” 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. [[THE COMMAND:: Do not be conformed to this world, but [[HOW:: be transformed by the renewal of your mind, [[WHY:: that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:1-2

As you seek to think the way the Lord thinks and to walk with him, this is my prayer for you-

“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith- that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have the strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” Ephesians 3:12-4:3

I urge you, Joshua, to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called. These things you want to see accomplished in your life- from the immediate next steps to the long term healing of your family- have to start with you resting in the Lord and growing in faith. I have full confidence the Lord will provide for your physical needs, I have full confidence he can use YOU to bring healing and restoration to your family, I have full confidence your children will one day seek the faith that you have and look to you for guidance and wisdom. 

I have full confidence in the Lord’s power to continue changing your heart- to break you and make you more like Christ. I have this confidence because God’s Word is true and He promises it. I have this confidence because I have seen it in my own heart. 

“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6

Joshua, not too long in the past if you had been any person in my life calling me drunk, I would be annoyed, mad, and so extremely self righteous. This is one simple way you can know my love for you is genuine- I will take that call any time- not because I am a sweet woman as you once called me, but because my heart has been softened and changed by the power of God. He has given me the grace to pour out to others. He has given me the confidence that when my heart is at risk- I only need to trust Him to keep it safe and to mend it when its broken. Knowing these truths gives me the confidence to love without reservations. 

I believe the Lord is Who He says He is. When we believe that, when we actually make ourselves meditate on that Truth, that Jesus is God- that he DIED IN MY PLACE, how can I go on sinning? ALL OF ROMANS 6. It all starts, continues, AND ends with the object of our faith- Jesus Christ. We are powerless without His Spirit, and once we have the Holy Spirit, the power is still HIS. We have to believe we have it, and stop listening to the lies of this world which tell us we are incapable, that we can never be more than our sin, or that our current circumstances are too big for God.

I know and I empathize with your circumstances. I know they seem unbearable and hard to overcome. When I was feeling that way a couple years ago, my pastor helped me with this perspective. I was sobbing over a situation that I was very guilty of putting myself in, and telling him how I just wanted to get myself out because I was full of so much regret over what I had done. He said “Tara, what is the worst event in human history?” I said “The crucifixion.” - I knew thats what he was getting at, but if you think about it, it truly is the worst event. WE crucified our God. Clay proceeded to say, “Yes. That was horrific, the worst event to ever happen, and we caused it. And what did God do with that?.... He made it into the greatest event and biggest blessing to ever happen... The resurrection - VICTORY.” If God can make beautiful the cross, he can make our lives beautiful even after we have royally screwed them up. 

Notice I didn't say the Lord would make our lives easy. In fact, most of the new testament is an encouragement to persevere through suffering because we will certainly suffer as believers. Suffering allows us to identify with Christ, all as a means to make us more like Himself. 

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.” 1 Peter 5:6-11

“Okay, Tara, so what do you want me to do?” 

Your immediate needs are a home, a license, and a car. My opinion, whatever its worth, is that you find a job that will bring in steady, reliable income. If there is anyone who believes you can be the best roofing salesman ever, its me. My saying you should find a job with a dependable income has absolutely nothing to do with my level of faith in your ability. 

I asked you the other night- “Do you think you can talk me into anything?” and you said no. Which is true. I’m a strong woman with some pretty strong convictions and I have the Lord with me, giving me wisdom, and an army of people watching me to keep me from falling into anything unsafe or unhealthy. But do you know why I need guarding from that? Because you truly can talk anyone into anything. One of the first nights we were texting you said “go to bed,” not “goodnight,” or “talk to you later.” I laughed to myself and thought - this guy thinks he can just tell me what to do.. and he can! You are a confident and unashamed man. You are who you are and you say what you want to say. These are all qualities that I admire in you. They are refreshing and genuine. I know people don't always get the most vulnerable parts of you- the parts you’ve started to show me, but even still, you have a way about you that captivates people. All of that to say- I know you can sell roofs. 

However, direct sales is simply not always reliable. I know I don't have to explain that to you. So, will getting a restaurant job mean taking longer to accomplish some of your goals? Yes, it might. Can God provide through that? Yes, He can. In ways beyond our understanding. Financially, and spiritually. What  can he teach you through that process? Patience, humility, and more than anything: an every single day dependence on Him- for your physical needs and your heart. I sent you the end of this last week, but the whole passage is helpful.

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Matthew 6:25-34

“My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.” Proverbs 3:1-8

We often pick out the trust in the Lord portion of this passage, but there is so much encouragement in the rest. 

Okay, Joshua. I’ve given you only the wisdom that I’ve been given from the Lord. Your life is your life, and your decisions are your decisions. I love you through anything. Loving you through anything is not always going to mean agreeing with you. I will firmly tell you that you need to repent of the sins you’re participating in- not because your actions will bring you salvation- I know only faith in Jesus Christ provides that- and PRAISE GOD that is true. What a great reason to rejoice. But I still beg you to turn from any substances and the women- because sin will blind you, and the Lord demands a humble, repentant heart.

“Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” 1 Corinthians 10:12-13

Move forward in faith, and the actions will follow. I’m not really worried about those things because I think as you place your trust in God continually, that your actions will follow. The last thing I want is for you to just modify your behavior- that is not true salvation. I want your heart to continuously and wholly trust in our Savior. I want this for myself, too. Writing this out has been a deep blessing for me because I have been reminded of the most foundational truths of Who God is, what He asks, and Who I am because of what He has done. 

3- I love you, again. Yes, I am ready to be your sister. I love you, unconditionally, because that is how God loves me. You can fall a million times, Joshua. Whats important is not that I’ll still be here, but that God will. You do not scare me, your faults do not push me away. You will hurt me. I know you will. That is what people do to each other. I will hurt you. I’m going to be honest with you when you hurt me and I want you to be honest with me when I hurt you. “Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.” Proverbs 27:6 This is what will foster a real relationship- honesty in all things. Telling the truth when its hard, and apologizing when we’re confronted with a wrong. We will forgive each other, because thats what we are commanded to do. Sometimes, wrongs just need to be covered with love. Other times, they need to be confronted and forgiveness granted. I’m learning the difference between those two things, but knowing that people will hurt us allows us to love more freely. If I disappoint you and hurt you, know that it isn't my intention. I will want to right that wrong with you- so tell me. 

On another note, while I’m ready to be your sister, we should probably talk about the fact that I’m actually not. Having this sort of friendship can be dangerous. Men and women just sometimes can't work that out- so I need us to be careful. I need you to care for me as though I really am your sister- do not take advantage of me, and guard my heart. As my brother in Christ, take care of me. I think of the movie - A Walk to Remember. Now, I’m not dying of cancer, but in it this young Christian girl tells the bad boy type that she's befriending that he has to promise not to fall in love with her. Of course he does. But the point is, as I walk with you day to day, I don't want to become your savior, or the blessing in your life. I want Christ to be your treasure. I’m not trying to be arrogant when I say that. Trust me, the boys are not flocking to me. I don’t think that you will just fall for me because I’m so amazing. None of that is the reality, nor do I think that that is whats happening. I just want it out on the table- We’re not really siblings and hearts are messy, so lets be careful with each other. 

4- Thank you, Joshua. My eyes are filling with tears as I think of the blessing it is and will continue to be to walk forward in Faith with you. 

[yhwhrulz]

Worthy Brief - November 9, 2021

He understands our sufferings more than you know!

Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted (me-u-neh). But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

Hebrews 12:2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Romans 8:16-18 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

When I studied Isaiah 53 earnestly in the ancient Hebrew, I was taken back by the Hebrew word for "afflicted" (me-u-neh). In modern Hebrew, this word means "tortured". When I was young, and first learned what torture actually involved, my soul was shocked that this could happen to people; in fact that it was happening to people. That a person could be kept alive for the purpose of intentionally causing him intense agonizing pain was an astounding enigma for my young soul. It really frightened me; and I think that fear of torture is probably the greatest fear that humans can experience. We read about people who have been tortured, with a kind of horrified awe. And quietly we wonder inside, "How can this be?" And, "Could this ever happen to me?"

Crucifixion was a form of torture which the ancient Romans used frequently. And while I had a concept of the suffering that our Messiah endured for us, for some reason the understanding that He was tortured for our iniquities brought my awareness to a new level. I did not begin to appreciate or fathom the suffering Yeshua went through. His identification with our suffering and our sin was total, and His experience of this torture so fully absorbed Him that He experienced what must have felt like infinite isolation and pain. Somehow, this is a deep comfort; to know that the Son of God understands by experience, torture, and suffering unthinkable.

But then, I suddenly realized that I also could not begin to comprehend the glory that awaited Him after His suffering. And that His suffering purchased for me a portion in that glory as well. It was the other side of the story, and somehow, these two extremes complement one another; suffering, and glory. The apostle Paul states his revelation about our sufferings with almost light-hearted conviction; that they are not even “worthy” to be compared with the glory that awaits us. This, to me, could be the most amazing promise in all of scripture.

Suffering is everywhere, a constant part of this life; it may be you, or someone you love, or people you don't even know but are agonizing over and praying for. This world casts suffering in every direction at every level of intensity. But all of it, every flaming ounce of it has been successfully absorbed into the body of Yeshua the Messiah. He was tortured for us – suffered death for us – so that our sufferings are trifles in the light of eternity. It's been said this way: from heaven the most miserable earthly life will look like one bad night in a cheap hotel. Thank the Lord.

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Baht Rivka, Elianna & Obadiah Phoenix, Arizona

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