#discernment>judgement

[crazycatsiren]

A bit of a follow up on what @creature-wizard said about the vibes bits: vibes can just be flat out wrong.

There are people who are simply great at acting, pretending, dissembling, disguising. Some people are really good at hiding their true natures and personalities. And more often than not, you don't get a glimpse of the side of a person's real self until you actually get to know them. Like, I'm autistic, and I'm very good at masking, especially when in the presence of strangers. "You can't judge a book by its cover" came from somewhere.

The vibes you're getting from someone, might just be the vibes that they want you to/are letting you get.

[demonbarberofbeepbeep]

sometimes i hear people say "if you you are criticizing [whatever actor] in [whatever role] then i'd like to see you try to do it better"

to which i say, no. no you would not like to see that. trust me

[edettethegreat]

classes really do be forcing you to download stuff like this

[justsayyesmiss]

[lightman2120]

There is nothing more demonic. Come fast, Lord Jesus

[markmcole]

Navigating “Do Not Judge” as Worship Leaders

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 7:1-2 is one of the most quoted verses in Scripture: “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.” But what does this mean for worship leaders? As leaders, we’re often tasked with making decisions about who should be on the team, how well they…

[exploresmallworlds]

Judge of Character

Daily writing promptAre you a good judge of character?View all responses I have gone back and forth on this, unfortunately I am more judgmental now. I don’t think that I have always been a good judge of character. I wrote a piece about a friend https://exploresmallworlds.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/writing-prompt-dictionary-word-augury/ who made some bad decisions and I stayed friends through a…

[learning2walkdaily]

September 22nd- we see myriad signs of the world turning its back on the Lord

Matthew 24: 9“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. 10“At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. 11“Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. We are not yet at the end of the age, but there are signs worldwide that people of faith are under attack. From brutal…

[liberty1776]

An Exhortation To The Church To Exercise Discernment - 7/21/24 By Allan ...

[exquisitelyeco]

Stand and respond church…or leading the black sheep

I stand there, Unable to speak, Wanting to reach out. Afraid, shy, awkward and hesitating. Yet you remain closed. Unlike the AA you do not jump up as if pleased to see me, Unlike the AA you do not realise how hard it is for me to be here, Instead you used teaching to justify your harshness, You pointed fingers, But do not see the children, Only your pique at things not going your…

[captainadwen]

Damian Wayne vs the World

Sixteen year old Damian Wayne is on the hunt for a younger sibling. Being more discerning than Bruce 'child collector' Wayne, Damian's firm criteria for Batman's latest adoption problem includes but is not limited to: black haired, blue-eyed, tolerable humor, not evil, and most importantly - younger than Damian.

Lucky for him, fourteen year old newbie vigilante Danny Fenton is the perfect fit. Now, to fulfill his end of their deal, Damian must defeat the evil government organization hunting Danny in order to gain a baby brother.

Or, @livinghalfway your post made my brain go !! but in such a different way I figured it was better to make a separate post, hope you don't mind/enjoy still

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Damian Wayne re-entered Tim Drake's life like a gnat revealing itself in a closed bedroom space. Tim was in t-shirt and a boxers, maneuvering ramen into his mouth with one hand and scribbling out an epiphany on a murder case with another, when Damian's demonic dulcet voice echoed down from the ceiling. "Drake," said Damian, judgemental, "You live like this?"

Tim nearly choked on his ramen, because the day Damian doesn't attempt to murder him - however doubtfully accidental this incident might be - is the day Darkseid decides to be friends with the Justice League. "Fucking knock," Tim coughed out. "And get out. No one invited you in."

"Put better traps if you don't want me here," said Damian, dropping from the ceiling where he'd crawled in on wall-clamps.

"This is my apartment," said Tim. "It's called courtesy."

Damian sniffed. He padded around to Tim's desk and frowns at his cases, then said, with no further lead up, "I need your assistance."

"No," said Tim.

"You did not even listen to my request."

"Don't need to," said Tim. "Answer's still no. Door is that way. Bye."

"Father says mutually assisting each other is beneficial," said Damian.

"Father," said Tim sarcastically, "blamed me for you exploding a glitter bomb in the batcave two weeks ago."

"That is your fault for not being able to provide evidence to the contrary in an appropriately efficient manner," said Damian. He squinted down at Tim. "And he apologized. Eventually."

"I would not have glittered the batcomputer," said Tim. "Do you know how much of a pain in the ass it is to backup those servers? No, because you don't like tech work, you just profit off it."

"Blaming me for Father's mistake," said Damian, "Most mature of you. But we must put our differences aside. I have selected a new family member and I need you to dismantle a government organization."

That drew Tim up short. He blinked down at his ramen as though it might explain Damian's words to him, but the ramen remained disappointingly uninformative. "Repeat that," said Tim, gesturing with his chopsticks. "Slower, and with more detail."

Damian pulled out his phone and sent him an email. Silence surrounded them in the brief moment it took Tim to set aside his chopsticks and open the email. The subject line was titled 'New Baby Brother', which birthed all sorts of horrifying nightmares of Damian Part 2: Demon Child Boogaloo. The teen in the inserted picture, however, was reassuringly not in possession of Damian's bone structure.

He did have black hair and blue eyes. "Who am I looking at?" asked Tim.

"Daniel Fenton," said Damian. "He is fourteen years old, enjoys puns, and has recently awakened 'ghost powers' that allow him to transform into the vigilante Phantom to fight other ghosts."

"Is he also an orphan with a tragic backstory?"

"No," said Damian, and Tim relaxed. "But that will not be an issue. We can share custody if they cannot be removed from the picture."

"Jesus H, kid."

"I am joking, of course," said Damian blandly. "Murder is wrong."

"Ha ha," said Tim. "If he has parents already he's not joining our menagerie."

"He will," said Damian, with a smug upwards tilt of his lips. "He and I have a deal."

"So you're coercing him in addition to stalking him. Anything else you want to share with the class?"

Damian considered this query with a serious frown, which was how Tim knew this was not a flight of fancy or a very early midlife crisis (although with their lifestyle and Damian already having died before...).

"He has," said Damian after a moment, "a rogue that calls himself 'The Master of all Technology' and is a technopath." This was clearly meant to be of interest to Tim, and not to be a stereotype, but it kind of was.

"Great." Tim turned his attention back to the email the demon child sent him. He scanned through it quickly. There was apparently a secret and evil government organization dedicated to the investigation and extermination of 'ghosts' and other paranormal creatures in the world. Their latest efforts were focused on the town of Amity Park, Illinois, which was 'infested with ectoplasmic pests'. Their words, not Damian's. (It was specified in the email.)

"Okay," Tim drummed his fingers against his desk. "Before I help you defeat this secret evil government organization so that," he opened the email attachment with a contract on it and squinted at the legalese, "this poor newbie teen you've harassed into signing this joins the family in exchange."

"I did not harass him," Damian huffed. "It was a gentleman's agreement."

"Does he know that?"

"I am not a politician, Drake. I thoroughly explained the terms and legalities before presenting any contract. Now ask your question."

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because," said Damian, tone implying 'you are stupid and haven't noticed something obvious, idiot'. "Father has begun saying he misses the noise around the manor and looking wistfully at old pictures."

"We still live there though?" said Tim. Damian looked flatly at him. "Sometimes."

"If you lived there frequently enough," said Damian, "you would already know Father is having...empty nest syndrome." Damian sounded disgusted. "I refuse to tolerate whatever inadequate and incompetent child he will find."

"So instead you found an incompetent and inadequate child for him?"

"Don't be stupid, Drake," said Damian. "I would not have chosen someone inadequate. Daniel is merely lacking formal training. Father can rectify this. It will keep him occupied for at least the next two to four years, which gives me enough time to find another black-haired, blue-eyed, tolerable child I approve of to be his successor and my second younger sibling." Damian paused. "Or until one of you procreates and gives him a grandchild."

"You're really serious about this," Tim whispered in horrified awe.

"I am serious about everything I do," said Damian. "Now, you will help me defeat this evil government organization so that our new sibling joins us."

"Okay," said Tim, but his mind snagged on a minor, throwaway detail, so utterly in odds with Damian 'Demonic Jealous Child' Al Ghul it surely came from another person - "Did you just call this kid your successor?"

[pastorkevinc]

What Do You Do When Your Body Fails You?

What Do You Do When Your Body Fails You? Responding to Weakness, Sickness, and Disease Our bodies fail us. We all would say that we wish it were not so. In the past few days, I have had conversations with people related to heart disease, dementia, cancer, stress, anxiety, aches and pains, and sicknesses of unknown origin. And, that has just been in the last few days. The outer man does waste away…

[snekdood]

I hate when you can tell someone irl doesnt like you and you gotta eyeroll your way through every interaction with them

[gatheringbones]

still thinking about Unmasking Autism by devon price and the bit in the book where he talked about the shapes he contorted himself into when he lacked the framework of autism and how he became the kind of person who didn’t participate in life but still assumed a persona of being hypercritical and sarcastic and witheringly judgemental to desperately hide the fact that he couldn’t connect to the world around him in a way that made any sense to him. the extreme criticism provided a smokescreen that allowed him to look and feel neurotypical, which is what he wanted more than anything else in the world. it allowed his aloofness and contempt to seem like value judgments, or matters of taste and discernment, rather than what they really were (distancing behaviors by a terrified autist)