#easter reflections

[dkcdude]

Immanuel: Exploring the Depths of "God With Us"

Introduction Throughout the sweeping narrative of biblical history, the theme of God’s presence paints a picture of intimacy, then distance, followed by ultimate restoration. From the idyllic walks in Eden to the prophetic fulfillment in a humble manger, the presence of God has shaped the contours of humanity’s story, revealing a divine desire to dwell among His people. The Intimacy of Eden In…

[wuiche]

Daydream and Waiting

sweet dreams!! its all she has for a while...

[itspileofgoodthings]

so many people have said that as you approach your 30’s things start to fall into place but I don’t feel that at all. the closer I get the more it feels that everything is dissolving and falling apart

[littleflowerfaith]

[spacemancharisma]

fucking sucks to know you have like,, glowing weak points in your psyche

[mazovshanka]

I decided to take some abstract/artistic photos having in mind the tips from Bryan Peterson's books on photography. The weather wasn't nice so I only went to the nearest park and took several photos of some graffiti and puddles. The last photo is a kind of pun. That little bird's name in Polish is mazurek (Eurasian tree sparrow) and 'mazurek' is also a traditional sweet Easter cake - so that's my 'mazurek' for Easter. :)

[optiwashere]

I know I'm here for femslash 99% of the time, but I also really enjoy Karlach and Wyll together. It's one of my favorite background pairings to write, because it's easy to see them together just being.

So how about putting them at the forefront?

Written for Kinktober Day 13: Size Difference

Rating: E for Excitable Tiefling Woman with a Recently Fixed Heart

Category: F/M

Ship: Karlach/Wyll

Tags and Summary under the break.

Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Porn with Feelings, Emotional Sex, Size Difference, Body Worship, Touch-Starved, Clueless Karlach

Summary:

Karlach can touch people again, and there's one person she wants to hold onto more than anyone else. She just hopes she's reading these damned signals right.

[grayclin]

black friday 2024

[lucky-draws]

15.04.24

[dkcdude]

The Search for Significance: Yes, We Matter

Introduction In writing this blog each week, sometimes I feel like God is poking and prodding me to write about something I’d rather keep to myself. This is one of those weeks. But I figure if I resist God’s prodding, He might have a whale swallow me up like Jonah, then have it barf me up on the shores of Nineveh, and I’ll end up writing about this eventually anyway. Significance I’ve written…

[fantasticwolfpenguin]

I’m feeling such odd feelings today. I often cannot put into words just I guess sonder but like for certain people and wonder why I never feel the same for ancestors I am blood related to.

I don’t know how to make in a full circle. Fall of 2022 I found a copy of 1916 Irish Independence poetry book in my college. Reading it aloud in a graveyard right by our university (it was a nice place would go there to cry) and then going to the country where the people you read their words are under your feet.

Like the potential and wishes someone could hear that I want to live in anyway possible living in a state between life and death. And my devotion to Inpw one of enjoying living in the in-between. Yet I currently am living one of my most financially unstable points of my life (panic attacks every other day). I am no poet but even as a plain writer I have no way to put such a feeling other than floating and warmth in the heart and it stopping and coming back with this sweet sour pain.

[teddy-bear-naps-and-random-snaps]

[nostalgicfun]

The perfect bookends for your Junie B Jones collection ☆

[jsdimensions]

i have the urge to make a pokemon irl type rp blog but im kinda scared??? it's another case of my anxiety acting up when it comes to interacting with a fandom I've never interacted with on the internet...

also the Pokémon fandom is so big!!! huge!!!! and idk about a lot of the culture over there!!!!!

and!!! on top of that!!! I've never made a roleplay blog before!!! The closest thing I've done is ask blogs!!! I won't know what I'm doing for sure!!

[fluff269]

Easter Eggs in Gintama's Yorinuki Ending 5!

People are reflected in each others' eyes in this ending! The reflections are clearly visible in everyone's eye except Takasugi's!! The Joui 4 are reflected in his eyes, but the reflection is shown for barely a frame! I had to watch it frame-by-frame in a video-editor to capture it 🤩 ! Also, everyone appears as a reflection in someone's eyes except Zura!! :( No one had Zura reflected in their eyes :(

I'm adding screenshots of everyone's eyes in the order that they appear:

Shinpachi sees Kagura; Hijikata sees Kondo-san:

Kagura sees Gin-chan; Sougo sees Hijikata:

Matako sees Shinsuke-sama; Kondo sees Shinpachi-kun:

Shoyo sees Matako; Elizabeth sees Sougo:

Takasugi sees the Joui 4 😍:

Gintoki sees Shoyo-sensei and the lyric at this frame is so apt:

You can watch the ending on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5M_LwTO3UA

[psalmonesermons]

Reflections leading up to Resurrection Sunday

Hebrews 12:1-3

by Guest Blogger Jacky Wilson

Scripture reference Hebrews 12:1-3 "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” The Race of faith! Our Scripture from Hebrews 12:1-3 says - we are in a race, but not a race in the sense of racing to work or to the shops to get that item we forgot to complete the meal, or racing home to cook that dinner.

The race we are running is the race of faith that began the moment we asked Jesus into our lives, whom the author of Hebrews calls both “the pioneer and perfecter of our faith”. So the race we are running has:

✓a starting line, where Jesus is present (coaching us for the race ahead / firing the starting gun) as the pioneer of our faith

✓and a finish line, where Jesus is waiting for us (cheering us on) as the perfecter of our faith. ✓And on top of all that there is a prize that will help us be serious in running our race in order to finish it well.

So like any athlete, we will need to be disciplined, to stay focused and to make sacrifices in order to finish the race in the way Jesus intends us to.

Obstacles on the way

As we all know too well, life itself will provide us with plenty of obstacles along the way, distracting us with all that the world wants to offer us - things that seem more appealing and alluring.

And then there’s sin - the sin in our lives holding us back, entangling us as if somebody had tied the shoelaces of our running shoes together when we weren’t looking, it's sin that comes to entice us with the promise of something more gratifying or rewarding, but in the end it’s real aim is to disqualify us completely and take us out of the race.

In the meantime, perhaps some of us will not have even realised we are actually in a race, wondering why everything is so tiring and why we haven’t progressed in our faith as we would have hoped to; others will be running at a good pace, calm, focused and in for the distance.

Encouragement on the way: the cloud of witnesses

The writer of Hebrews in 12:1 tells us that “… since we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses …" What does that mean? - Have you ever wondered who this great cloud of witnesses might be? People today assume, I think, generally speaking that in this cloud are those who have died who we all know: family, friends, and acquaintances, and they are watching us from above ... but this is not what the Bible tells us. The "great cloud of witnesses" mentioned here are actually those first introduced to us in Chapter 11 of Hebrews. The ones who have run the race before us, living lives of faith and dependence on God, until they crossed the promised finish line.

Runners like Moses, Joseph, and David, Sarah, Rahab, Esther and Mary - those who triumphed in reaching their goal through their focused faith and trust in God. Their faith was shown in what they did, not only in what they said: Noah built the ark; Abraham dwelt in a tent; Rahab hid the Israelite spies; Sarah gave birth in her old age. Not one these heroes was perfect, all had their flaws and weaknesses (read their stories in the Bible) because all were just like you and me.

Why were they mentioned in Scripture? Because they all put their trust in God and watched Him do amazing things - in God’s eyes they’re all champions! Yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. We are running that same race now, in whatever way God has called us to serve Him, so let us stay faithful as they stayed faithful!

Run the race of faith like Jesus! The scripture says Jesus went to the cross for you and for me, despite the shame and humiliation he chose to run His race, He kept His eyes on the prize.

“WHY?” the Word says “for the joy set before Him” He saw the prize!

His prize - He completed His mission to save us sinners and to accomplish the will of His Father, and He is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

In James 1:2-4, we as followers of Jesus in the race are encouraged to stay the course: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

Look to Jesus … and win the prize! Let us make Jesus our only prize, our aim, our life. Colossians 1:18 says that He is to have first place in everything. We are to set our eyes on Jesus always - confident in the knowledge that there’s no better trainer who could have prepared us, no better coach who could be egging us on, and no better champion gone before us and waiting for us at the finish line, than Jesus himself.

1 Corinthians 10:13 exhorts us as we go the distance:

“No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.”

” So with the help of the Holy Spirit let us stand on this truth - God does not abandon us because we have weaknesses. He works through our weaknesses because He knows we are a work in progress.

In other words, the longer the race goes, the better we get!

“Wow, what a prize!”

And let us pray that we will not grow weary, we know we run this race as individuals but along the way let us encourage those who are struggling, both those starting the race and those tiring midway, remembering always to fortify, comfort and build up in Christ.

So this Lent, as we reflect on what Jesus endured for each and every one of us individually on the cross let us keep reminding ourselves of the prize, and that Jesus is both the Author and Finisher of our faith. In Him we live and move and have our being and, as one more great reminder of who He is: He will not start something He will not finish.

Amen

Prayer