#peace testimony

[theinwardlight]

From the Book of Discipline of the Ohio Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

[rentedvsl]

some dear friends of mine have a son with trisomy-18 that wasn't expected to live long enough to make it out of the hospital. but, miraculously, he lived twenty two weeks and passed away tonight.

they have another son who is three, and he said he saw a bright light at home and again when they were at the hospital. then when their baby passed, he said he saw a person with wings flying into the sky. i know that baby met Jesus tonight.

i wanted to share that with you all, because as heartbreaking as it is, it's also beautiful. that child of God was given a new body tonight & the first time he ever ran it was into Jesus's arms.

please pray for the adams family as they deal with this loss. rest in peace, chapman. 🕊️

[feastingonchrist]

you guys it was maybe a month ago i was SOBBING to God, not once but twice that week because i was struggling terribly with my social skills and feeling so insecure and embarrassed. I felt like i lost all my progress i had made over the past few years. to now in the past weeks i have felt so much more confident while talking to people, even people at work i barely even know and multiple people have told me they can see my personality coming through/i'm like a new person. that has blown me away!!! He is literally bringing me to life. ALL I DID WAS BEGIN GOING TO CHURCH AND ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN POURED OUT UPON ME! i decided to try and not overthink how i'm coming across and what i'm going to say and it's released the pressure off of me. i've surrendered that to God to handle because i didn't want to deal with it anymore and He has been taking care of it so fast. my confidence has grown so much in the shortest amount of time ever in my life. like He really meets me in the darkest places and soon after begins to move and renews my mind and Spirit and attitude and perspective on things. He has been in the process of helping me move through fear as i walk into it but continues to deliver me out of it into a better place. He is helping me with my endurance and it's made me to trust in Him in deeper ways. i've begun delighting in Him with tenderness and am soaking in His peace and it's been grounding. like i've entered a new layer of peace with Him and my gosh it's so gentle and tangible and i just want to stay there forever in that Presence sometimes. my spiritual discipline isn't the greatest at times and He's getting me there (Psalm 23:1-2 moment.) But my goodness it's wild to have gone from believing in Christ but not putting my faith to action to now doing exactly that and i have just been receiving blessing after blessing - whether it's spiritual (seeing grace everywhere) or relational (just people loving me like Jesus or enjoying my job and adoring going to church and talking to people every week as i practice my social skills.) I say this all the time "idk why all of a sudden He's decided to start blessing me in these ways and what did i do to deserve it?" i know i did nothing and that He has always loved me right where i'm at but it's interesting as i follow the patterns of these past few months and i can't help but wonder if it's all because i have been taking steps of faith into the unknown and it's tested my trust in Him and endurance in those "dim mirrors" as Paul would say which has brought me into closer communion with Christ and i've been able to "see more clearly" and understand things on a deeper spiritual level. idk but ugh HE IS SO GOOD I AM CONSTANTLY TOUCHED AND HE IS JUST DOING GREAT THINGS WITHIN ME AND THE OTHERS AROUND ME. I wish i could talk ab these things without sounding repetitive but i swear He is doing these things and having me learn them/lessons over and over again to show me that i can trust Him and work things out of me to bring the new in. i really do love Him so much my gosh i really do. This is the best season of my entire walk with Him since i got saved in 2021 nearly 4 whole yrs ago and i am trying to soak it all in and even process it!!!! so i share all of this on here bc it's a lil diary for me, i love to share what He's doing for me to show others He can do it for anyone and i want to give hope to others with my testimonies. i have had so many of these recently and it's made me so joyful 🥹

[journalingtilldawn]

God took care of all my fears. I slept peacefully in the new house without any trouble. Praise the Lord.

[kdramakitty]

N no tame ni (2014) Episode 1

[curiosity-killed]

This is the funniest backhanded fic rec I’ve ever encountered. Absolutely incredible 10/10 no edits needed

[riversflowbelow]

[campgender]

apparently people at the local quaker meeting are upset that some of the homeless people who live around the meeting house have been urinating on the porch. & it’s like well maybe if Friends would unlock the fucking bathroom

[theinwardlight]

[poetcyndi]

NOT FORGETTEN

As I listened to “Amara Onyewem ft Pastor Jerry Eze,” the song resonated deeply within me, serving as a powerful reminder of God’s faithfulness in my life. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when circumstances and situations threaten our peace and faith. However, in those moments, I am challenged to hold onto my faith, knowing that God is always in control. He sees and hears us, even in our most…

[feastingonchrist]

i have recently come to a place in my faith where i can see God's loving work of grace in just about everything. the way i can actually see Him working in my life (my faith, taking steps i never would have taken before, my perseverance, chains of bondage being broken off of me as He is bringing healing to me in all of these areas and setting me free into joy, peace, freedom, hope, confidence, etc.), to Him working for, in and through others i know personally/the body of Christ whose testimonies, encouragement and teachings i receive, how people have treated me kindly and how i am better able to treat others, how people speak with grace, joyfully and freely praise God, and the atmosphere of my church as a whole. i am deeply moved by everyone's kindness, the music ministry, the comfortable and laid back church environment, and gentleness all throughout the place through attitudes, excitement and in overall in Spirit. It's like a breath of fresh air that i can't get enough of because i didn't know that i needed it.) I tried my best to explain my gratitude and make sense of it all, but i can't make sense of it all nor put it into the proper words God so deserves. I am overwhelmed.... in a good way!

I can just SEE God working and moving in spectacular ways and that is such a special, reoccurring blessing i have been receiving in these past few months. i remember last week, when i was going through something, and i saw a small way that God had gently invited His grace and freedom in that area, i felt so joyful and less bound by that situation afterwards, i compared it to a dove - the symbol of peace; the Holy Spirit - a vision of the dove sitting upon my shoulder, with peace radiating from it. That was grace!!!! I am so blessed. That's what i keep finding myself thinking and i can't stop saying it, either!! His grace is at the root and the heart of the gospel. May we grow deeper in the true understanding of the gospel - His love and grace toward us, that we never forget and lose heart, sight or hope of His goodness!!!! He has already set us free. Let us walk in that freedom. Let us walk in faith and keep our eyes set on Christ and His finished work for us. Let us find rest in His love, peace, joy and hope. Amen.

[jurygarroth]

I love making mystreet Joh and Hayden old friends of Zianna who’re about to feed Garte to their pigs. The only reason Joh doesn’t hit Garte with his cane is because Laurence asked him not to, otherwise he’d concuss the man the second they were in the same room.

YAAYYYY mystreet joh and hayden as gay southerners could literally vaporize garte with a single glance but they hold themselves back for their son's peace of mind

[secret-world-of-mustaches]

I’m not alone-God brought me from this place. It’s been a long journey of me not seeing or understanding and living how I wanted. I was just living and going through the motions and not thinking about my actions or my soul and He really woke me up. He woke me up and shook me out of what I was doing. And through tragedy God has shown me His love, His mercy, and His grace. I deserve none of it and yet He showered me with it. I am in no way perfect but tonight I feel like He’s shown me how far He’s brought me. That He transforms us overtime and I can see where I was and where I am now and Lord, thank you for showing me that I was falling-that I had fallen. Thank You for saving me, for loving me.

I don’t have to live in fear or shame of what others think. I also don’t have to do anything to earn His grace. I give Him my whole heart, desiring a relationship with Him.

So I can say with full assurance that I am a sinner that has been saved by grace. Jesus is my Lord and Savior who has brought me from this dry and dusty place and given life sustaining water. I am not perfect but daily His grace transforms me. My salvation rests fully and only through Him. I have made countless mistakes and have sinned more than I care to share. Yet, yet His grace His work on the cross has saved me. Has brought me to Him and saved me.

[theinwardlight]

Seek first the Kingdom of God. Everything else must stand aside—personal, family or national interest—yea, life itself. No half-measures will ever succeed in efforts for that Kingdom which aims at turning the world upside down.

Max Reich, "The Abolition of War" in The Friend, 1915

[lookingotthefuture]

The Legacy of Time

The legacy of time. All of us leave a legacy; it can be good or bad. The definition of legacy is something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past. Matthew 6:19-21: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy,…