#prayer for renewal

[thaunknowndreadhead]

[eddis-not-eeddis]

One of the most beautiful things about being a Christian is the fact that I can take my sorrows, my worries, my pain, my joys, my desires, my hope--all of it!--directly to God. And he cares about it. Even when it's small and personal, and even when it's so big I can't deal with it myself. I can take all of it to him, and I know he will take care of it.

[lightfromthelighthouse]

[mttonex]

wow i love s2 joanfucius!!! 😸

they're totally holding hands in the last one guys trust me

[introspectivememories]

if you're writing a charles fic, it must have some aspect of boyking. he must lean a little on the childgod side. he has to be revered a little bit, adored even. if people aren't talking about him like they wouldn't wash his feet and adorn it with perfume like mary magdalene washed and adorned jesus' feet, you're doing it wrong.

[astro1derland]

In today’s transits, Neptune 🔱 at 29° Pisces ♓️ 44’ forms a Sextile with Uranus and the Moon at 26° Capricorn ♑️. Our dream world and sense of mysticism align and blend perfectly with our understanding of emotional freedom in a practical but mystical way. Find your own way today. Find a new way to accomplish an old goal today. See yourself in the natural light today.

[hopeforthefuturesblog]

[sarenth]

Ingwaz

I am seeds I am planting I am furrow-making I am casting I am new growth I am splicing I am cultivation I am sowing I am wilderness I am Ingvi-Freyr I am the Sacrificed God I am growth I am renewal I am Gerðr I am the Garðr I am the walled garden I am the medicine yard I am increase of the herd I am fertility I am calving I am the vitality of the field I am the vibrancy of…

[we-love-you-jesus]

Prayer of Praise and Renewal

Loving Father,

I praise You, Lord, for the new beginnings You grant us each day. Your mercy and steadfast love renew each morning, breathing life and hope into every weary heart. Thank You, God, for Your faithfulness that holds us firm even when we wander, when we question, or when we struggle.

You are the healer of our innermost wounds, the balm for every hurt we carry. Forgive us when we keep our hurts hidden, allowing the enemy to stir up doubt, fear, and shame. Release us, Lord, and fill our hearts with Your healing touch.

Teach us to forgive as You have forgiven us—openly, freely, and fully. Help us let go of bitterness, guilt, and regret, replacing them with grace, both for ourselves and for others.

You are our unwavering rock, our steadfast peace in the storms of this world. We put our complete trust in You, knowing You are always by our side, pouring out the peace we so deeply seek.

Thank You for being all that we need, today and forever.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Judah’s Sin and Its Consequence

1 The sin of Judah is engraved with an iron stylus. It is inscribed with a diamond point on the tablet of their heart and on the horns of their altars. 2 When their sons remember, they remember their altars and their Asherah poles beside green trees on the high hills. 3 My mountain in the field, your wealth and your treasures I’ll give as spoil; along with your high places as the price of your sin throughout your territory. 4 You will let go of your inheritance which I gave you, and I’ll make you serve your enemies in a land that you don’t know. For with my anger you have started a fire that will burn forever.

Two Ways Contrasted

5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6 He will be like a bush in the desert, and he won’t see when good comes. He will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a land of salt, without inhabitants. 7 Blessed is the person who trusts in the LORD, making the LORD his trust. 8 He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by a stream. He won’t fear when the heat comes, and his leaves will be green. In a year of drought he won’t be concerned, nor will he stop producing fruit.”

The Deceitfulness of the Human Heart

9 “The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable— who can know it? 10 I am the LORD who searches the heart, who tests the inner depths to give to each person according to what he deserves, according to the fruit of his deeds. 11 As a partridge gathers together eggs that it didn’t lay, so is a person who amasses wealth unjustly. In the middle of his life it will leave him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool.

The LORD: The Hope of Israel

12 A glorious throne exalted from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. 13 LORD, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn aside from you will be written in the dust, because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living water.

The Prophet’s Call for Help and Justice

14 Heal me, LORD, and I’ll be healed; deliver me, and I’ll be delivered, because you are my praise. 15 Look, they’re saying to me, “Where is the message from the LORD? Let it come about!” 16 I haven’t run away from being your shepherd, and I haven’t longed for the day of sickness. You know what comes out from my lips, it’s open before you. 17 Don’t be a terror to me. You are my refuge in a day of trouble. 18 Let those who pursue me be put to shame, but don’t put me to shame. Let them be terrified, but don’t let me be terrified. Bring the day of judgment on them, and destroy them with double destruction!

A Test Case: Keeping the Sabbath

19 The LORD told me, “Go, stand in the gate of the people, where the kings of Judah come in and go out, and in the other gates of Jerusalem as well. 20 Say to them, ‘Kings of Judah, all Judah, and all the residents of Jerusalem entering these gates, hear this message from the LORD. 21 This is what the LORD says: “Be careful! On the Sabbath day, don’t carry any load or bring anything through the gates of Jerusalem. 22 Don’t bring any load out of your houses on the Sabbath day, nor are you to do any work. You are to consecrate the Sabbath day, just as I commanded your ancestors. 23 But they didn’t listen, nor did they pay attention. They were determined not to listen and not to accept instruction. 24 If you listen to me carefully,” declares the LORD, “and don’t bring a load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and you consecrate the Sabbath day and don’t do any work on it, 25 then kings and princes, sitting on the throne of David will come through the gates of this city. They, their princes, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem will come riding in chariots and on horses, and this city will be inhabited forever. 26 They’ll come from the cities of Judah, from the places around Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and incense, and bringing thanksgiving offerings to the LORD’s Temple. 27 But if you don’t listen to me, to consecrate the Sabbath day and not carry any load as you enter the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I’ll start a fire in its gates. It will consume the palaces of Jerusalem and won’t be extinguished.” — Jeremiah 17 | International Standard Version (ISV) The International Standard Version of the Holy Bible Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation. All Rights Reserved internationally. Cross References: Exodus 15:26; Exodus 16:23; Exodus 34:13; Numbers 12:13; Deuteronomy 28:48; Deuteronomy 29:23; 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Kings 25:9; 2 Chronicles 16:12; Job 29:19; Psalm 2:12; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 49:1-2; Psalm 66:13; Psalm 88:15; Proverbs 29:1; Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 7:2; Jeremiah 12:3; Matthew 6:4; Matthew 13:15; Mark 4:24; Luke 1:32; Luke 10:20; Luke 12:20; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Hebrews 12:22; 2 Peter 3:4

[rizaposting]

I'm not a Shou Tucker apologist in any way shape or form but I kind of understand his situation in the sense that I imagine many research-based (read: not useful in war) State Alchemists found themselves poor and disillusioned:

Oh, so I need to preform a miracle of fringe science every two years, but Mustang and Edward just get to saunter up to Central HQ, prove they can still snap their fingers and clap their hands to do massive amounts of collateral damage, and they get their funding renewed no problem?

[justmossyaps]

nothing like a little spiritual cleansing to stop you from feeling like crap

[six-of-bros]

so what you’re saying is that my six of crows shrine was for nothing??

[lightfromthelighthouse]

[teeth-in-a-mason-jar]

ok I'm about to get real personal about the frickin good omens season 2 end.

That shit hit me like a truck.

That kiss was so important.

The way Crowley grabs his jacket and pulls him close is done in the same way he does when he's being all scary in season 1.

The way that Aziraphale keeps his eyes open nearly the whole time and his hands nervously and distressingly brush Crowley's back.

The way that Crowley pulls him so tight and presses into him so viciously and just holds him there.

The way Crowley keeps his eyes closed so tight the entire time. The way he doesn't gasp when it's over. The way he just looks at Aziraphale with those eyes. Like a goodbye kiss. Like he's always wanted to do that and now he has finally done it at his last chance and effort.

The way Aziraphale gasps and launches into a sob the minute he is let go. The way he keeps moving the whole time. The way that the first thing that Aziraphale says is "I forgive you."

And Crowley gives up and says "Don't bother."

AND

My favorite part

Aziraphale touching his lips constantly throughout the end. And pain and anguish and devastation and regret rippling through his eyes and ears and lips and hands and just the way he stands.

It's the fricking LOOK that Aziraphale has when he presses his fingers to his lips.

That look of fear and pain and anguish and regret and hurt and just so much.

Aziraphale looking back and forth between the door and the floor I'm so

I've made peace with it in some sad way.

Am I devastated? Yes.

Am I gonna listen to sad gay music all day and all week? Yes.

But I am sitting in this familiar pain of oh so wanting the relationship to start. For everything to be okay. For no one to hate anyone. And it hurts but it's been hurting for so long and it's a familiar fear and I'm gonna be okay and so will they.

I know this pain. I know watching someone being stuck in a place where no one understands them and they can't be who they are and them just far away. Too far away for me to love properly. Too far away and yet so close all I need to do is lean in and kiss that person so tightly and desperately. But I know that wouldn't do anything. All it would do is make us both feel worse.

And to the person I'm writing this about. If you see this, I'm sorry. Tumblr is my sad gay journal and well I'm sad and gay about ya. We should hold hands more I think. I miss ya

[mmmfrench]

Beauty of long ago. . . Not just the outer person but the inner soul. Where has it gone? Our beautiful past, our history is so far away and is trying to be taken from us. But why? Think about it. People were happier and healthier. Had less but appreciated everything and everyone. Why is society so far out of reach that we are always searching for something better. Look up, fold your hands and just talk to God as if he was sitting right there... because he truly is. ♥️