#resting in Jesus

[walkswithmyfather]

“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following Me as My disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest (renewal, blessed quiet) for your souls.” —Matthew 11:29 (AMP)

“Rest For The Weary” By Bryant Wright: (Right From The Heart 1-Minute Devotions):

“The idea that the pace of life seems to continually increase stress and worry is a universal concept. There seems to be no end to the demands on our time and energy. Are you tired of the rat race?

There is a solution: It isn't one that offers escape from the demands of life, but one that guarantees rest in the midst of the rat race and the fast pace of life. Jesus says, “Come to me if you are tired and burdened. I'll make your load lighter, and help you carry your burden.” Jesus offers us rest amidst the stress.

Christ doesn't always take us out of life's demanding situations. Instead, He invites us to allow Him to help us handle the demands. He wants to face each day and each challenge with us. Walking with Jesus Christ daily and trusting Him for guidance and wisdom to handle whatever comes, is the way to experience rest in the rat race.”

[nighthawkes]

I must sleep. Sleep is the mind-healer. Sleep is the big-life that brings total ability to fucking do anything. I will face my bed. I will permit the blankie to pass over me and snores to pass through me. And when sleep has gone past I will turn the outer eye to greet the new morning. When the sleep has gone there will be everything. Energy and will to live will remain.

[awifechasinggod]

For the last week, I’ve been sick so I have slept in a separate room so my husband doesn’t get sick. It stings when I can see that he was on Messenger in the early morning hours while others are still sleeping!!! Why can’t he get through the night without checking his phone? Why is he so addicted to her that he has to check it every time he rolls over. My flesh wants to go in and breathe on him or cough in his face but then I remember the promises GOD gave me and I step back and realize that this, too, is a weapon of offense the enemy is trying to use to move me from my stand. Satan is crafty, BUT GOD is still good! HE is STILL on the throne and HE IS STILL working in the background even when I can’t see HIM. I can’t wait for the day when I can trust my husband’s actions. When I don’t have to wonder “did he speak to her today more than he spoke to me?” Emotional affairs are sometimes more difficult than physical ones, IMHO. I would never have guessed he’d give away his heart to someone else, but the Bible is clear that we are in the last days and in that time, once godly men and women will fall away from their first love. His first love was JESUS. He IS my covenant spouse and I continue to stand in the gap for our marriage, but OY, Satan, give it a rest! We have come a long way by GOD’S good grace but I want more. I need more. In GOD’s time. In the meantime, I’ll be resting in HIS promises because it’s all I have.

[ladyystardusst]

[peacockrulz]

Comic I made earlier this month. Based on a convo w/ a friend :]

bonus:

Can you tell,,,shes my favorite,,,,

[jinstronaut]

a jin a day while he is away ♥

day 547 ♡♡♡

[icaruspendragon]

girls will be like, “i don’t have catholic guilt. i use the imagery when writing because it’s fun to play around with!” and then write this:

[flowercape]

second chance

[castielsprostate]

i'm sorry but if you didn't vote, this is on you just as much as it is on all the people that voted for trump or third party 👍

[everysongineverykey]

as part of the getting-worse-before-it-gets-better portion of aziraphale and crowley's season 3 relationship arc we NEED a desperate "i love you" from aziraphale met with a hissed, spiteful, and quickly regretted "i forgive you" from crowley

[walkswithmyfather]

[dipperscavern]

about to go to bed, but this post got me thinking… cregan x reader w strange interests.,… walk with me here

people have always been a bit… unaccepting, when it comes to you and the things you like. they’ll enjoy your personality well enough, laugh with you at feasts, treat you courteously at gatherings, but decide they don’t enjoy your company the moment you show a different part of yourself.

one that takes a special interest in poisonous plants, knows how to prepare a body after death, collects bones and feathers, charts astrology… and your pets are usually quite successful in labeling you as completely mad.

you understand to some extent. different is strange, and people reject the things they don’t understand. such is the games of highborns (a rather cruel dance, really.) but you found you couldn’t find it within yourself to try and change. after all, comparison is the thief of joy, as your beloved old maester would say.

you were alright with solidarity, if being alone meant being yourself — but the old gods have always been said to have a sense of humor.

it seems cregan stark is not so off put by such oddities. quite the opposite, in fact.

your pet spider doesn’t repulse him, like it does the others. while he would’ve been most content to allow you the sole responsibility of spider-handling, it didn’t take much convincing on your part. only a simple statement of reassurance, a small smile, a warmth of your cheeks at his interest, and cregan finds himself sat on the bed as you retrieve your eight-legged friend.

whatever doubts he harbors instantly vanish as you sit across from him, un-cupping your hands to reveal a much bigger spider than he previously thought. tarantula, he’s heard the maesters say (with horror.)

while one holds the maesters’ worst nightmare, your other hand reaches for his. he takes note of your warmth, the softness of your hands in comparison to his own. people usually don’t touch him without permission, and, perhaps strangely, he wishes you to never hesitate when doing so.

he uncurls his palm for you, and before you transfer the creature, you softly ask for him to “please don’t scare him.” — and cregan’s heart skips a beat, because he knows at that very moment, he would heed your every request. anything you ask of him, it is yours.

perhaps this revelation would produce a greater affect on lord stark if he wasn’t so encapsulated with staying still while your creature begins to crawl from your palm to his own.

its great work to not tense himself or pull away when it happens, but you watch him so intensely, waiting to pull your creature to safety at any indicator. so he stills. you ground him, even if unaware.

once your creature is fully in his palm, it seems comfortable. sitting itself, abdomen flush to cregan’s palm to encompass the warmth he offers. you sit like that in silence for a moment, cregan observing it’s markings, and you waiting for the warden of the north’s assessment of you and your creature.

after some time, cregan speaks, tone different from the usual one of lord stark.

“Does he have a name?”

you can’t help but smile at his words, and he can’t help the way your expression makes one of his own tug at his lips. “Bones.”

“Bones?” he repeats, face relaxing in his surprise. his words don’t contain any malice, only a question in its tone.

you nod tentatively, as if awaiting judgement. “When found in the kitchens, a cook tried killing him with a chicken bone.”

his gaze momentarily flickers to the spider as he nods his head, a sort of understanding passing between the wolf and the arachnid. something else is there, too. a fondness for you unfurling in his chest — how you can find beauty in such things; things deemed unwanted by most people.

cregan’s gaze finds you again, and you look at the spider in his hands with such reverence it makes his lips part in silent adoration.

you’ve captured him, he thinks. he’s damned.

[jesus-holding-your-fave]

Hmm could Jesus hold my boy detective Gumshoe from Ace Attorney ?

Today, Jesus is holding:

Detective Gumshoe from Ace Attorney

[thewordfortheday]

Jesus knows that His people are weary and burdened. He promises that He is gentle, humble in heart and that when you come to Him, you will find rest for your souls.

His plea is, "Come to Me."

Jesus is asking us to come to Him because He wants to offer us rest. The word, “all” denotes all people who become weary and carry heavy burdens in life. He didn’t say “only good people should come to Him.” He is ready to help anyone who comes to Him.

How about you? What is it that’s wearing you down? Would you go to Him, now?

Jesus promises that He will be gentle with you and patient with you. He promises rest, an easy yoke and a light burden if you will simply come to Him.

[ladyystardusst]

[bakudekublogblog]

not to be dramatic but hori literally out did my own self indulgent wish-fulfillment fanfic with the whole “rest of our lives speech” like I knew that sounded so romantic, and it is, because I literally wrote that line for bakudeku and I intended for it to be romantic

like hori really is just showing us bakudeku fanfic writers how it’s done