#the love of god and affliction

[arylleth]

it is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. if one is unaware of this, one falls into despair at the first onslaught of affection. simone weil, the love of god and affliction

[8bitmanna]

Verse of the Day

🧡Mark 5:34🧡

[feline-evil]

Hiding my shirt that says 'i am not normal about narratives that imply an inanimate inhabited structure is a living breathing organism' as i walk into a board room and pitch my idea that we should make more horror revolving around living architecture

[peachiipiie]

I WANNA BE BLESSED.

[telomirage]

"you set up a trick that they already knew about 'cause they've got the real thing" <- they absolutely dooo

[br4inmu1a]

Is it Heaven up there?

Because it’s hell down here

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Greetings to the Church in Thessalonica

1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

2 We thank God always concerning all of you, making mention of you in our prayers,

3 Remembering unceasingly your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

4 Knowing, brothers, beloved of God, your selection;

5 For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, even as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.

6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with joy of the Holy Spirit,

7 So that you became a pattern to all those who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

8 For from you the word of the Lord has sounded out; not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but in every place, your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need of saying anything.

9 For they themselves report concerning us what kind of entrance we had toward you and how you turned to God from the idols to serve a living and true God

10 And await His Son from the heavens, whom He raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath which is coming. — 1 Thessalonians 1 | Recovery Version (REC) The Recovery Version of the Holy Bible © 2009 Living Stream Ministry. All rights reserved. Cross References: Joshua 3:10; Psalm 42:2; Matthew 3:7; Matthew 16:27-28; Luke 1:1; John 6:29; Acts 13:52; Acts 15:22; Acts 16:1; Acts 17:5; Acts 18:12; Acts 19:21; Romans 1:7,8 and 9; Romans 8:25; Romans 10:18; Romans 15:13; Romans 15:26; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:10

1 Thessalonians 1 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise)

[endlessandrea]

Simone Weil from “The Love of God and Affliction”

[chryzuree]

azures sense of humor 🫶🏻😘

[lunar-lair]

(tw for death, and rise movie spoilers. the premise is just ‘what if he DIDNT get out of the prison dimension though’ as we all tend to think of sometimes. nearly teared up writing this good luck)

There is nothing left of him.

There was no hope.

There was never hope.

This was simply the tale of a sacrifice,

A laugh and a smile and a katana left,

A world saved,

And a life lost.

The sky receives howling wails,

The ground receives salty tears,

The walls of their home receive the silence and the empty hollow nothing of it all.

A room abandoned.

A grave without a body. 

What a world, what a world.

What a world, saved, but without him.

Was it worth it?

Was it worth it, boy of blue?

Was it worth it, leaving one katana and a laugh and three mourning brothers and two grieving fathers and a broken sister and a devastated brother, the one that lost you twice?

Was it worth it, starchild? Darling, sweetheart, everything you were and are and could have been?

Here you wander and see and live and dream and die.

There is a ghost, wandering the streets of New York.

It was worth it, the starchild whispers.

Darling and baby boy and blue and aoi and Nardo and love, 14, 14, 14.

He smiles, and the sky receives nothing but a quiet laugh.

New York, what a town.

Thank god I saved it.

[creepyolddude1973]

[tenth-sentence]

What Elliot said about God and about being a woman seemed absurd: that the pain of loss brings true joy to the Christian, that suffering shows God's love for the afflicted, that poverty is true wealth, that in loneliness one finds the deepest communion with God, that self-restraint is the 'greatest virility'.

"In/Out: A Scandalous Story of Falling Into Love and Out of the Church" - Steph Lentz

[kelegerauthor]

'Affliction's Time'

Written April 6, 2024: 'Affliction's Time'…'...But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in Your sight. Then You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to You again, You heard

Affliction's Timeare you worthy?do you know your worth‒in comesthe tester of thoughtbringing aboutwhat you broughtinto existenceyou are soughtdirectly by the Lord†to suffer afflictionfor sins caughtto purify you‒change what you're taughtyour suffering'is' the way of the crossapplause, applauseto the shepherds in falseputting all things on Jesus†thinking a backwood's waltzdo you know the…

[arunparia]

What Ails You, My Silly Heart?

My silly heart, what ails you? What is the cure for this affliction?

For there is no one else besides you. Yet, what is this clamour, my God!

I expect fidelity from the one who knows no fidelity.

Even so, I offer my life to you. I do not know how else to pray.

My silly heart, what ails you? Really – what is the cure for this affliction?

(This is my translation of a few couplets of Mirza Ghalib’s famous ghazal, “दिल-ए-नादाँ तुझे हुआ क्या है”, as sung by Kavita Seth for the TV series, “A Suitable Boy”.)

[nightingale-prompts]

God's TV- DC x DP prompt

Accidentally summoning a god from another dimension can happen, especially when cults are involved. However, no can could predict that the not only was the god a teenage boy but also a very bored teenage boy who didn't want to leave.

So he stayed and moved into Titans tower.

Danny is helpful (when he wants to be) but rarely goes out on missions. He says they are boring and nothing is dangerous enough to exert the effort. Instead, he minds the medical bay. Having a healer more than made up for the lack of help.

It's not like anyone disliked Danny or thought he didn't do anything it was just that he was unpredictable. Danny could be nice, considerate, and even sweet if he was working in the medbay. He could also be a pain in the ass anywhere else. He loved pranks and scaring people with his powers. He was harmless though.

No one really knew what he did all day. He was usually in his room doing something they guested. Said room was an anomaly. It was larger on the inside having been made into a pocket dimension. The appearance and organization of the room changed every time you went in.

It was after one mission that the team learned what was in the room.

A rogue had used their invention to erase Superboy's memories and they didn't know what to do. They took him to Danny who was currently rearranging the medicine by color. They hoped that his powers covered mind-altering afflictions. Unfortunately, Danny couldn't wave a hand and fix this.

Instead, Danny took the group to his room. The decor was neon Tokyo meets space right now. The furniture was currently floating and almost hitting Wonder Girl in the head with an end table. Of course, there was no gravity here.

"Stay here while I grab it," Danny said flying up the vertical corridor.

While he was gone the room rearranged itself into a contemporary format. The furniture grounded itself and shifted into a normal living room.

Danny returned with a cart and a headset. He placed a card he pulled out of the cart into the headset and put it on the dazed Superboy's head.

"Wait what is that?" Tim asked.

"It's his memories. I kept a backup in case this happened." Danny shrugged.

Immediately everyone began asking what the hell does that mean and why does he have that.

"Oh please, this dimension has this happened all the time. Amnesia is so cliché and cheap. I saw a pattern and decided the easiest way to prevent you from losing the entirety of your lives was to make save states of your memories." Danny said matter of fact.

Robin pinched the bridge of his nose.

Impulse studied the rack of cases and looking for the card with his name on it.

Wondergirl sighed, she was used to this from Robin but even he wouldn't go this far.

"What? It's not like just anyone can find these. Only you can access your own memories anyways. I just decided to repurpose my RE:Viewer." Danny pouted.

"What is a reviewer?" Wally asked flipping through the cases. Each one had titles like moves or shows with an arrangement of stickers.

"The RE:Viewer is something I created to catalog things I've seen looking into other dimensions. I don't have an infinite memory you know. But the longer I have my title the more I'll lose touch with my mortality. These things help me stay close to people by giving me the chance to remember how it feels. I also have been using them to get the stories of others. Keeping their experiences like you'd keep a TV show or movie. So many stories could have been lost to time but now they are saved. I use them to teach myself." Danny smiled.

The concept genuinely sounded interesting. Like experiencing a movie in 4d.

It had been 3 minutes before Kon took off the headset and back to his old self.

Danny pulled the input card out and it disappeared into another realm with a flick of the wrist. Danny was completely honest that the copies were inaccessible to everyone but him.

"You feeling alright Superboy? Your memory should be backed up until a week ago." Danny said shining a light in his eye.

"I'm fine. I think. What happened?" Kon asked batting the light out of his eyes.

"Explanation later. Take a nap first. You aren't concussed at least." Danny informed.

"What are the stickers for?" Wally said pointing at the rainbow of colors the card cases had.

"Just the emotions associated with the experiences. Orange is comedy, red is action, pink is romance, and blue is tragedy." Danny listed. "That one with the pink is one of my favorites. I meddled a bit in that world. Two people who had never met fell in love at two points at different times. One of them was doomed to die but I worked my magic on a mirror that allowed them to meet once. They shared notes left in different places for the other months ahead. Makes you believe in true love. A real tear-jerker."

"What about the black stickers?" Wally asked.

"Don't touch the black ones," Danny said darkly, smacking his hand away. "You don't need to know about those. I don't like thinking about them."

"So you just take the memories of others and put them inside your machine to replay later?" Batgirl asked. "Isn't that kind of wrong?"

"No, I asked permission. I usually pull them aside at some point and ask. If it's my memories (that's the green stickers) I don't need to. The rainbow ones are simulations. Like a video games." Danny responded patting her on the back for not being to hard on him about this admittedly weird situation.

"So what's the black one with the rainbow sticker?" Wally asked picking up the case that was obviously stuffed in the back.

"STOP TOUCHING THOSE!" Danny yelled pulling him away.

[normalbrothers]

@salomeapologist

exactly !!!!!!!!!!!!

day 93253258 of there not being a fic where uncle charlie is tragically and helplessly in love with tommy and has nowhere to put it (this love i mean, condemed to secrecy)