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#mountains #the bison farm

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anyways (I say this as someone who is deeply critical of the united states government, military, unchecked capitalism, police, etc) I am SICK of people treating america as if it has no cultural value or positives so….. I love u 85 million acres (bigger than italy) of national parks. I love u harlem renaissance. I love u groundhogs day. I love u sweet tea and fried chicken and jambalaya. I love u apple cider donuts and maizes on crisp autumn days. I love u 95k miles of coastlines and new england fisherman and hand knitted sweaters. I love u halloween where millions of people dress up and give candy to strangers and carve jack o’lanterns. I love u small talk and small towns and potlucks and bringing over casseroles to your struggling neighbors. I love u cowboys and ranch hands and arizonian cactus. I love u appalachian trail and dirtbikes and divebars. I love u sparklers and fireflies. I love u mark twain and toni morrison and emily dickinson and henry david thoreau. I love u rock n roll i love u bluegrass and hippies i love u jimi hendrix and nirvana and CCR and janis joplin. I love u victorian houses and jonny appleseed and john henry and mothman and bigfoot. I love u foggy days in the pacific northwest and neon signs and roadside attractions. I love u baseball and 1950s diners and soft serve. I love u native american art and pop art and poptarts. I love u blue jeans and barbecues and jazz musicians 

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“ya’ll need jesus” says me, an avid sinner.

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My life in a meme

From Catholic Teen Posts on Instagram

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Boar Lane, Leeds, 1881, John Atkinson Grimshaw

Medium: oil,canvas

#art

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dude as a Christian talking to other Christians—when you use ableist/racist/degrading slurs, you’re not “fighting against pc culture” you’re letting corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth (eph. 3:29)

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they hate to see the meek inheriting the earth

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having a friendship like that of david and jonathan, or being as faithful to your family as ruth and naomi, or as forgiving as joseph was to his brothers are real goals. there was no romantic love that drew these people to do what they did. they sought love in companionship, were willing to risk their lives for their friends and families. if you’re ever asking where the representation of true love is, it exists in these, and in the story of a King who paid the ransom for His own people, who had sinned against Him

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𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒖𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒑𝒆.

𝑶𝒓𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒔.

#catholicism

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I’ve seen many very aggressive anti-porn posts here, which on one hand I agree with, but on the other hand I feel the need to show sympathy to anyone that’s struggling with it. (And I don’t mean people that consume porn without care, I mean those that know it’s wrong and are trying to do better even if it’s really dang hard, like any addiction is)

Maybe I’m just a softy, but to anyone out there trying to do better, even if it’s difficult, even if you’re slipping - thank you. Thank you for recognizing and admitting it’s a bad thing (going against the grain of this day and age) and trying (and even succeeding!) to do better. Please get someone to help you out, please take it seriously, and please don’t give up. You’re brave, and strong, and you’ve got this.

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there’s obviously a lot of nuance to to this conversation, but I feel like the way that people nowadays talk about friendships is so cold and devoid of love or empathy. like you aren’t allowed to complain or be sad, ur burdening ur friends with ur problems, helping someone through a hard time is ‘emotional labour’ and ‘you don’t owe anyone anything’ and I’m just thinking what does friendship even mean to you then? like honestly? people say ‘I’m not your therapist’ as if therapy is the answer to everything. what a sad world where a paid clinician is the only person you’re allowed to be emotionally vulnerable with. this ultra individualistic mindset leads to everyone feeling alone and isolated and we’ve lost all concept of community and support systems

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Romans 3:23-24, an edit for @thenameofaslan‘s 100 Bible verse challenge.

All pictures except the crown of thorns one are black-and-white illustrations Pauline Baynes made for The Chronicles of Narnia books. The crown of thorns picture was found searching amongst Google Images, I couldn’t find the original author.

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in exodus 16.. the children of Israel complained about lack of food and desired to go back to the very place they were delivered from to receive the enemies delicacies. Yah brings us to these places of wilderness for test. Hence Yahusha having to immediately go into the wilderness right after John baptized him. you see that? often times when we are in a place of wilderness we look around everywhere, some sliding back into old sin, and falling down. the purpose of the wilderness is to see if your house is built on sand or a rock. He wants to strip us of all idols, all things that hinder our walk. will you praise? will you thank Yah for the trials? will you receive His spiritual food? will you continue to draw near as he leads you out of the wilderness? or will we die there? fall complacent? not moving? i’ll be meditating on this today.

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litany of humility

O Jesus, meek and humble of heart,

Hear me.

From the desire of being esteemed,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being loved,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being extolled,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being honored,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being praised,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being preferred to others,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being consulted,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being approved,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being humiliated,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being despised,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of suffering rebukes,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being calumniated,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being forgotten,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being ridiculed,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being wronged,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being suspected,

Deliver me, O Jesus.

That others may be loved more than I,

Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be esteemed more than I,

Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease,

Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be chosen and I set aside,

Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be praised and I go unnoticed,

Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be preferred to me in everything,

Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should,

Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.