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"Everything that God brings into our life is directed to one purpose: that we might be conformed to the image of Christ." - Erwin W. Lutzer
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thewildandwindingroad · 2 months
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Have you ever heard a transwoman talk about wearing a swishy skirt for the first time and how pretty she felt? Because maybe style has changed,but I heard that a lot as a baby trans and it's one of the most beautiful things I have ever experienced
When trans people came out back in the day, mostly with transwomen, I would teach them how to cut and style and take care of their hair (insider pro tip bangs automatically feminize every face) and how to apply make up and find their style and colors and products that made them feel good. We'd talk about what clothes would accentuate their shape in ways they were looking for and downplay what they did not care for. It was incredibly beautiful watching people come to life right in front of me
I'd take baby transmen shopping in the boys section for the first time and watch them pick up a pair of boxers and how nervous and excited he was. How that nervousness and excitement turned up to 11 when he got his first packer or learned to pee standing up. (We’d always laugh at Stone Temple Pilots shirts bc in the trans masc world STP stood for Stand To Pee and usually it referred to [very expensive] devices for such a purpose.
TW old queer language
You have to understand things were very different back then.
I knew a woman who identified as a transsexual woman, knew she was a woman in her heart of hearts, as did we, but she only dressed when she went out. At home she was husband and father. Just as at home I am wife and mother. But that was unheard of back then. No one knew quite what to make of it or how she could live that way. But she was happy and her family was happy and for them, it worked and were respected that.
Didn’t always go that way though.
I had a trans guy once try to dissuade me from starting t because he didn’t think I was a real trans man and I was probably just gender queer and t would permanently alter my body and he was worried I’d regret it later in life. I didn’t know what that word meant but I knew three things 1) I was hurt and angry 2) he was wrong about me 3) you mean there’s something else? I didn’t hear the word gender queer again for many years.
One Halloween I dressed up as a sexy lady bug. I was cute and I knew it. The other trans guys were rather flabbergasted and I don’t think they liked me much. At the least, I made most of the mascs uncomfortable because I embraced what they hated about themselves. I reveled in my femininity as my voice dropped and my body changed and I do to this day
Even being transgender was very binary. For the most part, in this area anyway, there were trans/FTM/transsexual men and trans/MTF/transsexual women and there were the crossdressers
Crossdressers were the pioneers for nonbinary folk
Id hear crossdressers sometimes identify as cis, sometimes trans, a lot of times "I'm just me"
But there became a rift as hateful people were throwing it in trans women's faces. And all they wanted was the world to see who they are, not another misperception
I’ll never forget standing outside of a bar and putting my body between my girlfriend and a man who was shouting at her, trying to get her to “admit” that she was “just” a crossdresser and her refusing to back down.
There were a lot of misunderstandings in the community and a lot of wounds
Kinda like what happened with drag queens. But there have always been crossdressers and drag queens and there will always be crossdressers and drag queens.
Women were women and wanted to be seen as such.
We'd learn the binary mannerisms of where we were transitioning to
But it was beautiful
Hearing someone say ma'am or sir. "Passing" it's all the same gender euphoria. I remember the first time I looked in the mirror and thought to myself "maybe I could actually be a boy" I didn't know anything about anything back then. I was two years into foster care. But that's what my heart told me when there was no one else around to tell me anything different
So I really do keep the old language, just for myself. Because there was just as much beauty in the queer community 20 years ago. We act like it was all horrible and backwards but that really steals the happiness we fought so hard for
You don't know what you don't know and when you know better, you do better. Somehow being a queer elder snuck up on me at a young age. But we were out there fighting for y'all a long time ago. That's all.
TW short religious queer trauma rant
PS if anyone gives you shit about being deceived by the devil or going to hell or going against gods natural order or any of that (thank you mother), you direct them to Matthew 19:12 and tell them to sit down because Jesus himself claims trans and intersex people for the kingdom of heaven. Full stop. Trans and intersex people are Holy and God loves you in all of your beauty. Who do they think created us?
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holystormfire · 13 days
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What makes temptation so... alluring?
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Genesis 3:6
The tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious. . . . So she took some of the fruit and ate it.
Satan’s favorite strategy is to make that which is sinful appear to be desirable and good. In contrast, he also tries to make good look evil. If he can make evil look good and good look evil, then giving in to temptation appears right instead of wrong.
You must constantly be aware of the confusion satan desires to create in you!
1 Kings 11:1-3
Solomon loved many foreign women. . . . And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the LORD.
Often temptation begins in seemingly harmless pleasure, soon gets out of control, and then progresses to full-blown idolatry. But the reality is that the kind of pleasure that leads to sin is never harmless. Before you give in to something that seems innocent, take a look at God’s Word to see what it says. If Solomon had done this, he would have been reminded that his “pleasure” was really sin.
Matthew 4:3-9
During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”. . . Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”
Then Jesus said, "No, for it is written!"
Temptation often offers short-term attractive benefits but comes with destructive—even deadly—long-term consequences. Temptation is often convincingly seasoned with partial truths twisted into lies. Jesus gave his all to endure total manipulation and mental harm from the prince of lies for us! That in itself says more than words.
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bibleglittergifs · 2 years
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~prayer of peace, St. Francis of Assisi
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musingsfromanidlemind · 8 months
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Strange bedfellows
“O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open. Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ…
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barkingtigers · 15 days
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beddyxoxq · 4 months
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<“My Mom”AKA The Toxic avoid>
I call her out for whatever spiritual attacks she attempts.. sometimes she’ll act sad, then use a shallow apology(ex: “I’m sorry that you thought—I’m sorry you felt like I could”—) .
This was my reply to her sad emoji and one word reply “sorry”. ….
“”””””””
It’s a 24/7 thing though. It doesn’t even matter what actually happened THIS time. Even when you got proof right in front of you, you’ll ignore it to go against me
Then go against me to try to go against me some more..
Sometimes you even try to get me to help you go against me .. Or help you in other situations to go against me or to fuck me over or make me look bad or make me feel bad, or do whatever!!
It’s night and day how you treat me from anyone but especially now cause it’s not just”” different treatment “” like it use to be.. now you literally try your hardest to TAKE/DESTROY everything that you possibly can whether there be money, joy or peace from me!
You’re never sad about hurting me in any way BC you never even acknowledge the fact that it happens. You make it worse by trying to bury it, by acting like it’s all in their head.. after being victimized, then try to corrupt reality by playing the victim role as if they’re the predator.
You will literally act like everybody needs to be worried about their safety after YOU have victimized and provoked the entire situation in the first place,
To avoid having to accept what you’ve done at all cost you’ll even go as far as to act if they’re losing their cool out of nowhere to be able to recruit ppl saying things like”” watch out..ohh my god I’m so sorry.”” To people that are not even able to be affected by the made-up situation, therefore creating false trauma for you to bond about.
It’s always been like that since the beginning! Since I can ever remember!! It’s just gotten worse over the years.
And I never mind at all, because anybody that can’t see through that instantly deserves to be duped by it. It’s probably their karma, so who am I to step in the way of that by trying to defend what doesn’t need defending no ma’am that’s why I let you run free and wild. Have fun. Do whatever makes you feel better about yourself or whatever you need to do to try to get whatever you think you need.
Because I will always be on my Christ like program, and will never react to any cruelty, no matter what direction it comes from!
And getting upset because it’s sad that a human being could act like that..
VS.
Making sure that you taste your own medicine.
Making sure that I do the same.. make sure that you feel unsafe. Make sure that your stuff is always in constant harm., getting everybody to go against you.. provoking you into anger, and then acting like Im victimized by the reaction. “Someone Help, she’s out of control, she’s crazy idk why she’s acting like that“”
Like a satanic Chaos agent creating destructive situations for the innocent party.
NOT TODAY SATAN
NOT TOMORROW
NOT AT ALL - DEFF.
NOT THIS CHILD OF GOD
NO EVIL
FROM ANYONE ANYWHERE
WILL EVER
PUT THIS FIRE FOR CHRIST OUT IN ME!!!
Instead unconditional love and understanding for what they don’t even understand themselves!
God allows me to see through his eyes, and I would never squander off my soul, or the gifts gods given me — by picking up vengeance? 😂 why would I even bother taking vengeance on some petty pathetic situations where people were so insecure and I was such a threat to them they had to become a chaos agent in order to feel some security??
I would never take pity on that because I find my identity and get my security from Christ. I never put my harder faith in Man because they will always let you down.
And when we don’t find our identity in Christ, that’s our actions will tell loud and clear!!!
And what’s worse the prosecuted or the comfortable?!
You can hold onto them thorns! Because they are no longer in my saviors crown!!
And he is alive and freed the oppressed, so no longer can this material world or anything in it that is materialized do any harm for no weapons will prosper against us!!
And the harder that they try the louder, the truth will be!! And the louder the truth will be delivered for God’s people!!!
I don’t fake my beliefs or how I feel or my emotions to make other people feel better about themselves or better about their situations!!
I stand my ground. I stand my boundaries and God is all I fear.!
And the Holy Spirit resides in my temple, so I’m never alone!
And I’m always the safest I could possibly be because I walk with the Lord or I don’t walk at all!!
Christ is a whole lifestyle- how you move how you speak how you treat others specially when done wrong how you speak on others what you do towards others your intentions- it’s a lifestyle and how you live on a daily basis !! Faith without works is dead, and works is a lifestyle lived daily!! It’s a soul energy into the heart with the mentality and mindset hosted by the Holy Spirit inside your temple!
Reading a couple Bible verses, every now and then, and twisting it to fit life situations for some false security, can be easily mistaken!
But when you go for quality over quantity, everything else falls short and always will!
So don’t be “”sad”” ever for anything that happens between us!
God put me here for a complete enlightenment! so that my soul could fully catch fire to the absolute depths that no one’s ever seen yet!!
God is creating magic, and I’m blessed to be a part of it!!
I never let this world fool me, I never forget God’s promise!!
I know how monumental and how glorious my place will be in the kingdom after all the sudden done!
That’s more than enough for me !!
“”””””””
And even though I did text it and replied, it wasn’t for her that was for me and for God!
God don’t take L’s — so you already know I’m #Winning ☺️😉😇
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corneliusbella · 8 months
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As we aspire to describe ourselves to others with the attributes that made the disciples Christlike Christians in Antioch, we do so with a heart that seeks to glorify God. By immersing ourselves in the Word of God, we allow His truth to transform us, making us shining lights in a world that desperately needs to see Christ’s love, compassion, and grace in action. Let us remember that this transformation is a journey, and with each step, we take towards Christlikeness, we draw closer to the ultimate goal of becoming more like Him.
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theeofficialhabibi · 1 year
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Having fun all my Christians tap in 🙏🏾🗣️🤍✝️
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walkbyfaith70 · 2 years
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The Devil is not fighting religion. He's too smart for that. He is producing a Counterfeit Christianity, so much like the real one that good Christians are afraid to speak out against it.
Vance Havner
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Crucified with Christ
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. — Galatians 2:20 | Cambridge Paragraph Bible (CAMB) The Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English Version, by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose, 1813-1891. Published by Cambridge University Press. Cross References: Song of Solomon 7:10; Matthew 4:3; Romans 3:22; Romans 4:25; Romans 5:6; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:6
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TW brief unspecific mention of body trauma
Prayer to Dionysus for body healing
I honestly feel like I don’t know a much about you. I remember little that I read. Still, I hear your call and feel the pull to you of the Holy Spirit, and where She leads, I follow.
I want to learn to honor, love, and enjoy my body. I want to loose and lose the bondage of fear and shame I have around pleasure. I want to feel good and I want my body to feel good. I’ve mistreated it and abused my body for so long, on top of the abuse and mistreatment of others. I’m truly sorry for all that I’ve put her through and I hope that she can forgive me, and that we can rebuild together.
Dionysus, by the guidance of us both through the Holy Spirit, the wisdom and will of the Almighty Father, in the beautiful name of Jesus, I heed your call. I come before you with an open mind and an open heart, ready for wisdom, healing, resolution, and, yes, pleasure. And all of the things I do not yet know.
I trust the Father, therefore I trust you. I invite you into my life and I welcome your lessons and guidance. Thank you, from my heart, for all that you have for me. I’m ready.
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yeslordmyking · 2 years
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May, 17 (Morning) Devotion
“So to walk even as he walked.”
1 John 2:6
Why should Christians imitate Christ? They should do it for their own sakes. If they desire to be in a healthy state of soul—if they would escape the sickness of sin, and enjoy the vigour of growing grace, let Jesus be their model. For their own happiness’ sake, if they would drink wine on the lees, well refined; if they would enjoy holy and happy communion with Jesus; if they would be lifted up above the cares and troubles of this world, let them walk even as he walked. There is nothing which can so assist you to walk towards heaven with good speed, as wearing the image of Jesus on your heart to rule all its motions. It is when, by the power of the Holy Spirit, you are enabled to walk with Jesus in his very footsteps, that you are most happy, and most known to be the sons of God. Peter afar off is both unsafe and uneasy. Next, for religion’s sake, strive to be like Jesus. Ah! poor religion, thou hast been sorely shot at by cruel foes, but thou hast not been wounded one-half so dangerously by thy foes as by thy friends. Who made those wounds in the fair hand of Godliness? The professor who used the dagger of hypocrisy. The man who with pretences, enters the fold, being nought but a wolf in sheep’s clothing, worries the flock more than the lion outside. There is no weapon half so deadly as a Judas-kiss. Inconsistent professors injure the gospel more than the sneering critic or the infidel. But, especially for Christ’s own sake, imitate his example. Christian, lovest thou thy Saviour? Is his name precious to thee? Is his cause dear to thee? Wouldst thou see the kingdoms of the world become his? Is it thy desire that he should be glorified? Art thou longing that souls should be won to him? If so, imitate Jesus; be an “epistle of Christ, known and read of all men.”
Daily Bible and Devotional for Women - http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=daily.bible.for.woman
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bibleglittergifs · 2 years
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musingsfromanidlemind · 6 months
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Cross
“When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” ‭‭Mark‬…
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