#God's way

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.

Hudson Taylor

#evangelism #God's work #service #God's way #equipment #Hudson Taylor #Christian Quotes

[christ-our-glory]

We know that we are "wonderfully made" (Psalm 139:14), that God's "way is perfect" (Psalm 18:30), and we also know "God [does not] lie... [nor would He] change His mind" (Numbers 23:19).

A perfect, unchanging, and truthful God is very good news to sinful people who view right as wrong and wrong as right depending on the day. We might change but I’m thankful that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). The words of this unchanging Christ “will not pass away” (Matthew 24:35).

Whatever was wrong thousands of years ago, it is still wrong today. Consider the words of the apostle Paul to those who used to sin like this: “such were some of you” (1 Corinthians 6:11). There was a visible change found in those who used to live for sin. As noted by Matthew Henry, “The Greek word [in 1 Cor. 6:11] is tauta—such things were some of you, very monsters rather than men... How glorious a change does grace make! It changes the vilest of men into saints and the children of God. Such were some of you, but you are not what you were.”

You can mutilate your body, use hormones, wear makeup, and change the laws to make yourself feel accepted but you will always be how God made you be.

Nothing you do can change God's design. Repent of your sins and be “washed,… sanctified,… [and] justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:11).

#wonderfully made #God's way #mistake within #sin within #Matthew Henry #sanctified #justified #repent #Lord Jesus Christ #Spirit of God #Holy Spirit #new creation #homosexuality #transgender #LGBT #repent and believe #church #Christianity #faith #religion #Bible notes #Bible study #Bible commentary #God made you #unchanging God #God's design

[lotrmusical]

never let anyone tell you that trawling through mediocre victorian poetry isn't worth it. we just happened upon an absolute BANGER of a worm poem. go read it or else 🪱🪱🪱

#was calling beckett and scouring the works of eliza cook looking for lesbianism #good amounts of lesbianism in evidence but unfortunately very little in the way of good poetry #APART from this worm one which DOES NOT MISS #eliza cook #is there a thriving eliza cook tag on tumblr. somehow i doubt it #the hand of the giant and the heart of the brave / must turn weak and submit to the worm and the grave! #not an original theme ofc but GOD the treatment is delightful. so fresh so gleeful some rlly nice use of sound. rlly solidly constructed #words #gay belligerence

[adriles]

they are Cancelling me for dealing with my grief as best i can . also for the vicious war Crimes

#book 24 #the conversation between the gods at the beginning there is just this #greatest hits #all i say is vicious war crimes in a vague way #and you all start frothing at the mouth like rabid dogs #a lot of yall get the memo with the blorbo tags but also. seeing quite a few strange pulls #not exactly war crimes but Ok #sometimes normal vicious crimes can just be normal vicious crimes ok guys #can yall stop tagging this as israel u guys r fucking weird…. #if u see this and think it is a joke about actual fucking horrific war crimes and ethnic cleansing. u may be fucked up in the head #please be normal #will people stop commenting on this please. none of yall r funny

[lilislegacy]

imagine being someone at new rome university and not knowing percy is the same guy as “percy jackson, son of poseidon, two-time hero of olympus, former praetor” because the thought doesn’t even cross your mind. like… he’s percy. he’s a total frat boy. on a normal night, he walks into a party, refers to everyone as bro or dude, socializes with every living (and not-living) person in the room, makes at least 50 sarcastic comments, plays 12 rounds of beer pong, drinks way too much, and then skates around campus on his skateboard yelling “I LOVE NEW YORK” (which makes no sense, because they’re in california) until someone calls his girlfriend to come get him.

and then one day there’s an attack, and frat boy percy is all of a sudden a fighting machine. he’s yelling battle cries alongside the praetors frank zhang and hazel levesque as they lead everyone into battle. (why is he with the praetors? and why…. why in the world do the praetors seem to be following his lead?) his sword slashes through armies of monsters faster than you’ve ever seen. he’s controlling the entire river surrounding the camp, creating huge waves as tall as skyscrapers that crash down all around him, wiping out monsters and causing mass destruction to his enemies’ ranks. the sky is suddenly dark above you, ice-cold water droplets are slashing through the air, and the wind is blowing so aggressively that it’s making it hard to stand up steadily. because he’s somehow created a hurricane.

and he looks terrifying. you can feel the power radiating off of him. he’s like a god. or maybe a monster. it’s hard to tell. you’re a little scared of him, to be honest. but also in total awe, because it’s extraordinary. he’s extraordinary.

frat boy percy is not who you thought he was.

#but at least it makes sense why annabeth chase is dating him lol #I AM NOT SAYING PERCY IS A BIG DRINKER #if he even drinks at all #it’s just the frat boy concept #it’s just for the sake of the post #anyway #i love how fast his mood changes #he’s so terrifying #but in a cute way #frat boy percy #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth #trials of apollo #chalice of the gods #heroes of olympus #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo

[polysyndetonaddictsupportgroup]

I cannot put into mortal words how fucking badly I want that swedish goat to burn. We live in a modern surveillance hellscape and not only is big brother watching you but he’s monitoring your purchase habits so he can sell you a smart refrigerator that will spy on you for the cia. the full weight of modern technology can be rallied to protect that straw monument to human hubris and I want us to burn it anyway. I want the might of modern society to crumple in the face of a drunk swede with a zippo lighter. we can do it just take my hand

#gavle goat #gavlebocken #god please just burn it to the ground #to be loved is to be changed #and I love that goat for how it burns #I’m way too intense about it please just burn the goat please please

[variksel]

i hate you ai art i hate you "unalive" i hate you youtube premium i hate you twitter 8$ checkmark i hate you nfts i hate you therapy app advertisements i hate you non-chronological timelines i hate you instagram reels i hate you subtle tiktok filters that cant be turned off i hate you family bloggers i hate you ads on true crime episodes i hate you facebook i hate you vr glasses on chickens i hate you dystopian social media

#sorry but genuinely sometimes i feel like we live in a fucking dystopia #i get ads of chat bots designed to look like cute girls who will listen to your problems and it. god #its so unbelievably strange in some indescribable way #how am i supposed to explain that the word unalive makes me want to tear my hair out #vent #rant #idk

[oars]

#i feel like tge fact im apprehensive about posting this is kinda proving my point #the way everyone talks about both weight gain and weight loss is just horrendous #like idek if i could fit all i wanna say in here especially while im at work but #i so badly wish people could be normal about weight gain and talking about it #its like if youre not in some constant state of wanting to lose weight people want to kill you #god forbid you want to put on weight to feel more comfortable in your body outside of muscles and a butt #fatphobia is a given thats a whole other few paragraphs #im grateful i have mutuals and friends who are normal but ill have or hear these convos and go #ok i feel sick. why do i feel this way why do you feel that way. #anyways i think fatphobia is one of the worst things to ever happen

[camilleflyingrotten]

𝘖𝘩 𝘈𝘻𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦…

#good omens #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #illustration #interpret it the way you like best #it’s God’s hands lmfao #digital art #procreate #my art

[momentsbeforemass]

God's direction

When someone takes a position or heads off in one direction, you just know what’s coming next. Someone else is going to take the opposite position. Or head off in the opposite direction.

It almost doesn’t matter what the position or direction is. It could be something simple or something difficult. Something novel or something obvious.

There’s just something about us. Something in human nature, that’s hard-wired to be contrary.

Start with our native contrariness. Throw in our over-arching need to be right. Plus a dash of ego. And you have a recipe for deep, damaging divisions.

Leading us into the trap of seeing the world, of seeing people, as either on our side. The right side. Or as wrong. And our enemies.

You see it everywhere. It happens even between people who have so very much in common. People who – you would think – should be the closest of friends and allies.

Which is why the last part of today’s Gospel is so important. It’s a moment that’s easy to miss.

Peter is pulling Jesus to do one thing. It’s nothing bad. But it’s not what Jesus knows God is calling Him to do either.

Instead of telling Peter that he’s wrong, and heading off in the opposite direction. Instead of being like us.

Jesus doesn’t worry about who’s right and who’s wrong. Jesus doesn’t waste time picking sides.

Jesus rejects the whole us-versus-them dynamic. A dynamic that we – as human beings – are way too comfortable with. A dynamic that’s the secret sauce in our recipe for division.

Jesus gently but firmly ignores the whole thing. And heads out in God’s direction.

May God grant us the grace to always do the same.

Today’s Readings

#Us versus them #God's direction #Right #Ego #Contrary #God's Way #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Moments Before Mass

[secondbeatsongs]

for anyone too young to know this: watching The Truman Show is a vastly different experience now, compared to how it was before youtube and social media influencers became normal

before it was like, "what a horrifying thing to do to a human being! to take away their autonomy and privacy, all for the sake of profits! to create fake scenarios for them to react to, just to retain viewership! to ruin their happiness just so some corporate entity could harvest money from their very humanity! how could anyone do something so evil?"

and now it's like, "ah, yeah. this is still deeply fucked up, but it's pretty much what every influencer has been doing to their kids for a decade now. probably bad that we've normalized this experience"

#the truman show #sbs rambles #I keep thinking about how children on popular youtube channels should probably have laws to protect them #social workers assigned to them maybe #I dunno #they did not sign up to have their lives sold for profit #but here we are #tho #I guess none of us signed up for it #and our data is harvested more than ever #god #high-tech capitalism sucks turns out #OH WAIT because tumblr is bad at getting context sometimes #let me specify: #I am not saying that the movie The Truman Show is bad or that it normalizes this #like all good sci-fi (because it is kind of sci-fi) it's there to warn us of what the future could hold #and it did that in a very good way - it's a beautiful movie #I could see someone with a bad faith take assuming I meant that it was part of the problem #it absolutely wasn't. it didn't normalize this; we did #youtube did and social media #it's us that's the problem #or more specifically: big corporations and a lack of regulation #that's the origin of most modern problems

[chernozemm]

Crowley got a new packer for that grey sweatpants temptation

(he knows exactly what he’s doing)

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #aziraphale x crowley #crowley x aziraphale #myart #god this was fighting me every step of the way #not my best but it has heart

[snek-eyes]

Can we go back to this for a sec? To Aziraphale having to explain the concept of being in love to the other angels? Because I cannot imagine what a trip it has to be, falling in love with someone when that is literally not something you are supposed to be able to do. When it is something you barely understand. When the object of whatever this is isn't supposed to be able to feel this way either, except as time goes on you start to realize it's happening to him too. And neither of you can actually talk to each other about it.

#here they are infected by humanity in the best way but at the same time it's also a trap because what can they do with it #The concept of falling in love for angels is useless at best and blasphemous at worst! #You're supposed to be devoted to God alone #and forget demons #they're from the same stock and anyway you're supposed to be out for yourself #v watches good omens #good omens meta #aziraphale

[oifaaa]

Fun new game I'm playing while watching the new Percy Jackson show called "Was this actually different in the books or is my memory just shit"

#percy jackson #pjo #just with small things like #wasnt it a thing in the books #that all the gods children had designated tables #and its one of the ways you could tell the hermes cabin was over crowded #bc there was hardly any space at the table #i could always just reread the book again to see #but im busy enough rn #so hopefully one of you lovely people will tell me #oifaaaposts

[cordspaghetti]

got thinking about gerard way tour outfit predictions that never came 2 be… bloody wedding dress…

#they’ve got legs and a slit throat! #this is one i believed 2 be totally out of the question bc it would be too bulky restrictive etc #but then i was doing my research and i discovered The 60s Wedding Mini Dress and i was like oh my god she would #kind of a mod vibe but w more gothic detail so it still reads as bridal out of context yk yk. perhaps #mcr #gerard way #digital art #x

[idealog]

God's

#God's Way