Jesus showed us how to love: forgive, weep, and bring joy. At Christmas, we celebrate God's love for us, taking away our sorrows and sin. Through Jesus, we find grace, forgiveness, and compassion. He invites us to serve and share his message of peace.
Lord Jesus, your love for me was unconditional, even when I was undeserving. May I reflect your compassion in my actions and words, and help others in the same way you have helped me. Guide me to be a blessing to those around me. Amen.
I've decided I don't make enough Christian content. I'm but a PHONY! A FAKE! A LIAR! UNLEASH ALLL THE UNENDING LOVE I HAVE TO GIVE! I LOVE JESUS! AND HE LOVES YOU! HUZZAH! :)
What's that? You're tired of scrolling through shows and want a good drama series? Read the bible! What's that? You hate drama and just want something that'll make you happy? Read the bible! What's that? you hate happiness and only want to cry? Read the bible! What's that? You just don't feel like it? Open the door. I'm outside.
*Ahem* And remember! God made you special, and he loves you very much. *laughs in VeggieTales*
Shoot forgot to post this yesterday. Has this joke been done? Happy late Easter and Good Friday I guess. Done also with Affinity Designer and Inkscape.
Here's a joke about Jesus I found. If it offends the person who's reading this, apologies in advance.
So, Jesus is walking along the road.
He performs his miracles, forgives sinners, and in general does all those classical Jesus-y things.
Then he comes upon a small crowd that's preparing to stone a young woman, whom they're accusing of being an adulteress.
Jesus can't have that, of course, so he walks up to the accused, stands beside her, and tells the angry mob:
"Let whoever among you who is without sin, be the first to cast a stone at her."
People start hesitating, getting second thoughts, dropping their stones to the ground, murmuring "When you put it like that...", and overall feeling foolish and bigoted.
But then an elderly woman in the back of the crowd bends down, picks up a sizeable rock, takes aim, and hits the poor girl straight in the head.
Jesus sighs, looks over at the old lady, and says:
"You know, sometimes you really tick me off, Mom."
When I was a kid my family pretended to get raptured so I would think I was left behind on earth while they all went to heaven.
I was like 8 years old and my sister and mom had gotten really into the Left Behind novels (bible fan fic about the rapture). In the books when the rapture happened the clothes that people were wearing when they got raptured were left behind in neatly folded piles.
One day when I was getting home from school my family decided that they would leave piles of neatly folded clothes around the house, and then hide in the basement.
The intended effect was that I would get home and see the clothes then, think that my family had been raptured and that I wasn’t good enough to get into heaven… or something?
The problem was that I had never read these books, and didn’t really think about the rapture very often. There was no reason that I would see some laundry on the floor and think “The rapture happened and I’ve been abandoned by God! I’ll never see my family again!! Oh nooo!!!!”
I just sat down and watched cartoons and eventually my family got bored and revealed that they were all hiding in the basement.
It’s a good thing I didn’t understand the joke, otherwise that shit would have been traumatic.
If a transgender person asks you to deadname and misgender them in front of certain people. Misgender them and deadname them in front of those people. It doesn't matter how icky or gross it may feel, it doesn't matter you'd rather be honest. It doesn't matter if there's more of you there. Certain people aren't safe, and honesty IS NOT the best policy when honesty could put them at serious risk. It doesn't matter if there's a crowd, because when there isn't shit goes down.
Be an ally, do what they ask. Understand that the trans person knows more about their situation than you do, and this includes who's safe and who's not. Some one can be "trans friendly" to other people, but not to people they know or specific people. Do as the trans person asks, yes it's uncomfortable, but it's 10 times worse if the person we don't trust finds out. 100 times worse if they have access to us when you're not around.
Respect trans peoples safety. Misgender and deadname when asked.
A Baker was asked to print 1 John 4:18 (ESV) on a wedding cake, which reads “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.”
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The Baker forgot to print the number 1 before John and instead printed John 4:18 (ESV).
This verse reads, “For you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband.”
Source: Jolly Notes
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