Acts 4:31 (ESV) -
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
There was a time you longed for people to love you. You prayed that they'd see or hear you. You wished they could see the depth, truth, and message in front of them.
Their words, actions, and mindsets pushed you away, but you always pulled yourself back.
You made excuses like:
"But I love her/him/them"
"But that's family"
"But they've been in my life for so long"
Until you finally told yourself "I can't."
There are some pains, tactics, and revelations you can't bounce back from or unsee - so you don't. You just never come back.
To the person that has removed themselves from that group, friendship, or relationship - trust and believe that sometimes the right decision doesn't always feel good and is seldom understood by the masses. Choose your peace, well-being, and self-love anyway.
Some road are difficult to leave behind but destructive to stay on.
The number one reason my husband and I decided to educate our son at home was because our Lord led us to that decision. We believe homeschooling was what God asked us to do. What, then, does homeschooling have to do with graves? A conversation about home educating was the beautiful paper and bow that my gift came wrapped in!
My hairdresser was a former home educator. Her children returned to the…
Tonight. I prayed. I didn't pray for anything grand. I didn't pray for money or relationship. I didn't pray for happiness. Tonight I prayed. For the first time since forever. I prayed. Hard. I prayed for God to take me away. Again. For God to take my life. Again. For God to take back the life he gave me. Again. I prayed and cried hard. For him take my life and to give it to someone who really wants it. Who really needs it. I prayed for all the sins I've crossed. For everything I've done wrong. I prayed. I cried. Just for him to take my life. I prayed and and weeped and beg. Just for him to take my life away.
It's unfathomable, even more so when you realize this isn't the first time Israel has done this. She was a baby. The men were so obviously red crescent medics, and still, Israeli soldiers shot and killed them.
It wasn't a misfired bomb. It was guns. They knew what they were targeting.
Anyone who defends this, for whatever religion you believe in, even if you believe in nothing at all, I can only hope the afterlife brings you your deserved suffering on a platter. You're disgusting, vile creatures, who must've snuck onto the Earth because there is no way in nature that you are human. Die.
نَّا ِلِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Save the children of Palestine. Protect the medics. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸
Matthew 26:39 (NKJV) -
He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
Keeper -- a short comic about an angel meeting a robotic lighthouse keeper that doesn't know the world has already ended. Made in about 18 hours for a 24-hour 24-page* black and white comic challenge (that I arrived late to, ha.)
*the actual submission does not include the cover, which was created after the fact for this post.
This was a really great learning experience as someone who's... never really made a completed comic. I ended up really attached to the story by the end of the project (possibly due to all-nighter deliriousness lol) and ultimately am very proud of what I made.There are some things I'd still like to change, particularly text placement, but in keeping with the spirit of the challenge I've elected to leave it as is.
As an agronomist, I spent many summers in corn fields. One day the Lord showed me life is much like being in a corn field. One can look up, see the sky, and hear the wind of the Holy Spirit, but cannot feel him. One can only get a small breath every now and then. Visibility is limited in a corn field, as it is with our physical eyes. If one wants to see into the distance and feel the wind they…