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biblebloodhound · 4 months

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Hang In There (1 Corinthians 7:17-24)

“Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy.” Glennon Doyle

Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is…

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#1 corinthians #1 corinthians 7 #christian confession #christian discipleship #christian faith #christian identity #christian life #christianity #conversion #endurance #first corinthians #freedom #hang in there #new beginnings #new life #perseverance #redemption #spiritual conversion #spiritual freedom

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bumblingbabooshka · 3 months

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B'Elanna, Neelix, Tuvok and Chakotay needed to star in an episode where they just talked about their different beliefs and approaches to spirituality/religion. Paired off and all together. I need to gain more insight. I need characterization and I need it to be messy.

#B'Elanna's difficulty with Klingon myths and religion (especially due to her internalized racism)#Chakotay's current strong belief in his own spirituality despite his initial complete rejection of it (and how B'Elanna seems to admire #and have talked with Chakotay about it extensively in the past given how many specifics she's aware of)#Neelix's belief in an afterlife being the only thing that comforted him after his entire family was killed - the knowledge that he would be #able to reunite with them again and that knowledge being ripped away from him #Does he still believe? Are there other aspects of his previous spiritual beliefs that are thrown into question?#Just because it isn't 'real' does it make it unimportant? How do we even know whether or not it's 'real'?#He died and doesn't remember reaching that tree and seeing his family - does that mean it didn't happen?#Tuvok's line in 'Innocence' about how he's begun to have doubts about whether or not a katra exists and what happens after someone dies #and his firm ties to Vulcan spirituality and ritual #ALL SO INTERESTING!!!!!!!!#star trek voyager #I don't think it'd be a calm or healthy conversation either - they're not therapists and I don't think anyone but Chakotay #would be particularly careful with his words #and before you say Tuvok's a Vulcan so he would be let me remind you that Tuvok told B'Elanna to her face that he thought Klingons #were basically savages - he is INDELICATE to say the least #Neelix is careful with his words bc he's a people pleaser for survival but also he has a tendency to bother people and be overly pushy #and I think he'd do a lot of research and be the one leading the conversation/the reason they get on the topic and continue on it #B'Elanna wouldn't want to talk about it. She wants to talk about it the least. But she must!!!! Bc the episode demands it!!#st voy

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notsonini · 7 days

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DEITY CONVERSATION

Me:*drinking a little wine and venting to Lucifer*

Lucifer:hey-

Me:*continued talking*

Lucifer : gurl listen to me-

Me : huh?Wanna tell me something?*continues venting*

Lucifer :omg GURL LISTEN TO ME RN

Me: huh? Wanna give me a advice ?

Lucifer :NO OHF your mom is nearly home I think you should wash your glass quick and hide it before she sees you.. she gonna beat your ass if she catches you

Me : She is? Oh btw what's your thought on this situation?*pulls out tarot*

Lucifer : oh yeah I'm telling you BUT YOUR MOM IS NEARLY HERE

Me : huh- *hears car pull up*

Me : ....oh SHIT?

Lucifer : exactly 🧍‍♀️

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cocoabuttavasa · 9 months

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the art of constant evolution 🫀

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pickled-flowers · 5 months

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Having very big thoughts about spirituality and humanity.. alas I am never articulate enough so I'm just gonna rent in the tags as always

#IDK #like also im from Quebec and the relation to spirituality/religion here is strange #i wish i could have a conversation with someone about it 😭#and like spirituality is such an important part of the human experience?#hhh idk how to explain what im feeling but #anyways.#im very thankful to have found faith in my life i believe it is making me a better person #a year ago i discovered one of my best friend has very bad religious trauma #her point of view on any and all spirituality was really bad (still sort of is)#but to completely dismiss religion in regard to human life is not the way!!#i was glad to explain to her what religion meant to me and like yea i did grow up thinking religion was a little stupid #but that was because all i was taught about religion was through christian lenses #i truly love discussing with religious people about our beliefs and how it affects our day to day #like my old colleague who was muslim was always happy to talk to me about Islam and her name-sake Aisha #like idk #idk ok!!#spirituality can be very beautiful and i have many feelings about it

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alchemyofmaya · 3 months

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Sometimes rock bottom is the exact place you need to be, so you can finally see.. it’s only up from here. You’ve been down for long enough and you still never gave up on your faith, never lost your hope, instead you surrendered with grace and gratitude. Your belief in the higher power that created you grew stronger through even your darkest days.

In that darkness you were blinded so you couldn’t see that you had to fall to the bottom alone, so you could listen to the parts of you that were needing to be transformed. So you could shed all the dead weight you were carrying that kept you anchored to the ground.

Look at your rock bottom as your season of preparation. You had to really learn yourself, and shamelessly accept, embrace and forgive every repressed part of you. You had to know who you truly are so you could show up as God/dess intended you to.

It’s only up from here. Your season of preparation is ending. It’s time for you to rise higher, walk with purpose into the spaces created with your name on them and show the world why God/dess sent you.

#soul to ego conversations.#divine insights.#show up as God/dess intended you to #spirituality #ascension #the divine cosmic play of consciousness #enlightenment #christ consciousness #new earth #age of aquarius #spiritual

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ev-enhotterthanyou · 2 months

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thinking about jack merridew

#i just. i just #i just love him so much #hes so complex #and so sweet #i get him on a spiritual level #but you guys arent ready for that conversation #jack merridew #lotf #lord of the flies

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biblebloodhound · 1 year

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A Changed Life (Galatians 1:11-24)

Change doesn't need to be dramatic in order to be transformative.

A mosaic of the Apostle Paul in St Isaac’s Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to…

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heartshattering · 26 days

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5 AM

Just me and my overactive mind facing the nighttime again 🙃

#hopefully the meds work but while waiting for them to kick in I get so damn nervous #and sometimes I do get nights where even on my full dose my anxiety is too overpowering and I just. Do Not Sleep #I mean I do eventually but not without spiraling first :')#way before I was prescribed sleep meds my longest was 3 nights without sleep while on a VERY stressful trip #I felt like I was gonna die and I did not sleep until I got off the plane and was back at home #(this was like 15 years ago already but it still haunts me fhfgsgdh)#my best friend and I were having a conversation today #and she was like 'not sleeping can make you hallucinate right?'#and I was like :') I get the hallucinations in other scenarios too #BUT I also get what she meant #not sleeping is really bad for me mentally which is why I can't do 'sleep restriction therapy'#and fun fact #a lot of my OCD obsessions revolve around sleep!!!#which is 'awesome' because laying in bed with insomnia makes my OCD flare up so like #the two get to feed off each other and make my life a living hell!!!#and don't even get me started on my sleep paralysis episodes #(which I like to think of as just my brain misfiring but that my aunt tells me is saints or demons trying to talk to me)#'cause she hallucinates too but hers are like 'spiritual' or whatever #same with my mom's hallucinations as well #and to add fuel to the dumpster fire of my mind and body is the fact I've been overcaffeinating again #which I've known not to do ever since I was in middle school and saw the pediatric cardiologist who specifically said 'hey don't do that'#fast-forward to adulthood and I still haven't learned how to handle anything #like. I have heart meds and sleep meds and migraine meds and IBS meds #and yes meds are good but like. I know you need to incorporate lifestyle changes as well #which I do for like 2 weeks until the next time I fuck up #I've been so irresponsible lately but like. ESPECIALLY today #didn't eat #took some meds on an empty stomach and forgot to take my other ones at all #had too much caffeine #stressed out over some stupid situations thanks to overthinking

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nightmarist · 1 year

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I like the historian on the Hakkon DLC

KENRIC: "When spirits are willing to talk, most historians love the chance of a firsthand report." INQUI: "You're not concerned about the literal existence of an Avvar god?" KENRIC: "Not particularly. If the Jaws of Hakkon once bound their god to a dragon, it's likely just a powerful spirit. (cont.) That isn't to downplay the important cultural significance to the Avvar. But magic does not equate godhood. (cont.) Every Blight comes from the "Old Gods," which are also dagons corrupted by outside influence. (cont.) Sometimes, I wonder if we really know what we mean by gods."

I like this conversation. On one hand it does still have a bit of underlying implication that "The Maker is the Real God & these other gods are not real gods, just spirits, mortals" etc ignorance, but it does bring forward the cultural significance of what "god" even means regarding varied definitions per culture.

The Dwarves don't have "gods" per se, they have the Stone, the stone-sense, and the Paragons as a version of Ancestor veneration or Hero Worship (some, to my knowledge, can be Paragons while alive, but I'd have to replay dwarf origins to remember).

The Elves with their destroyed history elevated their circle of immortal beings to godhood mythologically, and while their understanding of their own pantheon has changed over the eras through colonization, they're still a legitimate "type" of god as their pantheon are ascended beings that even predate humans to the point one of the evolved (though incorrect as we find out) mythologies is that the creation/evolution of humans is what made elves lose their magic and isolate themselves.

The Avvar worship spirits and know they're "spirits" (besides the other primordial gods of the pantheon) but do not let that deter them from venerating these animistic beings and gain their blessing the way "real" gods would, which, if a "spirit" does everything a "real" god does, then that.. makes them a "real" god. Because the definition of a "god" is so vast and nebulous an soupy per cultural ideology.

Humans worshiping "The Maker" enjoy the idea of the untouchable, non-literal entity much the same way the Avvar look at their personification of the Sky and Mountain and Winter.

I like this conversation also because, well, the Maker is supposed to live in the Fade. "The Maker" itself could be "just a powerful spirit" , also not to downplay the significance but it's not a bad thing to be tangible or intangible. It's a real world conversation, also, gods that are tangible (animism, personification, etc) vs intangible are no better nor lesser than each other culturally (despite, you know, ignorance, elitism, colonization, etc).

Not only that but, if the Maker and the Tevinter Imperium and the Elves and Spirits all existed so long ago, Elves even before humans, and the idea that Solas/Dreadwolf is the individual who created the Veil and split the material and ethereal worlds apart to trap the "gods" that could very well include "The Maker"

I know I've been ornery about the way Dragon Age seemingly treats non-chantry (non-christian) religions, but I can 100% forgive characterized ignorance if it does turn out "oh, the Maker is also one of the spirits-turned-god and the idea of what is a god varies culture to culture whether its a powerful, elevated mortal, a powerful (conditional?) immortal, an ethereal entity like a spirit, a spirit taking mortal form, and many others, as they are al part of this ecosystem and thus can each be venerated accurately and appropriately with no real right or wrong answer" or some other interesting twist. DA gods dont have to be "just" spirits or "just" mortals turned immortal etc, they can all be "gods" without downplaying their influence and power and apotheosis.

Sidenote, I wonder if the Avvar would think of someone/thing like Cole to be blessed or apothesized.

I get so excited when it comes to mythology, real world and fictional. They're so much fun, and the conversation, again real world or fictional, can also be fun.

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #reminds me of the conversations we used to have both on witchblr and in pagan communities #as well as in my religious studies and anthropology classes #my belief is XYZ and its true for Me but I can accept and respect your ABC belief as true for You at the same time #silly video game dlc reawakening my passion for history and culture and providing a good oil to my rusty spiritual and religious work

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lazyyogi · 1 year

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A good conversation point when talking to a new person:

“There is something you do for others, like your job, and then there is something you do for yourself. What do you like to do for yourself?

Getting people talking about whatever excites or enlivens them is always by far the supreme direction for enjoyable conversation.

#spirituality #love #compassion #social #relationship #friendship #conversation

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noninetofivebaby · 1 year

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They want deep conversations but they can't hold conversations.

#quotes #spirituality #art #mine #aesthetic #spilled thoughts #life quote #wisequotes #vibe is key #conversation #noninetofivebaby

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age-of-moonknight · 4 months

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House of M: Avengers (Vol. 1/2007), #5.

Writer: Christos N. Gage; Penciler: Mike Perkins; Inker: Andrew Hennessy; Colorist: Raul Trevino; Letterer: Rus Wooton

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 58163 #House of M: Avengers #Moon Knight comics #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Iron Fist #Danny Rand #I guess I wanted to give these panels their own post because there’s just….something about them I wanted to discuss more #this is diving dangerously close to «personal opinion» territory (so please feel free to ignore all that follows)#but I guess I just wish this point had been developed a bit more because for the past 5 issues Marc’s refused to change because the cowl’s #«spiritual significant» to him and I’m (again personally) of the idea that something that important to someone is not easily foregone #idk this is probably stemming more from the long conversations I’ve had about «when outward displays of faith become dangerous #when should you start changing what you do? Should you ever? Is it a greater show of faith to continue on despite the danger?#Do you only practice in secret? Or is doing whatever you must to survive a greater show of endurance #living and working to make the necessary changes within the system so that one day you might be able to practice openly in peace?»#sorry for getting philosophical and sorry for being perhaps unfair to a friggin comic book particularly for a minor character #but I’m feeling a little uncharitable because I was dodging violence against women/close up shots of women’s rears this entire series #(if this post looks a little weirdly cropped it’s because I chose to exclude the panel where unlike what Danny + Marc get here #there’s a very male-gaze look at Angela and Felicia undressing)#and again! (at least on that second point because that might have been entirely Perkins’ doing) I might be being a little unfair #but that sort of content doesn’t inspire me to believe that the creators were asking complex questions when they had Marc hang up his #spiritually significant hood but maybe were thinking things like «is spirituality really /that/ significant compared to tactical efficacy?»#something that…gets me when about a guy who has demonstrated that spirituality is uniquely/complexly important to him #anyway this is entirely my opinion on something that is very much up to reader interpretation so please ignore me rambling #(and quite possibly simply blowing things completely out of proportion) in the tags hahaha

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alchemyofmaya · 2 months

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A download that’s been coming through for a while and just turned into a stream of consciousness I could understand —

It’s all written. Every bit of you and your life was chosen. We made these soul contracts at the beginning of time, at the beginning of the Soul’s manifestation.

Every experience you’ve had, every person you’ve met, every moment and breath has been planned — no matter if the ego believes this or that should or shouldn’t have happened.

When we seek to know and understand ourselves on the path of self-discovery, and begin to go deeper within to rise higher, life will change, your path will begin to diverge from the road you and everyone else were riding unconsciously down on, onto a path less taken.

Every person you’ve ever met has played their role to perfection. When you come across a soulmate, you enter their life as a catalyst that unknowingly triggers within them a remembrance of their own true reality.

Now everyone is on their own chosen paths, with the illusion of free will through the choices that are presented to them, based on their perception that is shaped through the type of nurturing from their environment and their genetics & personal nature.

When you meet a soulmate on your journey — those friends that feel like home, those lovers you will forever cherish, the loved ones that departed, and the family that keeps you grounded — your presence in their life is an invitation.

You trigger people’s awakening. But only they choose how far they want to go. We feel like we can’t go higher without the ones we love, but the longer you stay on your path, you realize the journey is meant to be taken alone.

So when you are grieving the relationships that didn’t last, the people that aren’t beside you on your journey anymore. They all made a choice. You played your roles in each other’s lives exactly as you were meant to. Your presence ignited a spark, that no matter how long it takes — they come home too.

#channeled messages #soul to ego conversations.#spirituality #ascension #enlightenment #new age #age of aquarius #new earth #spiritual journey #soul connections

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chelledoggo · 6 months

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"hey, God?"

"yeah?"

"is everything going to be okay?"

"i can't tell you that."

"why not?"

"i just can't. i'm sorry."

"well then what can you tell me?"

"all i can tell you is that you must be strong. and i'll be with you every step of the way, whether you realize it or not."

"..."

"you're frustrated, i can tell. i'm sorry."

"i get it."

#cw religion #religion cw #progressive christianity #queer christian #spirituality #chelle imagines a conversation with God

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tabernacleheart · 10 months

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Whosoever, He said, commits sin, whether Jew or Greek, rich or poor, king or beggar, is the servant of sin. O miserable bondage! ...when wearied with the hardness of his tasks... whither does the slave of sin flee? He takes it along with him, wherever he goes; for his sin is within him. The pleasure passes away, but the sin does not pass away: its delight goes, its sting remains behind. He alone can free from sin, Who came without sin, and was made a sacrifice for sin. [With these truths,] Christ purposely alarms us first, and then gives us hope. He alarms us, that we may not love sin; He gives us hope, that we may not despair of the absolution of our sin. Our hope then is this, that we shall be freed by Him who is free. He has paid the price for us, not in money, but in His own blood: If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. Not from the barbarians, but from the devil; not from the captivity of the body, but from the wickedness of the soul. [Now] the first stage of freedom is, the abstaining from sin. But that is only incipient, it is not perfect freedom: for the flesh still lusts against the spirit, so that you do not do the things that you would. Full and perfect freedom will only be, when the contest is over, and the last enemy, death, is destroyed. Do not then abuse your freedom, for the purpose of sinning freely; but use it in order not to sin at all. Your will will be free, if it be merciful: you will be free, if you become the servant of righteousness.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

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