#letting it go

[dog-in-shining-armor]

[sanders1665]

Did you taste the salt of my tears,

Bitter drops you summoned with scorn?

Did you hurl my whispered love

To the mercy of the unfeeling storm?

Did my hand, once soft on your chest,

Burn like a brand, undesired?

Did you quench your thirst on my blood,

From the wounds your cruelty inspired?

Did your fingers sift through my remains,

Seeking treasure among the wrecked?

Did you carve your name into my pain,

A legacy of neglect?

Now rest, my specter, in the tomb I’ve built,

A prison wrought of ash and guilt.

Here lies the ruin of all we knew—

This grave belongs to me, and you.

[momentsbeforemass]

What do you believe in?

What do you believe in?

For most of us, there are at least two answers to that question. There’s what I like to think of as the official answer.

The one where we talk about our Faith. Or about God. Maybe highlighted by a favorite Bible verse. Or a story about the grace of God in our own lives.

And then there’s the other answer. What I like to think of as the working answer.

It’s the answer that most of us never really think about. But it’s the one that we live. The answer that we give with our time. And it’s the one that shapes who we are.

Based on what we spend our time with, a lot of us believe in things we don’t want.

Because we’re spending our time thinking about things we hope will never happen. Or dwelling on things that frighten us. Or lashing out at things we don’t like.

When we do that, when we spend our time thinking about the things we don’t want. It does something to us.

We start to see everything through the eyes of fear.

We start seeing what we have – whether it’s health, or wealth, or opportunity, or whatever it is we’re saying “mine” about – through the eyes of fear. As all we’ll ever have. As ours to lose.

Our fear of losing what we’re saying “mine” about?

That fear will overshadow everything else in our lives. It will become what we truly believe in.

When it does, it will start closing us off to other people. And to God. Because once it gains the center, fear pushes everyone and everything else away.

If you’re believing in anything other than God, you’re opening the door to fear. Because believing in anything else, including yourself, guarantees that what you believe in will eventually fail. That in the end, you will in fact lose what you have.

Which means your fear will only grow stronger. Because it will be grounded in a self-fulfilling prophecy of loss. 

None of that is what God ever intended for you. It’s why Jesus so focused in today’s Gospel on the importance of what you believe.

Let’s start with the basics.

God loves you. More than you know. God wants the very best for you.

God’s best starts not with what you believe in. But with who you believe in, and the impact that believing in Him has on your life.

Instead of being consumed by fears, fill yourself with God.

Make God your working answer. The answer you give with your time. What does that mean?

It means take all the time that you’re wasting thinking about things you hope will never happen. Or dwelling on things that frighten you. Or lashing out against things you don’t like.

And investing it in God. By thinking about God. Drawing close to God. Just being with God.

But what about all those other things? How do you just turn all that off?

You can’t. Not by yourself. And that’s okay, because you don’t have to.

Just do your best. Then hand it over to God. All of it. The good stuff and the bad stuff.

And keep handing all of it over to God. As many times as it takes. For as long as it takes.

Believe in the simple truth. That the God who loves you is more than capable of taking care of all of it. Whatever it is.

Believe in God. And know that God will take what you did, and make it better than you could ever imagine.

Believe in God.

That means doing your part. Then handing it over to God. And letting it go.

And receiving back from God the peace that only comes with giving it all to Him.

Today's Readings

[destroyerofmountains]

i have mourned for you, for a breathing flesh with no lust, a tongue has never tasted grapes mixed with her own salt. your table is dusty and there is no chair for me to sit, but my mother taught me how to love with patience, without strategy. so i tried to see the color of your table with a cloth on my hand soaked with my own blood tried to get rid of your dust but dust turned into ashes ashes turned into a fire i wasted my handwork for nothing you were still with the fire no smile on your face nor cruelty because you can't be the performer, can't be the fire or can't have any chairs more i'll leave and your table will hug its dust again your walls will never hear a singing voice again you'll never be talented enough to build another chair ones like me could come and go but woman, they should know your table is not dusty, it is made of dust other people are not hell, but you will always be the other one. so i'll take my carnival with me i'll conquer cities and kill gods on a spree. you'll sit and sit and sit with your splendid dusty table to touch you're not even good enough to wait for something my fire wouldn't die out but it can't give you life i wasted my blood for nothing how can you miss the sunlight this much?

[i-really-loved-her]

you break your own heart by telling yourself to give it another shot when you already know it's time to let go.....

[snailkites]

2007 eBird gem

[opera-ghost]

[itsscaredycat]

so ok yeah fine i watched gravity falls again and read the book of bill

[muzzledmikey]

sometimes im like "wow holy shit im being really fucking annoying. i should stop talking" and then i pull out my magic 8 ball and it says "youve always been annoying and your friends chose to talk you anyways. youll be fine" and im like wow thanks magic 8 ball. and then the ogre attacks me

[kensatou]

good thing from jp twitter this week is queen of old man yaoi michiru sonoo discovering the term old man yaoi

update: somehow it got impossibly more wholesome

quick translation: おかえり: welcome home あ 終わった 終わった: ahhh, it's over! it's done! コーヒー? お茶?: coffee? tea? コ~ヒ~ ありがと: coffee, thank you~ ネクタイレア★★ ネクタイ取るレア★★★★: seeing him with a tie on, rarity level ★★, seeing him take a tie off, rarity level ★★★★ にあうな~: it suits him~

also please do follow: AraigumaSha: sensei's twitter account marureviere: maru, who does such valuable work highlighting bl manga for an international audience

[lazylittledragon]

welcome to my crack au where everything was fine and nothing bad ever happened to anyone

[rosenkranz-does-things]

some attempts at vintage pulp covers style

[tawnysoup]

Finally now that the comic is fully public on comicfury, I get to share it with all of you here, too <3

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[afloweroutofstone]

[alucardsinep]