#proverbs 3:15-17

[faithfullyfound]

God and Insecurities

God placed this on my heart to talk about so I'm going to share.

I know sometimes it often feels hard to feel beautiful. Throughout middle school and parts of high school, I felt ugly and unwanted. I watched many boys and girls have crushes on my friends, and I watched my friends go through relationships. I saw them being complimented and desired. When I would hang out with my friends people would come up to them and compliment them saying, oh you're very pretty/beautiful while I was happy for my friend I was also envious and a little disheartened that no one came up and said that to me. It can be easy to pick apart your looks and wonder why no one likes you. It can be easy to zone in on your nose, weight, eyes, hair, etc. and feel ugly. As a black girl in predominantly white spaces, I began to feel insecure about my hair and other Afrocentric features. But our worth and beauty are not determined by the attention of others. Psalm 139 is a beautiful passage, outlining how well God knows you in the present, future, and before you were even born. God created you in His image. The creator who made the most beautiful animals, flowers, mountains, oceans, stars, planets, etc. made you not those in His image.

When you feel ugly or even just mediocre, remember who made you.

Psalms 139: 13-14 "For it was you who created me in my most inward parts; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I will praise you because I know I have been beautifully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderous I know this well."

Christian boy or girl, man or woman, know this God loves you, whenever He looks at you He thinks that you are very good. A masterpiece, His wonderful creation.

The world's beauty standards are constantly changing. In the 90s it was in to be super skinny and now it's in to be super curvy and even get BBLs. Do not feel you need to keep up with the world's standards when just by existing in your own body you are keeping up with the Lord's.

(Proverbs 3:15-17 "She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.")

[aressida]

God is testing our hypocrisy, revealing the truth behind what we say and how we live. As it says in Matthew 15:8, 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.' We may hide from others, but not from God. He sees our hearts, like it says in 1 Samuel 16:7, 'People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.' We are called to live out our faith, not just speak it. James 1:22 reminds us to be 'doers of the word, not hearers only.' Through these trials, God refines us, testing our hearts like silver in the furnace (Proverbs 17:3).

[disneynerdpumpkin]

~ Scriptures about forgiveness ~

Matthew 6:15 "But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

Ephesians 4:32 "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."

Colossians 3:13 "Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive."

Daniel 9:9 "To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him."

Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

Proverbs 10:12 "Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses."

Micah 7:18 "Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love."

Mark 11:25 "And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

Luke 17:3-4 "Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him."

Luke 6:37 "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:"

Matthew 6:14 "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:"

1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Isaiah 1:8 "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

James 5:16 "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

[onespncap]

s15e05 -- "Proverbs 17:3"

[lovelibertyrose]

Finding God's Heart Through Questions:

The Gift of Curiosity Introduction: While reading Jonah chapter 3, I was struck by how God’s sovereignty works even through our detours and disobedience. This led to a conversation about my own struggles with God’s calling to write. We discussed the gift of curiosity. We also talked about how we might better care for those with invisible emotional wounds. The Ninevites showed their repentance…

[haydenthewitch]

i love when the spn writers run out of ideas so they just reuse old ideas concepts and storylines lol

[annasanthology]

20 reasons to read your Bible:

To grow in Christ (2 Peter 3:18)

To learn wisdom (Proverbs 4:5)

To be equipped (2 Timothy 3:17)

To teach others (Colossians 3:16)

To know God's will (Romans 12:2)

To find comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3)

To give praise to God (Psalm 56:4)

To hope in His promises (Titus 1:2)

To walk in His ways (Psalm 119:105)

To be sanctified in truth (John 17:17)

To turn away from sin (Psalm 119:11)

To love all the more (Philippians 1:9)

To receive instruction (Romans 15:4)

To listen to correction (2 Timothy 4:2)

To pray more effectively (Matthew 6:9)

To remember the gospel (2 Timothy 2:8)

To remain disciplined (1 Corinthians 9:27)

To look forward to heaven (Colossians 3:1)

To have the mind of Christ (Philippians 2:5)

To keep your eyes upon Jesus (Hebrews 12:2)

[teaboot]

John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

1 Corinthians 15:3-5: For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.

Proverbs 25:17: Let your foot be seldom in your neighbour 's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you

[impaledbyantlers]

a list of sastiel significant episodes in supernatural

every episode that sam and castiel interact in (+ a FEW mentions) this literally has no purpose i just made it cause like why not

season 4

4x07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

4x10 Heaven and Hell

4x16 On the Head of a Pin

4x21 When the Levee Breaks

season 5

5x01 Sympathy for the Devil

5x06 I believe the Children Are Our Future

5x10 Abandon All Hope…

5x13 The Song Remains the Same

5x14 My Bloody Valentine

5x16 Dark Side of the Moon

5x17 99 Problems

5x18 Point of No Return

5x21 Two Minutes to Midnight

5x22 Swan Song

season 6

6x03 The Third Man

6x07 Family Matters

6x10 Caged Heat

6x11 Appointment in Samarra

(balthazar refers to castiel as sam’s boyfriend. so)

6x12 Like A Virgin

6x15 The French Mistake

6x17 My Heart Will Go On

6x18 Frontierland

6x19 Mommy Dearest

6x20 The Man Who Would Be King

6x21 Let It Bleed

6x22 The Man Who Knew Too Much

season 7

7x01 Meet the New Boss

7x17 The Born-Again Identity

7x21 Reading is Fundamental

7x23 Survival of the Fittest

season 8

8x07 A Little Slice of Kevin

8x08 Hunteri Heroici

8x10 Torn and Frayed

8x17 Goodbye, Stranger

8x21 The Great Escapist

8x22 Clip Show

8x23 Sacrifice

season 9

9x03 I’m No Angel

9x09 Holy Terror

9x10 Road Trip

9x11 First Born

9x18 Meta Fiction

9x21 King of the Damned

9x22 Stairway to Heaven

9x23 Do You Believe in Miracles

season 10

10x01 Black

10x02 Reichenbach

10x03 Soul Survivor

10x05 Fan Fiction

(sam literally mentioning “sastiel”)

10x09 The Things We Left Behind

10x10 The Hunter Games

10x14 The Executioner’s Song

10x17 Inside Man

10x18 Book of the Damned

10x20 Angel Heart

10x21 Dark Dynasty

10x22 The Prisoner

10x23 Brother’s Keeper

season 11

11x01 Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire

11x03 The Bad Seed

11x04 Baby

11x06 Our Little World

11x10 The Devil in the Details

11x14 The Vessel

11x18 Hell’s Angel

(any other episodes i missed are because it’s only lucifer/casifier)

season 12

12x02 Mamma Mia

12x03 The Foundry

12x07 Rock Never Dies

12x08 LOTUS

12x09 First Blood

12x10 Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets

12x12 Stuck in the Middle (With You)

12x19 The Future

12x23 All Along the Watchtower

season 13

13x01 Lost and Found

13x05 Advanced Thanatology

13x06 Tombstone

13x07 War of the Worlds

13x13 Devil’s Bargain

13x14 Good Intentions

13x16 Scoobynatural

13x18 Bring ‘em Back Alive

13x19 Funeralia

13x21 Beat the Devil

13x22 Exodus

13x23 Let the Good Times Roll

season 14

14x01 Stranger in a Strange Land

14x02 Gods and Monsters

14x03 The Scar

14x07 Unhuman Nature

14x08 Byzantium

14x09 The Spear

14x10 Nihilism

14x12 Prophet and Loss

14x13 Lebanon

14x14 Ouroboros

14x15 Piece of Mind

14x18 Absence

14x19 Jack in the Box

14x20 Moriah

season 15

15x01 Back to the Future

15x02 Raising Hell

15x03 The Rupture

15x05 Proverbs 17:3

(sam texting cas)

15x07 Last Call

15x08 Our Father, Who Aren’t in Heaven

15x09 The Trap

15x11 The Gamblers

15x12 Galaxy Brain

15x13 Destiny’s Child

15x15 Gimme Shelter

15x17 Unity

15x18 Despair

[aestariiwilderness]

Abortion is Murder & Unbiblical

The Bible does not use the word abortion. How could it? The term itself as a procedure wasn't invented yet! However, the Bible does cover: 

Humanity's inherent value and rights as (uniquely among creation) made in the image of God

Murder

Child/infant murder as something abhorrent to God

Life's beginnings, indirectly (although that also has biological support) 

Legal ramifications of killing a child in the womb 

How God sees and interacts with children in the womb 

How we as His followers are meant to treat children 

What He expects us to do for the defenseless and vulnerable (i.e., the most defenseless and vulnerable human imaginable is the one in the womb) 

And how the question of following Him and His Word is what makes or breaks the difference between a Christian and someone who claims the name but is tragically unsaved  Below are some verses and some additional explication (partial credit: @glowsticks-and-jesus)  

Proverbs 31:8 

Luke 1:44 

2nd Kings 17:17 

Jeremiah 19:5 

Genesis 9:6 

Exodus 21:22-25 

Matthew 7:20 - 23 

John 15:14 

1st John 1:5-10, 2:3-6 

Exodus 20:13 

Mark 10:13-15 Leviticus 20:3-5 (https://biblehub.com/hebrew/mizzaro_2233.htm) 

Matthew 18:10, 14

Psalm 22:10

Jacob & Esau, John the Baptist, Samson, etc. 

Judges 16:17  Glowsticks-and-Jesus Collection:

"Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.'"Jeremiah 1:4-5

"The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name."Isaiah 49:1

John the Baptist leaped in Elizabeth’s womb when Mary greeted her cousin (Luke 1:39-45), an example that babies in utero are responsive human beings already aware of the outside world.

The righteous Hebrew midwives at the time of Moses pleased God by saving babies deemed unworthy of life by the authorities of their day (Ex. 1:15-21).

 As an additional note -- these references are included above, but worth a second mention -- it's plain that child sacrifice - child murder - is something that God abhors and explicitly does not command. I'd look here (https://biblehub.com/jeremiah/19-5.htm) and here (https://biblehub.com/2_kings/17-17.htm) and check out the cross-references as well. Likewise, there is direct support for laws against murder and the protection of the unborn (up to capital punishment) in the Bible (Genesis 9:6; Exodus 21:22-25  -- an additional reference here included about the common misunderstanding of the latter verses: https://www.str.org/w/what-exodus-21-22-says-about-abortion).

In summary -- it's possible (although, I believe, it does deprive its proponents of a foundational basis for the value of life) to be both secular and anti-abortion. But it is not possible for a Christian who truly understands their faith, their God, and His Word to be pro-abortion.

[thespiritualencourager]

🚩 DECIDING WITHOUT PRAYING

(Read Joshua 9:1-15)

The Gibeonites wanted Israel to make a league with them, which was contrary to God's instructions. God had said all the Canaanites were to be destroyed. Unfortunately, the leaders of Israel believed the lying Gibeonites and did as they suggested.

We are no match in ourselves for satan's subtle ways. We can defeat him only as we remember the admonition of Proverbs 3:5-7 to trust in the LORD with all our hearts and to lean not on our own understanding.

We are to acknowledge God in all our ways, and He will direct our paths. It is when we turn to Him that He gives us wisdom.

Israel's problem was that they were presumptuous, acting on the basis of their own wisdom. In our case Christ has been made unto us wisdom, but we must watch.

Be especially careful of decisions that have to be made under pressure. This is an area I have been careful about with regard to my own life, and it has paid off.

When someone comes along and tells me that I have to make a decision right now because the opportunity might be gone by tomorrow, then I am even more on the alert. That kind of argument, particularly with spiritual things involved, could be satan's subtle way of deception.

Many persons have been led from the work of the LORD into side issues because they made decisions suddenly without consulting God.

“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” —Ephesians 5: 15 – 17 (NASB)

— Theodore Epp

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[blackhistorystoryteller]

AFRICAN PROVERBS AND THEIR MEANINGS

This is a message to my black brothers and sisters

Learn about African proverbs and know your culture is filled with poetry

1) Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet.

Meaning: You don’t jump straight into a situation without thinking about it first.

2) Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.

Meaning: If you don’t make efforts to acquire knowledge then you would not expect to have it and if you do not put the knowledge you have to use, you cannot expect to gain anything from it.

3) Sugarcane is sweetest at its joint.

Meaning: Good and sweet things of life may appear difficult to achieve but in the end, it is worth it.

4) If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended forgive.

Meaning: This is as simple as it sounds: If you upset someone, apologise to him or her. If someone upsets you, forgive him or her because what goes around, comes around.

5) Don’t set sail using someone else’s star.

Meaning: Avoid copying someone else. Just because someone has been successful in what he/she does should not be what will make you to do the same thing and expect to be successful.

6) The best way to eat an elephant in your path, is to cut him up into little pieces.

Meaning: The best approach to solving a problem is to take it bit by bit; one at a time.

7) A restless feet may walk into a snake pit.

Meaning: If someone is busy doing nothing or is involved in what he does not know about, it is easy for him/her to get into trouble.

8) A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches.

Meaning: You can easily foresee the future of something through the character and tell-tale signs it exhibits today.

9) After a foolish deed comes remorse.

Meaning: Feeling sorry always follows a foolish act.

10) A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness.

Meaning: What goes around, comes around so whatever you sow, you shall reap.

11) He who does not know one thing knows another.

Meaning: No one knows everything, but everyone knows something.

12) A roaring lion kills no one.

Meaning: You cannot achieve or gain anything by mere sitting around and just talking about it.

13) Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.

Meaning: Do not insult someone who is taking care of your responsibility or taking care of you.

14) When a king has good counsellors, his reign is peaceful.

Meaning: What defines a man is the circumstances and people around him and if they are good, he turns out good.

15) It takes a whole village to raise a child.

Meaning: The society is responsible for the moral characters it creates and everyone in a community should be responsible for helping to train a child irrespective of who the parents are; offering correction where they are needed.

16) If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings.

Meaning: If you prepare and allow yourself to be well trained when you have the opportunity, you will achieve a lot and be favoured in due course.

17) The Rain does not fall on one roof.

Meaning: Trouble comes to everyone at one time or another.

18) Life is like a mist or a shadow; it quickly passes by.

Meaning: Life is too short, and you only live it once.

19) Wherever a man goes to dwell, his character goes with him.

Meaning: What defines a man is his character which is, inseparable from him and follows him everywhere he goes.

20) Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

Meaning: Don’t look at your mistakes; look at what caused your mistakes, otherwise you may repeat the same mistake again.

He who sees an old hag squatting should leave her alone; who knows how she breathes?

Meaning: You should never interfere in someone's issues, particularly when you do not know anything about them.

Anger against a brother is felt on the flesh, not in the bone. Meaning: You should forget and forgive anything your relatives did to you.

Maize bears fruits once and dies because it is not rooted in the ground. Meaning: You will never get to the top and stay prosperous without a good foundation.

He who will swallow the 'udala' seed must consider the size of his stomach. Meaning: 'Udala' seed is an apple seed. It is never digested in the stomach

[redbecomesher]

GRACE UPON GRACE E:23

Was That A Dream.. Or A Word From God?

Hi y’all, today we are going to discuss prophetic dreams and more specific if our dreams are a word from God or not! We are going to go over 1. Does It Line Up With Scripture 2. Does It Point To Jesus Or Godly Direction? 3. Is It Clear, Or Does It Leave You In Fear/Confusion 4. Does It Stir Your Spirit After Waking 5. Has It Been Confirmed In Prayer Or Through Others? So let’s begin<33

Does It Line Up With Scripture?

God never contradicts His word. If your dream involves something unbiblical, it’s not from Him—no matter how vivid or emotional it felt. God does not speak in contradiction to His own word. The Holy Spirit and the Bible always agree. Even prophetic dreams should leave us into deeper truth, repentance, or awareness, never toward confusion or sin.

Does It Point To Jesus Or Godly Direction?

God doesn’t give prophetic dreams for entertainment. They usually point toward repentance, preparation, or a closer walk with Him. If the dream draws your heart to pray, warn others, or trust God more, it could be prophetic.

God doesn’t only speak through pastors—He can speak through you, especially in a dream, when your defences are down and your heart is still.

Ask yourself: “Is this dream pushing me toward Jesus or away from Him?”

Is It Clear, Or Does It Leave You In Fear/Confusion?

Not every intense dream is prophetic. Some are just emotional leftovers from our day. But even prophetic warnings from God don’t carry fear the way nightmares do—they bring a sense of urgency, not terror. A true dream from God will often carry peace, even if it’s calling you to act.

Fear that causes confusion, panic, or hopelessness isn’t from God.

Does It Stir Your Spirit After Waking?

When a dream from God happens, you know—because it lingers. You don’t forget it an hour later like a normal dream. You might feel a heavy presence, a deep sense of clarity, or like God is still nearby. It might even bring you to ears without knowing why.

These dreams often come with symbols, spiritual themes, or unexplainable peace. Even if you don’t understand them right away, they’ll sit in your heart for days, months or even years.

Has It Been Confirmed In Prayers Or Through Others?

God confirms His voice. You don’t have to guess alone. After a dream, bring it to prayer. Ask the Holy Spirit, “Was this from You?” Many times, God will confirm it through Scripture, a song, or a message at church, or even someone else’s dream or word.

You can also talk to someone wise and spiritually grounded—a Christian mentor, pastor, or parent in the faith. Don’t keep big spiritual dreams to yourself. God often gives pieces of the same message to different people.

I hope y’all enjoyed this subject and learnt a thing or two! Let me know if you have any questions about this episode or any other episode of ‘Grace Upon Grace’<3 Read your bibles, pray, and worship today, remember God loves you and God bless 🤍<333 Till next time…

ACTS 2:17 (NIV)

“In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.”

JOB 33:14-15 (NIV)

“For God does speak—now one way, now another—though no one perceives it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds..

JEREMIAH 33:3 (NIV)

‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

PROVERBS 3:5-6 (NIV)

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

DANIEL 2:28 (NIV)

“but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you were lying in bed are these:

[tokidokitokyo]

ことわざ 19/?

ことわざ are Japanese proverbs, and I have listed some basic proverbs, their equivalents in English, and a rough translation of the meanings of the Japanese phrase.

There is a test for ことわざ called the ことわざ能力検定 (ことわざのうりょくけんてい) and these are some of the phrases that appear in level 8 or 8級 (10 being the lowest level). For the time being, try one or two of these out the next time you speak with a native Japanese speaker!

More ことわざ (こと検9級): 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Even More ことわざ (こと検10級): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

青い鳥

あおいとり

happiness taken for granted

from the play The Blue Bird, where two siblings search for the bluebird of happiness while the bluebird was actually in a cage in their home all along

足元から鳥が立つよう

あしもとからとりがたつ

① suddenly

② without warning; out of nowhere

the way birds take off from under foot as you approach

虻蜂取らず

あぶはちとらず

one who runs after two hares will catch neither

a spider trying to get both flies and bees catches neither

蟻の穴から堤も崩れる

ありのあなからつつみもくずれる

little strokes fell great oaks

a hole dug by an ant can collapse a dam

蟻の歩み

ありのあゆみ

a snail's pace

an ant's walking pace

蟻の這い出る隙もない

ありのはいでるすきもない

a tight perimeter

so tight there is no space for an ant to crawl out

生き馬の目を抜く

いきうまのめをぬく

sharp as a tack

rip out the eye from a living horse

鶍の嘴の食い違い

いすかのはしのくいちがい

a difference of opinion; a discrepancy

a difference of opinion that doesn't line up like the bill of a crossbeak (bird)

鼬ごっこ

いたちごっこ

a game of cat and mouse

playing weasel

鼬の最後っ屁

いたちのさいごっぺ

hitting the panic button

a weasel's last-ditch fart

犬に論語

いぬにろんご

like talking to a wall

teaching the Analects of Confucius to a dog

犬の尾を食うて回る

いぬのおをくうてまわる

chasing your tail

a dog running in circles trying to bite its tail

犬は人に付き猫は家に付く

いぬはひとにつきねこはいえにつく

a dog is loyal to its master, a cat, to its home

a dog sticks by a person and a cat sticks with its home

犬は三日飼えば三年恩を忘れぬ

いぬはみっかかえばさんねんおんをわすれぬ

dog is man's best friend

feed a dog for 3 days, it won't forget that kindness for 3 years

烏合之衆

うごうのしゅう

a disorganized mob

like a group of crows together (also 烏合の衆)

牛に引かれて善光寺参り

うしにひかれてぜんこうじまいり

serendipity

from a story where an old lady sees the neighbor's cow pull her garment off the clothesline, so she chases it and ends up visiting Zenkoji Temple, where she is enlightened

牛の歩み

うしのあゆみ

a snail's pace

a cow's walking pace

牛を馬に乗り換える

うしをうまにのりかえる

to trade a loser for a winner

switch from riding a cow (slow) to riding a horse (fast)

有象無象

うぞうむぞう

the unwashed masses

all manner of beings having form or lacking form

鰻の寝床

うなぎのねどこ

a long, narrow interior

an eel's bed

鰻登り

うなぎのぼり

① upward momentum

② skyrocketing; going through the roof

a rising line that looks like an eel

鵜の真似をする烏

うのまねをするからす

a poor man's …

a crow imitating a cormorant

鵜呑みにする

うのみにする

① to take at face value

② to swallow hook, line and sinker

to swallow something whole like how a cormorant eats

鵜の目鷹の目

うのめたかのめ

search like a hawk

cormorant eyes and hawk eyes (birds that search for prey from the sky and dive in for the kill)

馬が合う

うまがあう

to get along well; to have a lot in common

like a perfect match of rider and horse

馬には乗ってみよ人には添うてみよ

うまにはのってみよひとはそうてみよ

walk a mile in someone else's shoes

ride a horse or spend time beside a person before you judge them

馬の背を分ける

うまのせをわける

raining here but clear the next town over

like how rain will divide a horse's back, water runs down one side and the other stays dry

馬の耳に念仏

うまのみみにねんぶつ

like talking to a wall

speaking Buddhist prayers into the ear of a horse

梅に鶯

うめにうぐいす

goes together like spaghetti and meatballs; goes together like eggs and bacon

goes together like plums and nightingales

燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや

えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや

the small-minded cannot comprehend the ambitions of the great

how can small birds like swallows and sparrows understand the will of large birds like geese and swans

老いたる馬は道を忘れず

おいたるうまはみちをわすれず

an old horse never loses its way

an old horse never forgets the road home

鸚鵡返し

おうむがえ��

parroting; blindly repeating

returning words like a parrot

陸に上がった河童

おかにあがったかっぱ

a fish out of water

a kappa up on land

同じ穴の狢

おなじあなのむじな

of the same stripe

badgers of the same hole

鬼が出るか蛇が出るか

おにがでるかじゃがでるか

what horrible fate awaits us…?

will a demon come out? or just a snake?

鬼の居ぬ間に洗濯

おにのいぬまにせんたく

while the cat's away the mice will play

laundry while the demon is not here (demon is a metaphor for the head of the household; 洗濯=命の洗濯 meaning to take a load off and relax)

鬼の首を取ったよう

おにのくびをとったよう

beaming with pride

like you took the head of the demon

鬼も十八、番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはち、ばんちゃもでばな

to everything there is a season

even demons are lovely at 18, a flower blooms even from Bancha (coarse tea)

尾鰭が付く

おひれがつく

embellished; a tall tale

a story with a tail fin stuck on

[study-with-aura]

Friday, May 16, 2025

I'm done with my finals and I passed all of them as well as getting top marks in all of my courses for this past year. I am so glad to be done! I still have another week of ballet left and piano with my practical exam on May 28. We also still have some Girl Scout things to wrap up including our bridging ceremony, which I'm helping out our service unit with on the day of the event. That will be May 29. Then I have a weekend camp to prep for one of my summer trips, but mom will be with me at this camp.

I'll get an academic year wrap-up posted sometime this weekend hopefully. Mom needs to confirm all of my grades for the school year before I've officially completed 10th grade, but that's only her signing off on it for her records in case future universities need proof of anything since I'm homeschooled.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!🦄

Tasks Completed:

Algebra 2 - Final Exam (100%)

American Literature - Submitted Final Writing Project (98%) + gave oral presentation + final exam (93%)

Spanish 3 - Presented speech (98%) + vocabulary final (100%)

Bible 2 - Read Mark 15:42-47 and Mark 16

Early American History - Final Exam (110% + extra credit offered)

Earth Science with Lab - Presented report (110% + extra credit offered)

Art Appreciation - Final Exam (100%)

Khan Academy - None today

Duolingo - Studied for approximately 15 minutes (Spanish + French + Chinese) + completed daily quests

Piano - Practiced for two hours

Reading - Read pages 7-45 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Chores - Vacuumed my bedroom, the study, and the front room + swept and mopped the kitchen floor

Activities of the Day:

Personal Bible Study (Proverbs 11:17)

Group Bible Study (Psalms 3, 4, 12, 13, 28, and 55)

Volunteered 2 hours at the mission

Ballet

Variations

Journal/Mindfulness

[girlbloggercher]

how to read the Bible

this is in order!

1. John

2. Mark

3. Matthew

4. Luke

5. Genesis

6. Exodus

7. Leviticus

8. Numbers

9. Dueteronomy

10. Romans

11. Galatians

12. Colossians

13. Proverbs

14. Ecclesiastes

15. Job

16. 1 Peter

17. 1 Corinthians

18. 2 Corinthians

19. Ephesians

20. Philippians

21. 1 Thessalonians

22. 2 Thessalonians

23. 1 Timothy

24. 2 Timothy

25. James

26. 2 Peter

27. 1 John

28. 2 John

29. 3 John

30. Jude

31. Psalms

32. Joshua

33. Judges

34. 1 Samuel

35. 2 Samuel

36. 1 Kings

37. 2 Kings

38. 1 Chronicles

39. 2 Chronicles

40. Ezra

41. Nehemiah

42. Jeremiah

43. Lamentations

44. Ezekiel

45. Joel

46. Amos

47. Obadiah

48. Nahum

49. Habakkuk

50. Zephaniah

51. Haggai

52. Zechariah

53. Malachi

54. Micah

55. Hosea

56. Luke

57. Esther

58. Jonah

59. Song of Solomon

60. Acts

61. Titus

62. Philemon

63. Hebrew

64. Isaiah

65. Daniel

66. Revelation