#unseen things

[dbaydenny]

Tracks along the stream,

little hints of what's unseen

cousins to a breeze.

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D W Eldred

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Light of the Gospel

1 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. — 2 Corinthians 4 | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide. Cross References: Genesis 1:3; Judges 7:2; Job 4:19; Psalm 30:5; Psalm 37:24; Psalm 129:2; Proverbs 24:16; Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 40:31; Jeremiah 45:3; Habakkuk 3:17; Matthew 13:22; Luke 21:36; John 1:18; Acts 2:24; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:5; Romans 6:8; Romans 6:21; Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Corinthians 4:15; 1 Corinthians 9:19; 1 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Corinthians 1:6; 2 Corinthians 6:9; Colossians 3:10; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 4:14; 2 Peter 1:1

What does it mean that we have treasures in jars of clay?

2 Corinthians 04 - NIV Dramatized Audio

[thedaily-beer]

Lost Abbey Unseen Things Tropical Rye IPA (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 3 of 4. Definitely get the bright tropical notes in the nose and a nice standard West Coast IPA body. The rye is quite subtle here, but this is a nice IPA.

[wherenymphsplay]

Forbidden Fruit

"I entered a forbidden wood, and the Nymphae and half-goat god bolted from my sight. If any knife has robbed a grove of a shady bough to give ailing sheep a basket of leaves: forgive my offence. Do not fault me for sheltering my flock from the hail in a rustic shrine, nor harm me for disturbing the pools. Pardon, Nymphae, trampling hooves for muddying your stream. Goddess, placate for us the Springs and Fountain Spirits [Naiades], placate the gods dispersed through every grove. Keep from our sight the Dryades and Diana’s bath and Faunus lying in the fields at noon.” - Ovid, Fasti 4.751

This from the Roman poet Ovid who seems to feel the need to avert his eyes from things humans should not see. I’m reminded of the comparatively later poem from the 16th century dramatist John Day:

Graunt that no hobgoblin fright me, No hungrie devils rise up and bite me; No Urchins, Elves, or drunkardes Ghoasts Shove me against Walles or postes. O graunt I may no black thing touch. Though many men love to meet such.

 

Some of us do, some don’t!.

[tom4jc]

September 8, 2023 Verse Of The Day

[justmoreocs-writing]

Information Post

As I wasn't really sure what to do for my OCs, I just wanted to know who interested people, I'm going to do some quick updates for the stories people have showed favour for in different ways.

So, without further ado, I'm going to start with my fanfiction story characters that people asked about during my latest exchange, and who did the best in the most recent polls.

As I'm currently trying to focus on a certain amount of stories at any one time, and only one story per fandom, I'm going to try focus on those.

Harry Potter - Stories of Hope: This story has gone through a lot of different drafts and redrafts over the years. Mostly, it's always been a collection of moments, sometimes told in letter form, other times just as random drabbles. Currently, I'm hoping to work on this as a sequential story, with letters for the beginning and end of it. The story itself follows Hope, a Gryffindor in Fred and George's year, and how their lives are at Hogwarts. The story will be third person, following Hope.

Grimm - Unseen Things: None of my Grimm OCs are actually being worked on at the moment, but the first one on my list to look at is Jessica 'Jessie' Becker. She's a friend of Nick's and Grimm who finds his complete lack of understanding kind of funny. She does her best to help him with things, but given how he's always been more of a mentor to her than the other way around, it causes some issues for her to flip that relationship. Like I said, I've written nothing for her, and don't even have a plan, but her story would probably be first person following Jessie.

Constantine - The Conman and The Investigator: This is the next Constantine story I'm going to try working on (the first finished one was Rising Light, which I wrote with fiercefray). All I know about Charlie so far is that she's an old friend of John's who believes none of his stories about the supernatural. She's a descendant of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but the appeal of the supernatural and psychic and things is something lost in her family. She's a private investigator, and finds herself along for the ride with John one time. Her story would be told in the third person, possibly with some little hints of paperwork that her job would require in chapter titles, or openings.

Stranger Things - A Knife's Edge AND Music and Lyrics: Currently undergoing a planning rewrite so I can actually tell Belle and Mia's stories properly. This was originally focused on series 4, but I realised it didn't feel right to me starting their stories there. I'm hoping to figure out how they fit into things in general so I can write the first series with them before finally making their story for series 4 something I'm really proud of [I've realised, series 4 seems to be a big motivator for me in general; Peaky Blinders did the same]. The story follows both Belle and Mia in the third person, but also Eddie and Robin because of how important they are to the others.

The Librarians - Bedtime Stories: The story follows Bonnie, an old friend of Ezekiel who hasn't actually seen him in a very long time. Her story came about because I was sad the series was over, and I wanted to try my hand at something in that world. I've written a couple of draft chapters for her story, but nothing concrete even though I was happy with them. Some of the tensions she has with the other characters is something I'm really looking forward to exploring. Her story is not a happy one though, which worries me in general. The story would be told in the third person following Bonnie, though it's subject to change.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 214

“I did an oopsie.” 

Clockwork paused in his work, gaze turning from his work towards his ghostling (it didn’t matter if he was an adult, he’d always be his ghostling) who was smiling nervously, avoiding his eyes. 

“Oh?” He kept his tone light, even as he worked on untangling a time knot. Honestly at least Danny was immune to any effect of time, even if he couldn’t look into his timelines in exchange. It came with being the other half of Infinity. 

“Yeeah… you know that corner of the multiverse you told me not to go to because you’re working on some time problems? I might have stumbled into one of the worlds in the corner…” 

He stopped his machinations, fully turning towards Danny- Space, his Core whispered and quivered in utter delight at having an Equal in power- with a raised eyebrow, leaning on his staff and silently telling him to explain. 

Danny poked his fingers together, giving a nervous laugh. “So uh, I was just exploring right? Well me and Ellie, you know how she gets when she can’t wander, and um… I er, we might have messed with some things in the creation of it… I didn’t know it was part of that universe, I swear! It was so far at the fringes and halfway into the Zone and I couldn’t just let a universe die before it began and-”

Oh- Oh! His ghostling (and his grand-ghostlings it sounded like) had claimed his first universe! He could put off these time knots, this was a grand milestone for any Ancient, nevermind such a primordial force as one of theirs.

And this is how a DC world came into being with humans evolving with more avian traits. Like wings. And claws. Look, Dan thought it’d be funny if they gave baby humanity wings and Ellie started rambling about how much farther they could travel if they had them and Danny thought it could be cool. Oh well, time to keep an eye on their itty baby world now…

[anxiousalienwriter]

I'm so excited for buddie to go canon. But I'm almost more excited for the after. Bumping shoulders intentionally. Holding hands. Seeing them wake up together. Seeing them figure out their relationship. All the domesticity we already get but more. Intentionally. One coming up behind the other in the kitchen while they make some meal. Fond touches, fond kisses???? I might die actually. I really don't know if I'll survive. I'm sure this has been said before but I've just been thinking about it all day

[mohntilyet]

veilguard spoilers regarding a josie romance. but can we talk about the letter josie sends to a romanced inquisitor because. i’m sorry. fucking losing my mind at the fact that the inquisitor and josephine are close enough friends with the guy the inquisitor duels in her romance to be invited to meet his third child. implying they’ve been invited to the other two. at a baby shower and getting introduced as the one who dueled the baby’s father because he was trying to steal your girl. antivan romances insane.

NO LITERALLLYYYYY. AND HE’S AN IN LAW. ITS TOO FUNNY. i cannot imagine how they met and how yvette probably was like “teehee…. the man that my sister spurned…. has fallen in love with ME!” and the best/worst part is that ortranto really has. i like to think of them running around with each other and secretly meeting as though their families actually hate each other (they really don’t lol) . the ortrantos would probably be delighted to have their son actually marry a montilyet like they wanted, even better that they’re actually in love and it’s not arranged!

i have this image of josie going like “you can’t marry him. is this a joke, because it’s not funny. i almost embarrassed him! the only reason the ortrantos do not hate us is because he is a very kind man who saw that i was in love with the inquisitor! ….yes i suppose a very kind man like that could love you…….. yes of course i want you to be happy…… yvette gabrielle montilyet, i fear you are not hearing what i’m saying— DON’T SAY YOU ARE ALREADY AN ORTRANTO. DID YOU ELOPE? ah okay. don’t do that. i said don’t do that. yvette come back and listen to me” etc etc

of course i must believe that there was a big scene caused (once again) by a montilyet and ortranto that ends with lord ortranto making a speech where the publicly declares his love for yvette in front of all of antiva city to see and hear. so there’s no backing out from this one. in my mind there’s a rehash of the big “BECAUSE I LOVE HER!” (ortranto, desperate but genuine), “you do?” (completely aghast josie who has somehow missed the fact her sister has been giggling even more than usual), plus an “OF COURSE HE DOES!” (a thrilled yvette) that reminds josie so fondly of her own love story that she's immediately relaxed (and suddenly accepting) about this whole thing <3

[daily-odile]

FINALLY FINALLY HAPPY (VERY LATE) BIRTHDAY ODILE!!!!!

[bratbarzal]

anyways nico hischier has jelly cat face and I won’t be expanding on this

[lexosaurus]

Viewing a World Unseen (Danny Phantom)

Finallyyyy uploaded my piece for @ecto-implosion after so so so much agonizing

But it's here! I went with a more "epic" orchestral style, taking all the motifs from the main theme and outro card and stylizing them throughout! It's one of if not the biggest orchestral pieces I've ever done, and it was super fun to make!

@sillysugargliders wrote a really fun post-accident retelling fic to go along with the music: Viewing a World Unseen

[kagoutiss]

din’s champion

[moonshynecybin]

‘marc is a good liar’ welllllllll ‘marc is a confident liar’ well this we cannot refute

[detambled]

[ardenpodcast]

Please welcome Jordan Cobb, Kristen DeMercurio, Felix Trench and Zach Valenti to the Arden family.