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Well, the people in the small fandom I have a sideblog for, which is mostly full of leftists, found out I'm a conservative, and also in the same day found out I'm a Jew... this is not going over well for me. (Lots of people assuming I want them dead, cussing me out, and at least one chanting "from the river to the sea..." at me) 😭. Is it bad that a part of me wishes these people still considered me their friend? All of this hurts, but I think the part of this that hurts the most is that I saw these people as friends and now they hate me.

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Reblogging for reach and praying you find the help you need. Sorry I don't know any lawyers for you

tldr iso a florida barred lawyer willing to do a genuine favor

so in conclusion:

really don't have a chance of rescuing or protecting my toddler son without legal representation

all (and i mean ALL) the legal aid/pro bono/low bono options in the area have already consulted with my abuser (who, and i cannot stress this enough, just hired a fourth lawyer to his case and he's not paying low)

(seriously, ALL. this has been going on for a entirely too long, and i've made it my full time job to speak with every option i could possibly find.)

out-of-county legal aid will not help

got desperate and tried hiring a new lawyer from the other side of the state for very cheap who was unable to obtain access to the full docket after two months, and is withdrawing because the case is Unworkable

it has been eleven months since my evidence has been submitted and eight months since a conference and all of my follow ups are going entirely ignored (the ONLY thing that was responded to was my lawyer's request to withdraw)

i've drained all the options for "local legal aid" "domestic violence advocates" "legal clinics" "i know a paralegal in that state maybe they'll do it at a reduced price." so in a real hail mary, without suggesting one of those, is there any chance anybody knows a lawyer barred anywhere in the state of florida who would genuinely just be able to do a favor? or even a realistic payment plan that isn't "$7.5k this month and then the other $7.5k next month." realistically this case would be obscenely easy to "win" and quick to end if somebody of legal credibility were involved to put a stop to the misconduct.

i do not expect this to be a fruitful request, but i couldn't honestly say i've tried everything if i didn't put the ask out there.

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A reminder to people that Israel is not in a desert. It's up against the Mediterranean Sea. Also, as far as distance from the equater is concerned, it's roughly equivalent with the US American South.

Interesting that 1 Chronicles 11:22 mentions that snow fell that day

The first ever time I read this, I was very surprised that their climate would allow for winter at all

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Like Prev, this year, lamb, but it's different every year for us

Feel free to tag with where you're from!

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Can you imagine God creating Golgatha? Can you imagine Him forming the hill where His beloved Son would be tortured and killed? His hand sweeping the dust to form solid ground. The rocks settling, the grass growing in patches here and there. Can you imagine His anguish at seeing His beautiful creation being used to destroy His own Son? The pain He must have felt as the cross stabbed the earth? When Mary fell to her knees in the dirt, did He shudder? Did He weep not just for His Son, but the hill He brought into existence? Can you imagine the despair and pain? Can you imagine?

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Relatable. Just last weekend someone (a goy) tried to tell me that there's no such thing as "ethnically Jewish" after finding out that that's what I am, and then doubled down when I tried to defend myself and explain why he was wrong. Like, it's one thing when other Jews tell me I'm not Jewish enough to count as Jewish because of my faith in Jesus. It's entirely another when a goy goes up to someone (who he's known for less than 48 hours might I add) and says "you're ethnicity doesn't exist".

Someone tried to tell me that Jews aren't inherently middle eastern because "just because you can trace your ancestry back to a place doesn't make you that ethnicity". ... .. . ...... . .... .. my dude. That's literally what ethnicity is.

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I didn't even catch any of that. Thank you so much for pointing that out. I don't remember if I rebloged that post, but I did see it. Thank you for putting the record straight

I hate that I was right about the OP of the post about Gethsemane and the olives and Jesus. She’s a member of the LDS church and isn’t Christian. Pray for her salvation.

What gave it away was her saying Christ’s blood anoints us to save us and makes us something greater than we could ever be on our own, and her comment on Jesus’ suffering in our stead in Gethsemane instead of on the Cross.

The LDS church teaches that, after our death, if we believe in God and follow his laws, we are made like God instead of given new life and given new bodies but remain, in fact, humans created in God’s image, not intended to become gods ourselves.

The LDS church also teaches that the atonement for our sins happened in Gethsemane instead of on the cross, as the Scriptures teach. Atonement for sins, as taught in Scripture, can only happen through the death of a perfect substitute, as seen with the Passover lamb. Jesus fulfilled the requirement of being a perfect substitute to die for the penalty of our sins in our place.

I understand it may seem like I am harping on these differences unnecessarily, on the day we observe and celebrate Jesus’ death. But these things matter. They especially matter today. It is a matter of salvation that we recognize why Christ died and why we have hope of everlasting life in him alone.

Christ did not just suffer in our place. He died in our place. Because the wages of sin is death; not just physical death, but spiritual death and eternal separation from our Creator. Jesus suffered separation from God and died so that we, believing in him, may live.

And, in three day, he rose again, becoming the first born of the Resurrection and defeating sin and death.

This is our hope.

The OP of the Gethsemane post had a lot of good things to say, and made a lot of fascinating connections, and I acknowledge that and appreciate it. But on this, I cannot stay silent. We will never be anything greater than glorified humans in the resurrection, and the atonement of our sins is only possible because of Jesus’ death.

God bless, my friends.

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I like both 😭. Just not anything from Hillsong or Bethel. (Going to rag on how heretical they are so much when I finally have the energy to start making posts for my biblical-lyrical analysis side blog)

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Oh! Another Parallel that requires some historical context! In ancient Israel, it was illegal to have herds of animals within a certain radius if a city (because of the smell). The only exception allowed was Levite shepherds who were responsible for taking care of the sacrificial lambs. Since these lambs had to be without blemish, they couldn't risk anything happening to them, so they would "bubble wrap" the sheep in swaddling cloth so they couldn't wonder off and get injured. This swaddling cloth would have been made from old, worn out priestly garments torn into strips. (These garments had been consencrated, so even old and worn out they couldn't be used for purposes less than holy).

Thus, at His birth we see Him, our Great High Priest and Sacrificial Lamb, wrapped in priestly garments and guarded by those tasked with guarding the sacrificial lambs.

At His death we see Him fulfill both those roles by sacrificing Himself, both the High Priest and the Lamb.

Losing my mind over the gospel of Luke being like “they wrapped his body in linen cloth and laid him in a tomb” after the beginning of the story being “they wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger” like

I’m absolutely feral

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I'm back from my Tumblr Break! Twas a bit longer than intended, but I'm back

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Taking a break from tumblr. Going to be gone for a week. See yall then

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God's response to prayers for guidance can come in multiple ways. Actively listening for the answer often involves keeping in mind that we serve a sovereign God who is in control of everything that happens, even the minutest details, even the things that have a natural explanation. He designed the laws of nature, and planned the way things work out on their own, and He also has the ability to override the laws of nature when He wants. He is sovereign. Because He is in control of everything, He can use anything to speak through, so keep an eye out for repeated messages coming from unrelated places. Here's some ways He's given me guidance before:

- Spiritual Prompting

- The wise council of other believers (they have the Holy Spirit too!)

- His Word (if you can't hear His voice from His Word, where will you hear it?)

- Sermons (There have been so many times when the sermon is on a topic I've been praying about and I knew for a fact the pastor did not know I had been praying about it)

- The lyrics to Christian Music (both in worship services and in my normal music listening. He can use everything)

- The sudden gaining or losing of opportunities (He's not going to close a door He wanted you to walk through. He is sovereign. Your indecision isn't going to mess up His plan. Also, sometimes He does drop stuff in your lap. Not always, but sometimes. Did a door open with spectacular timing? There are no coincidences with God)

I'm sure there's more I'm not thinking of, but that's a list off the top of my head. Usually, God will answer through more than one of these avenues at once. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between Spiritual prompting and your own emotions, but is that prompting in line with what you're seeing in scripture? What do the wise brothers and sisters in your life say in the matter? Have your morning Bible study and the Sunday sermon this week and the last 5 songs you heard all had the exact same message? God might be saying something.

Also, don't be too afraid of messing this up. Again, we serve a sovereign God. We can't mess up His plan. There is no wrong decision you could possibly make that God hasn't already taken into account. If you misinterpret what He's saying, or mistake your own emotions for His speaking He already knows you're going to do that, and He'll work around it and with it, and He'll correct you eventually. Take comfort in the divine determinism of His sovereignty. Your Father's got this.

Me trying to make a simple decision: does following God’s will simply mean not going out on your own initiative and letting things drop in your lap as God wills, so you know they are from him as you have made no choices? Or does it mean to make choices and simply accept the results as God wills it? To offer the choice as potential and see what God does? And what if it’s a choice you unsure about? What if you are playing a fool by making it but you don’t know because you don’t know the outcome will make you a fool? Must all mortal things be left to chance?

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God is good

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And all the time,

God is good