#A Call To Prayer

[elmp]

A Call To Prayer

Confusing my dog

With the sounds of my farts brings

Me a wholesome joy

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

God Wants Us to Pray for Everyone

1 First of all, I ask that you pray for all people. Ask God to bless them and give them what they need. And give thanks. 2 You should pray for rulers and for all who have authority. Pray for these leaders so that we can live quiet and peaceful lives—lives full of devotion to God and respect for him. 3 This is good and pleases God our Savior.

4 God wants everyone to be saved and to fully understand the truth. 5 There is only one God, and there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Christ Jesus, who as a man 6 gave himself to pay for everyone to be free. This is the message that was given to us at just the right time. 7 And I was chosen as an apostle to tell people that message. (I am telling the truth. I am not lying.) I was chosen to teach those who are not Jews to believe and understand the truth.

Special Instructions for Men and Women

8 I want the men everywhere to pray. Men who lift their hands in prayer must be devoted to God and pleasing to him. They must be men who keep themselves from getting angry and having arguments.

9 And I want the women to make themselves attractive in the right way. Their clothes should be sensible and appropriate. They should not draw attention to themselves with fancy hairstyles or gold jewelry or pearls or expensive clothes. 10 But they should make themselves attractive by the good things they do. That is more appropriate for women who say they are devoted to God.

11 A woman should learn while listening quietly and being completely willing to obey. 12 I don’t allow a woman to teach a man or tell him what to do. She must listen quietly, 13 because Adam was made first. Eve was made later. 14 Also, Adam was not the one who was tricked. It was the woman who was tricked and became a sinner. 15 But women will be saved in their work of having children. They will be saved if they continue to live in faith, love, and holiness with sensible behavior. — 1 Timothy 2 | Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) The Holy Bible, Easy-to-Read Version Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International. Cross References: Genesis 2:2; Genesis 2:22; Genesis 3:6; Genesis 3:13; Genesis 3:16; Ezra 6:10; Psalm 24:4; Psalm 28:2; Proverbs 7:10; Proverbs 31:25; Jeremiah 29:7; Ezekiel 18:23; Ezekiel 18:32; Matthew 1:1; Matthew 20:28; Mark 1:15; Luke 1:47; Acts 4:12; Acts 9:15; Romans 9:1; Romans 13:1; 1 Corinthians 14:34; 1 Timothy 1:1; 1 Timothy 1:14; Titus 2:5

[kan-be]

a bit late but would you consider drawing Barbie Francis sobbing about being called a fascist?

i’m late too and not even a bit but here he is, ugly crying i would say

[mebis-art-dump]

Sleeping God, to see thee as thou once existed, with land and dream and devotion, We would give our mind…

[toxooz]

anyway the comic update should be next week (3pgs left) until then a ghillie König warm up scribble bc i finally caved and got the sloth pak and am Obsessed with how much more creepy he looks 😞👐

the pic that started it all:

[violottie]

ah i can only imagine the peace that comes with hearing that!!!!!

"For the first time in five months, a Palestinian activist captures the call to prayer in Northern Gaza, where the Occupied State of Palestine (OSP) has destroyed most of the mosques and continues to deprive residents of electricity and food, aiming to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the northern parts of Gaza." from Call 2 Action Now, 08/Mar/2024:

"Despite suffering so much oppression and still having so much faith is truly powerful. This is what inspires us to keep fighting for a #FreePalestine and we will not give up!

❤️Every Friday, come together and double your prayers for the suffering people of Palestine and the Middle East.🕊️ Let us pray for peace across the world. 🌎

[fictionadventurer]

The worst part about reading in a genre where you have low expectations (in this case, Christian historical fiction) is that when a book impresses you, you have no idea if it's actually good or if you're just overly impressed because it was a fraction of a degree better than the usual garbage.

[bancaishi]

he said, ‘it is new, indeed, for i made it last night in a dream of strange cities; and dreams are older than brooding tyre, or contemplative sphinx, or garden-girdled babylon.’

illustration for "the call of cthulhu" by h.p. lovecraft

[mg-bsl381]

Rosalind and Nancy seek solace with the nuns in the chapel (13.3)

[ididoktoday]

I bet you did the best you could today.

May you come to see that performance as the most any human could ever ask of you.

I bet you made the best choices you could with the information you have.

May you come to understand all the lessons the Universe has to teach you.

I bet you regulated your emotions with as much skill as you were taught by those who cared for you when you were young.

May you come to befriend your full spectrum of emotions and come to see them as helpful information that you engage with consciously and curiously.

I bet you cared for your body with as much love as you’ve been led to believe you deserve.

May you come to see yourself as deserving as much love as the whole Universe holds.

[bonefall]

How does Gorseclaw view all this? Sure, he probably got a lot of good boy points with Starclan for what he did, but also the blood of most of his family on his hand, and also directly responsible for a curse, and also Skyclan came back anyways. What was his life in Thunderclan afterwards, does he regret this or does he stand by what he did?

He stands by it. He stands by it firmly.

Ripplestar and Spottedpelt attacked a Gathering. Their last ditch effort to pummel the Clans into submission and bring back people who were already gone. They would brutalize the people in front of them for those they had never met-- and they dragged rebels of every Clan into it, too.

They tried to use strength to get what they wanted and were outpowered. As was SkyClan. This is the way of the Clans.

Gorseclaw doesn't see himself as responsible for the curse. THEY did it. He did what he had to do and they couldn't accept it. Sore losers practicing dark magic, punishing him and his descendants through the generations...

You might think he has a ferocious personality, like Oakstar, Frecklewish, Tigerstar, etc. He doesn't. He has the composure of a businessman who made a descisive and painful choice. It hurt him to do what they compelled of him, and he blames them for all this grief.

He lived this way for the rest of his natural life, peacefully, rationally explaining away any guilt that nagged at him. He did what he had to. And when invoked by his descendants, he comforts them on that principle.

Do what you must, remember the cost, for others will also do what they must.

When SkyClan comes back and Cloudstar stands before him, Gorseclaw says nothing. So it survived, without Ripplestar to bring it back. Why should he feel guilt for this? It all turned out fine, and if it didn't, then they weren't strong enough to be fetched back in the first place.

I think, over time, he comes to be used by Clan cats as a God of Conflict with SkyClan. Invoking him in front of a SkyClan cat can be openly insulting, but is sometimes done in the face of SkyClan invoking controversial figures of their own-- Brokenstar, Spottedpelt, Ripplestar, etc.

Gorseclaw accepts this placement, not regretting or trying to discourage it. So be it. This shall be his role.

[thef155]

While I hate hate hate that Carlos has to go through this heartbreak, here’s the

(Thick) Silver Lining PSA:

Carlos’s 2025 options before HAM->Ferrari deal:

Sign a 1-year extension to stay in Scarlet Hell, suffer

Stand up for himself and ditch for Sauber 2025/Audi 2026

Carlos’s 2025 options after HAM->Ferrari deal:

Mercedes

Red Bull

Sauber/Audi

Aston Martin

Literally

Every

Team

(That isn’t Ferrari or McLaren)

Make no mistake, Carlos is the top-rated free agent of the season (assuming Fernando isn’t free). This is fact and not opinion.

[downfalldestiny]

Ya Allah 🤲🕌!.

[blessedarethebinarybreakers]

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[drunkdumbfucker]

"Those lovers are mostly gone. These hands remain-; like altars." Natalie Diaz, from The Hand Has Twenty-Seven Bones — : These Hands If Not Gods 

[bird-everyday]

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