#Turn from sin and turn to God

[wecanbeperfect]

[beetlethebug]

i am thinking about lucanis asking rook to act out a scene from one of his romance novels. bonus points for fem!rooks or normally submissive rooks being asked to take the lead because i think it's extra tasty. lucanis who has gained enough courage to ask rook to read novels aloud to him because their voice is a comfort, and he finds that there is nothing better than laying his head in their lap, their hand idly scratching at his hair as they read to him.

but, perhaps in a way to get himself used to rook saying filthy things to him, the novels he picks start becoming smuttier in nature. and rook does not bat an eye--they read them just the same, fingers tracing idle paths along his temples, sliding down to rest heavy and warm at the base of his neck as they read passages that leave him flustered and aching. but he's good at locking those feelings inside--even as Spite revels in the heat in his blood, vocalizing his desires to deaf ears. "We want. Rook. To treat us. Like this." Declared when the novel's protagonist presses a thigh between the male lead's legs, forcing them open and growling something licentious into his ear.

some of them are softer, too. things that border on simply domestic. a novel where the submissive partner cooks a meal and performs acts of service. hand-feeding the dominant, no sexual act in sight. service and adoration, tender acts of care and affection. a desire tucked within his heart, offered up with the hopes that rook will allow him this. that rook will want the same.

and rook has learned to read Lucanis--is aware of the way he squeezes his eye shut and braces whenever they read a praise aloud. the way his breath hitches when they read a fanciful novel about Antivan crows and the male lead is tracing a blade along the muscle of the romantic interests' neck. how sometimes his thighs will press together, and a little noise will escape, and Lucanis will simply hide his face within their thighs and murmur one swear or another as he tries to disappear.

eventually, rook broaches the subject. soft, and easy, casual in an attempt to keep him from freezing but catches him off guard regardless. "you know, lucanis, these don't have to just be things we read about." a hand scratching at his scalp, a low hum as he sputters and his mind races through every possible fantasy he and Spite have been crafting for the past few months. "You can tell me whenever you're ready, Lucanis." A pause, grin sharpening before they add, "I prefer good boys who tell me what they want."

It is very, very difficult to keep Spite from taking over and kissing Rook senseless.

Eventually Lucanis settles on a passage he feels is safe enough. Brings the book to Rook with hands that don't tremble, despite the fear in his heart. Points out every passage he had lovingly marked, admits the little tweaks he had made with them in mind. And Rook, who loves him more than the sun and the moon, who would do anything he asked with a smile, tells him they'd be more than happy to try. And perhaps the scenes aren't always like the books, but they are perfect. because rook is the one taking care of him, and there is no one else he would trust himself with.

[hinamie]

i have so much band!au content in the pipeline my brain is Rotting but enjoy these two for now

jjk band!au

[deludedplatypus]

Thank you to everyone for all the prayers and support, it means a lot to me!

My grandma's funeral was yesterday, and it was very well done. My family is all doing really well and the Reverend's message was very comforting.

Unfortunately, over the weekend my Oma was in and out of the hospital because she was barely breathing, and even though she's home now, we can't phone her because she's unable to talk because of the coughing.

I just can't seem to get a break right now and it's really starting to wear me down and it's affecting my prayer life and my faith overall. My Opa died in december. My grandma was in palliative care for two months with repeated scares that she was about to die. My Oma is most likely dying. And to top it off, my dad's bipolar-ness is really bad right now and it's terrifying to be around him because I never know how he'll react to anything, and if y'all could just keep me in your prayers that God will give me His peace and that I would always remember that everything is in God's hands, it would mean the world to me.

[thelordismylightandmysalvation]

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.

(Graphic via Verse of the Day - Acts 3:19) NIV

[tummyyummies]

women calling the right to kill children in the womb "women's rights" is like men calling the right to rape women "men's rights", it's illogical and evil bullshit

[paula-of-christ]

"Never assume you’re in a state of grace” Jansenism heretic detected. I'm calling a jesuit strike on that blog as we speak. Everyone else go to confession, take the holy eucharist and love each other.

I think this is in regards to a post where I had reblogged/responded that you should go to confession and then you'd know you're in a state of grace, and then someone else responded with the above quotation but tbh yea. Go to confession, take the Holy Eucharist (as it is the Easter season it is required at least once) and John 13:34-35

"I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

You can absolutely know if you're saved in the moment, we just, as Catholics, do not believe in being unable to lose your salvation.

[roomba-mangga]

to me one of the central questions of wtsh is if yaad had learned the truth about thistle and delgal's relationship at a point when grandpa wasn't fully dead just yet, how would he choose to confront that (because he will and that's a given) while bearing the knowledge that the power to decide who the narrative's villain is is entirely in his hands

[lesbianwyllravengard]

How to tell my mother I would happily go to a church and build a community with other religious people if there was a solid way to tell without a shadow of a doubt that they aren't disgusting bigots.

[wecanbeperfect]

NO KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

Hosea 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

[19catsncounting]

Hey does anyone still think about the thematic differences between Supernatural and the Wayward Sisters and how self-isolating male hunters are compared to community-building female hunters and how this was shown from the Harvelles to even arguably Missouri Mosely and even Samuel Campbell who is his daughter's father almost more than a man himself (especially in Season 6) is not immune to this?

And how the Wayward Sisters could have been built not on sacrificing yourself to this singular all-consuming relationship with your brother and sacrificing yourself for the world second or in name only, but instead on what it takes to cut yourself into useful and digestible pieces for the sake of keeping your place in that community because you're almost certain that it's This Community or Solitude Forever (Alex you can never escape the life no matter how much you don't want it you've gotta pitch in do you want your family to die on this hunt Claire you know you'll never find anyone to love you unless you make yourself softer and then are they really loving you are you even worthy of love anymore Jody your husband and son would still be alive if you listened and learned you can't lose another child in every sense you can't quite let your children be defenseless children either and you know so well how sick this fear makes you and how you're dealing with it the wrong way your son got to be a child but your daughters can't be that vulnerable Even Donna you have Your Role to play here you're not good enough as a hunter but you're funny and happy and you don't take up that much space so that's exactly how much space you're given to exist in).

And yes, a lot of these things are echoes of Kripke Supernatural but instead of too-intimate and dark and quiet confessions that the Winchesters share and know that no one else could ever have the context to fully understand it's Community it's All Our Problems the humiliation and shame is all-encompassing because there is no privacy Everyone Sees You Everyone Knows You Everyone Wants To Fix Help You.

[moonmoonthecrabking]

"i love lgbtq people, i just don't support them" yet the fruit of what you call love is death.

[aniah-who]

God. and only God.

It has to get to the point where you want God more than you do the sin.

It has to get to the point where your love for God becomes hate for sin.

It has to get to the point where God increases and the flesh decreases.

It has to get to the point where God is first and you are last.

It has to get to the point where all that you want is God, and only God.

[cuteniarose]

Most of the time you can’t really tell that I have a 10 year age difference with the two mutuals/friends I talk with the most, but then @rokurookajima will randomly do something like, idk, post her art from *2013* that DOESN’T look like an elementary schooler’s scribbles and suddenly the gap is very very obvious lmao

For reference, in 2013 I was 6 going on 7 and my artistic capabilities were limited to poorly drawn ponies and cotton-candy-coloured stick humans because I thought the first Equestria Girls movie was an unmatched cinematic masterpiece :P

[spotsupstuff]

here's a neat vid, go watch it if you haven't yet

there's Some things that i don't completely agree with personally, like attributing the Third sin to Materialism rather than Connection (i'd argue that the Ancients had no big issue with being materialistic, considering their golden attires and such- and that going with Connection overall better addresses both the core of Materialism and relationships overall) and then attributing the word Dynasty specifically to asian cultures but that's more history/word definition beef more than anything djgklsjlcgjkd

oh how i'd love to have a debate with this guy about Ancients...

[aspirant1598]