#lighten burden

[livinglifeagainblog]

Daily Devotional

In Galatians 6:2, Paul instructs us to "carry each other's burdens." This is a powerful call to action rooted in the heart of Christian community and love. It is a reminder that we are not meant to walk alone in our faith journey. Instead, we are to look out for one another, offering support and compassion

Reflecting on this, we see that true community is more than just gathering together. It is about being deeply involved in each other's lives, understanding their struggles, and lending a helping hand. When we carry someone else's burden , we mirror Christ's love for us. He carried the ultimate burden for humanity on the cross, and by following His example, we fulfill the law of Christ, which is the law of love.

In today's world, it is easy to become isolated or to focus solely on our own problems. Yet, this verse challenges us to step out of our comfort zones and be there for others. Whether it's a friend going through a hard time, a neighbor who needs help, or a stranger in distress, we are called to act.

Consider this:

How can you carry someone's burden today?

Is there someone in your life who needs your support, a listening ear, or a helping hand?

Take a moment to reach out to them. It might be a small gesture, but it can make a significant difference.

Lets pray for the strength to support one another, for the wisdom to see where we are needed, and for the love to act selflessly. As we do, we dot only build stronger communities but also become more like Christ.

Questions to further reflect on:

Who in your life is carrying a burden that you can help lighten today?

[sugurusladyknightt]

➺ suguru x gn!reader

if you set a timer to nap suguru will absolutely sabotage you.

let me set the scene. you're getting comfortable laying on his chest his arms secured around you and your eyes closing with a content hum and then suddenly your like 'oh hold on' and grab your phone to set a timer then promptly explain that you have something to do so you don't wanna oversleep during your nap and end up losing time.

but you're so tired, he knows a short nap won't be enough rest though, he says nothing. you get comfortable on his chest again, your cheeks smooshed against his skin and doze off shortly after thanks to the soothing hand at your back and head and the warmth of his skin. when you're asleep this man will fully just grab your phone and cancel the timer, that way, you get all the rest your body needs undisturbed and wake up when your ready.

if it's assignments or notes or anything really that he can do for you, then he will do it for you. taking neat concise notes for you, or finishing up your research paper. no this is not a violation of academic integrity because you are his baby. you are his person and he is yours so to anyone else you may as well be the same person, and anyway he isn't plagiarizing or cheating. suguru does a really good job actually.

when you wake up later, dry eyes slowly blinking away the sleep and readjusting to the light. the skin of your cheek turned pink from how long it's been resting against him softly greeting him in a small raspy voice. when you wake up enough to realize the timer hadn't gone off and reach over to your phone to check the time, the sleep leaves you so fast. you're frenzied, panicked, confused. as if you've been splashed with cold water. suddenly awake and upset about all the time you had wasted what about the timer? how are you supposed to finish everything now?? only for you to find everything done and neatly organized for you to look over, anything with a tight deadline? already sent in.

oh. well.. now that you have nothing that urgently needs your attention (besides him) you can lay back down on his chest and continue where you left off 🙂‍↕️

[glitterghost]

Vessel and his "all I have ever given anyone was a small window into the emotional waiting room of my mind."

Actually, if I could crawl through said window and curl up against the door to your mind, eyes closed, hand and ear pressed gently to it like if I'm not careful, everything would dissolve under my fingertips, I would.

[raisedbythetv89]

I can’t believe there are humans walking this earth that watch seven seasons of Buffy being crushed under the weight of the literal world and all her responsibilities and suffer constant chronic loneliness and isolation even from her closest friends never getting the support, emotional or otherwise she really needs and then we witness Spike become her safe haven and emotional safe space as she battles her depression and the only person she can genuinely count on both before and after he gets the soul. Acting as a true partner and other half who sees her and she can be truly vulnerable with and who loves her so deeply and she loves deeply in return and go “🤓☝🏻I actually think she should be ALONE rather than in a relationship”

SHE HAS ALREADY DIED THREE TIMES AND HAS A VERY SHORT LIFE EXPECTANCY AND MANAGED TO FIND AND MAKE IT WORK WITH HER VAMPIRE OTHER HALF IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND YOU WANT TO ROB HER OF GREAT SEX, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND LOVE AND FREEDOM FROM HER EVER PRESENT LONELINESS FOR THE REMAINDER OF SAID SHORT LIFE??????????? YOU CAN FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF ACTUALLY THAT’S NOT FEMINISM OR EMPOWERMENT THAT’S JUST MEAN

It’d be one thing if she had a solid family support and real fucking friends but tara and spike were the only people who genuinely cared for her rather than what they can get from her and with Tara gone Spike is an incredibly important person for her to have in her life for her overall happiness and emotional and mental wellbeing and because I don’t fucking hate Buffy I think she deserves to spend the rest of her life with that person!! And miraculously cannon agrees!! So 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻

[moe-broey]

IMMEDIATELY REPOSTING THIS BC THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME. ALFONSE CÉLINE FRIENDSHIP REAL. TO ME‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[cologona]

Imagine if Jack and Janet Drake had never been abducted and Tim remained Bruce’s emotional support detective apprentice. Just this attractive, hip young high schooler inexplicably best friends with an eccentric recluse much older than him— Marty McFly style.

He skateboards over to the Batcave 3 days a week or something to check on Bruce, and of course Batman’s always hunched over the bat-computer or collapses in the medbay. He makes small talk and wry quips as he can’t help but ask questions about the case Bruce is working on, and they end up teasing out the mystery together (sneakily allowing Alfred to get Bruce to eat something as they talk!)

[glowcowboy]

HAPPYYYYYYY SJS CASSIE what's your small joy today?

🌿🌼🩷

HI NIKA BABY ♡ i have been having a really rough weekend, but i got to chat w my dad for the longest i have in at least a year. he is one of my favorite people on the planet and we got to talk and share in our grief of our shared loved one whose ten month death anniversary just happened. it meant the world to me ♡

[oflgtfol]

HERE. TAKE THIS. throws this at you and runs away. trips and falls

[monstrousproductions]

✨Behind the Scenes at Monstrous HQ - Feb 6th 2024✨

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[mainfaggot]

I DONT WANT TO STUDY FOR MY MIDTERMS ON MONDAY I WANT TO PAINT MY NAILS AND LISTEN TO MUSIC

[blanketburritotoro]

Me: whelp. Funds are tight. Time to sell my body for money.

*walks through door*

Receptionist: hello and welcome to the plasma donation center. What can I help you with?

Me: um, yes hi. I have an appointment?

[lctibule]

tried to do some writing but i got all of like three sentences out before i got frustrated and gave up, so 🤷

[motivationalpapa]

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. . . #dedication #motivation #success #motivationquotes #inspirationquotes #papamotivational #motivationalpapa #bestmotivationquotes #bestinspirationquotes #bestdedicationquotes #lifechanginngmotivation #lifemotivationquotes #successdedication #carrermotivationquotes.

[kitkatwinchester]

F*CK

Well...

I see Scott accidentally chose the nightmare option with his dream state...

I hate it.

I hate that his brain is trying to make him go against his own nature and convince him to start killing people, and I hate that it's using Liam and repeatedly killing him to do it. But the biggest reason I hate it is because of my poor baby's guilt complex. All of those people are already dead, and while Scott wasn't directly involved in killing any of them, you can tell, based on the fact that his brain is doing this, that there's a part of him that feels like he should've done something about it.

And that is soooo not fair to yourself, Scott. Deaton and Chris tried to tell you. You CAN'T save everyone. You CAN'T. A lot of these people are writing their own fates by default of the choices they make--Peter killed The Mute, yes, mostly out of anger, but also to protect Derek and Noah. Rafael killed The Chemist in order to save Stiles. The closest deaths to you were those of The Orphans, and even those WEREN'T YOUR FAULT, because their actions put them in the crossfire, and THAT'S what got them killed.

I get it, Scott. I do. And you know I love that about you. But you GOTTA stop blaming yourself (also very quick aside, Scott having more fangs is an interesting revelation...).

But the other thing is...I'm also kind of glad he's thinking about it at all. Because as much as I love Scott and his savior complex...Liam does have a point. Just like his dad said, sometimes killing is your only option. If it's them or you, are you really going to let them kill you just so that you don't have to kill them? Are you going to let them kill someone in your pack? His loyalty and love for his friends and family makes me find it hard to believe that he'd ever let somebody hurt them, but I don't necessarily trust him to protect himself...and that's a scary thought.

So yeah, I hate the way his brain is doing it. I hate it with every fiber of my being. I hate that Scott is sitting there torturing himself and beating himself up. But I'm also kind of hoping he gains something from it, and I'm hoping that maybe this nightmarish dream state will give him a chance to work through that guilt and learn that sometimes, it really is you or them...

But still...poor baby. :(

Anyways.

I want to hate the interactions between Malia and Peter, because I REALLY want to hate Peter, ESPECIALLY when I can see his manipulation from a mile away, but....I don't. I REALLY don't. God there's just something about him...I can't truly hate him. I can't. He's too funny, and too charming, and too smart, and just overall too fun for me to hate him.

I don't trust him IN the slightest, but...I also don't hate him. And I'm hoping Malia has a similar frame of mind about him.

Back to the hospital, that Stiles, Kira, and Liam interaction was ADORABLE and I love them. XD <3

"Okay and you're both coming right back. Immediately. *shakes head* Kids."

STILES YOU ARE THE SAME AGE! Sure, Liam is a freshmen, but Kira is YOUR AGE SIR! YOU ARE EQUALS! XD XD

But, admittedly, he and Scott are 100% the parents of the pack, so...ya know. There is that. XD <3

All of that said, I am absolutely freaking terrified at the prospect of Kira and Liam having to face one of those freaking Berserker things ALONE, but it's FINE.

This is where a million things start to go wrong, I just know it....

ANYWAYS.

Happy gif to make me feel better. XD

(STILES YOU ARE SUCH A PARENT I CANNOT! XD <3)

Update: THE WAY STILES SO DRASTICALLY FLINCHED WHEN ARGENT ACCIDENTALLY PULLED HIS GUN ON HIM I HATE IT!! AS IF THIS KID NEEDED ANY MORE TRAUMA FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

Update Part II: LET'S F*CKING GO! Dude that Derek and Braeden scene was AMAZING, and the set-up was BEAUTIFUL, and I could not have asked for anything better OMG. The chemistry, the sass, the electricity, the attitude, the LINES, the MOVEMENTS, the MAKE-OUT SESH! Yeah that was awesome. 10/10 approve. I'm adding a gif because I loved it so much and didn't feel like making a whole new post.

(I soooo hope we get more of them. I love them already. <3)

[cinnachoco]

oh, ive been so sick the past few weeks that my next paycheck will be so bad...

[lolottes]

You know what would be heartbreaking? Danny knows perfectly well that no one wants the best for him:

Vlad clings to the memory of Maddie through his need for a connection with him, even if it's a connection of pain, anger, and antagonism. It's just tiring to hide the fights and the injuries from Gordon.

Dan is clearly torn between several things. Too full of trauma to move forward, so instead, he attacks him, or CW through him, or just whispers nasty things in his ear about everything and everyone. Danny feels more resigned fatigue and pity than anything else... so he lets himself be psychologically tortured without making a fuss.

CW is driven by a utilitarian ideology. But Danny sees clearly that accidents like the nasty burger happen so often, and following CW's instructions leads to a net decrease. How many children can he save from a fate similar to his own? If CW could bring someone back as easily as he says, why all this business with Dan in the first place? Danny keeps hoping against all odds that it might be possible, but he's not really counting on it.

He has several curses attached to his soul (cores?), and he's already seeing the repercussions on his body; he gets injured often, and his healing is getting worse and worse. Against all logic, distress, grief, and violence attract him like moths to a flame, making him metaphorically salivate. He's even starting to enjoy his own pain and starts to catch himself pinching or biting himself when it's been a while since he's witnessed or been in an "accident".

He knows he's changing, he's becoming something, and clearly, not a good thing... but what if it's him against an infinite number of potential victims? He'll hold on as long as it takes. He'll take as much of the curse with him as possible.

It's not like anyone will really miss him. He infiltrates a small family of people too morally good to refuse him, like a dirty little leech, not that it will last long given the speed at which he's deteriorating...

He'll wonder if the Gordons would be kind enough to give him a grave, that would be nice.

Danny pulls a Tim and makes up an uncle living in Gotham to avoid being adopted by Vlad after TUE. Unfortunately, this farce doesn't last long as Vlad starts demanding proof. Lucky for Danny though, he sees the perfect candidate for his uncle on the streets one day as he's brainstorming options. Now if only he can convince this stranger to go along with him.