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lately i’ve been replacing my “i’m sorry”s with “thank you”s, like instead of “sorry i’m late” i’ll say “thanks for waiting for me”, or instead of “sorry for being such a mess” i’ll say “thank you for loving me and caring about me unconditionally” and it’s not only shifted the way i think and feel about myself but also improved my relationships with others who now get to receive my gratitude instead of my negativity

To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.

Tim Keller

Took some time these past few days to read some of the latest #SheReadsTruth online daily devotional/study on Advent. Wonderful opportunity to intentionally make time to read and think about God and His Word.

With a perfect view of the storm of final exams brewing in this week and the next, and the seemingly ever present stack of tasks left to do along with concerns of how I’ll get them done, I can use some time to remember what’s important. “Do not go after other gods to serve them…Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love (Jeremiah 35, Joel 2).

When I find myself feeling stressed and down, that typically occurs after a time of not having my focus on God. I become enslaved to my surroundings, my circumstances, the actions I do, the thoughts I think, the words I say, the way I present myself, the things I want, etc. And my happiness starts to focus on and depend on those things. Which is exhausting. And when my focus is off, everything seems harder to do. Work just seems like work, play just seems like play, rest just seems like rest. But it all lacks meaning, purpose, fulfillment. There is no depth for why I do them. Then guilt and shame from my sins and shortcomings creep in, and everything just kind of pushes me down…

But when I remember that my life is to please God and not myself, and when I take even just baby steps toward living that out–working for God, playing for God, resting for God–things seem more worthwhile. And I actually end up becoming happier in the process. Living out who I am meant to be.

I’m grateful for the Advent season. It’s a time to meet God all over again.

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Deafinitely getting robbed by Zane and Heath

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Robber: [yelling] Get on the ground!”

[Everyone screams]

Other robber: [ASL] “Sorry. On the ground, now.”

sazzypants

THIS IS REALLY CUTE WTF

butteryplanet

okkulten-deactivated20240117

Happy October~

ew.

one of the weirdest feelings occurs when you think about people who used to be your best friends, and know that they’re practically strangers now, and that they probably wouldn’t get along with you anymore if you ever saw each other again.

people change. for the better or for the worse.

we used to be so close though.

...i guess they’ve out grown me.

or maybe we've just grown apart.

dntgetmad

I had to post this whole thread because this is the definition of a wholesome post. 😭😂💕🔑

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This is beyond cute and innocent. I love it 😭

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My guy 💪

mashallahsis-blog

This is so cute I love it

jspark3000

True grace is our rest and resolve. It’s to know that our desperation for validation, approval, and significance is already found in all that God has done for us. It’s work from God’s approval and not for. We can rest. We can quit playing these games of achievement and status and the Olympics and American Idol and Viagra. We can quit squeezing expectations from others which we could only receive from God. We can quit living for ourselves under the weight of a self-absorbed egotistical tyranny. We can quit trying to pay off the gap between who-we-want-to-be and who-we-really-are. Yet — grace also motivates us into the true versions of ourselves. It is the motivation of no-motivation, because we are not trying to “get better” for the sake of improvement, but rather we become better by being loved for the sake of our own essence. We are motivated by beauty rather than practicality or function, because God loves us just-because.

J.S. Park (via jspark3000)