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for bunches of good stuff from out there. bit of scribble space for me too.

[strawberry-milktea]

I think people find Heaven boring because they have a reductive view of what worshiping God for all eternity means. A lot of people think we'll just bow before him and go "wow" 24/7 for endless eons. In my mind, worshiping God can mean many different things to many different people. Which might include things like exploring the vast regions of space and the ocean and marveling at the many things God has made. Just as one example.

I agree! I think it all boils down to lack of realizing how astounding Heaven will be and the fact that worshiping Him and being in His presence will be something we won’t want to stop doing. I also think it goes back to trying to comprehend something we can’t fully comprehend until we get there. We have a limited mindset with only our current existence to guide our understanding, so it tends to be an automatic reflex to try understanding how Heaven will be with this life as our template. We do often get bored here doing the same activities over and over again. And the reason why things of this world fall flat after awhile and can never truly satisfy us is because we were made for Him - and we were made with the desire for Him, whether we realize it or not. Only He can fulfill the human heart, so once we are there, we aren’t going to want anything else. Finally being with Him won’t fall flat because we will finally be fulfilled.

[my--darling--dear]

Oh my God, literally My God… I just got another blood test result and it came back free of the disease I was told I had last week. I’m literally in tears

[cafe-con-letras]

Texan Followers or people in general. I hope you’re alright. Call your family and friends. Keeping you in my prayers while I stare at the news at utter disgust in what happened today.

[dzrjesus]

We Love You Texas.

[uacboo]

From Instagram.

You speak for us all.

[my--darling--dear]

Prayer request

Finally got my blood test back today. I have a disease I was nervous I would have. But it’s there, and it could cause a lot of serious problems if it doesn’t get taken care of. Please pray for me. I’m afraid, and freaked out and quite frankly I just feel depressed over this.

[whitneymuseum]

Catnaps captured by Edward Hopper—perfect for this rainy day.

[fordlibrarymuseum]

October 29 is National Cat Day.

When the Fords moved into the White House in August 1975, their daughter Susan’s cat Shan came with them. Here Shan, a seal point Siamese, peeks out from behind the curtains while exploring her new home.

(White House photograph A0357-09A)

[mcat711]

Dragon mode for Morpheus of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series. Color b/g textures by Sirius-sdz, everything else by me.

[goldseven-deactivated20190916]

Day 24 of my #Inktober project of my personal heroes of page and screen. Legolas is my oldest recurring love. I was six when my mother read the Hobbit to me - and when we were done, I asked, That’s it? Is there more? Well, she said, well yes, there is. 

And thus, she started reading the Lord of the Rings to me when I was about seven. She skipped and shortened bits, I think, but not many; it took us years before we were finished, by which time I was reading along (or ahead). Tolkien’s Fantasy has been a constant companion of my life for the last thirty-five years, and I’ve revisited it ever since, even during phases when my mind was occupied with space battles or Carthaginians. My mother started buying the Lord of the Rings calendars in the mid-eighties, which was when I fell in love with the art of John Howe, Alan Lee, Inger Edelfeldt and Ted Nasmith. Even back then, there was this little voice at the back of my head that said, One day, you’ll do this too. 

Legolas had a much, much tinier role in the film that you’d assume from all the merchandise featuring him nowadays. Altogether, he has something like twenty sentences of dialogue in all three books, not counting his long tale at the Council of Elrond. But in nearly all of his few lines of text, his sense of humour and kindness just shines through. That appealed to me from the very beginning. He comes across as a very down to earth character in the book, with just a hint of the time-weary sadness that was the hallmark of Orlando Bloom’s version, with whom I often had the feeling that Peter Jackson was trying to get in as much Silmarillion Elf as the character could handle (and then some). My own visions of the characters, thankfully, had been around so long by 2001 that the movie did nothing to challenge them. I’ve taken over a few, of whom I had just fuzzy mental images (like the Hobbits), but most of them are firmly my own. When I read “Aragorn” or “Legolas”, it’s always my versions that spring into my head, not the actors.

[xkcds]

A schism between the pro-panhandle and anti-panhandle factions eventually led to war, but both sides spent too much time working on their flag designs to actually do much fighting.

State Borders [Explained]

[gospel-art-project]

[introvertunites]

If you’re an introvert, follow us @introvertunites​

[theartofanimation]

Tamaki  -  http://ta-ma-ky.tumblr.com  -  https://twitter.com/@ta_ma_ky

[alinksta]

DONATION SITES TO HELP MÉXICO WITH EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

I haven’t seen any posts saying where you can donate to help my country after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the center today and so far has taken a total of 149 lives.

This is a list a list of nonprofit organizations providing aid to residents in México and Morelos, including areas affected by the recent earthquake.

1. Cruz Roja

2. Unicef México

3. International Community Foundation

4. Global Giving Foundation

5. Oxfam

6. Save the Children México

7. Proyect Paz

8. Topos

Please help my country, I have a friend that’s studying in Mexico City and she’s terrified, and so are my group of friends and I that live states away from her. I would not like to imagine how other mexicans who have family and friends in MexCit. (and the other states) feel.

If you have a mutual, familiar, close friend, or anyone that you know that resides or is visiting Mexico City (or the other states that were affected like Puebla, Morelos and Queretaro) please, please, please try to contact them. If you can, and make sure they are okay, donate to the organisations listed above so you can help them in this hard time where nature is messing with us.

[IF YOU KNOW MORE ORGANIZATIONS PLEASE DON’T DOUBT IN SHARING THE INFORMATION AND POSTING THEM, PLEASE]

A mis hermanos Mexicanos que estén leyendo esto, aquellos que se encuentren en las áreas y estados afectados, ayuden a aquellos que los necesitan, estén a salvo a toda costa, mis pensamientos están con ustedes.

Para aquellos que viven en otros estados del país, aquí les dejo una imagen de la cuenta bancaria que la Cruz Roja abrió para las donaciones.

Igualmente, donen a las organizaciones que publiqué anteriormente en los enlaces para ayudar a nuestro pueblo.

FUERZA MÉXICO, SI PUDIMOS HACE 32 AÑOS, PODREMOS LEVANTARNOS DE NUEVO.

[averagedopeydope]

PLEASE, SHARE AND HELP IF YOU CAN

[garocamarillo]

Mexico Earthquake Relief Efforts and Links to Donate | The Mexico Report

Mexico Earthquake Relief Efforts and Links to Donate, Mexico earthquake

VERIFIED RELIEF EFFORT 

Please consider donating! There’s hundreds of people and children currently buried under tons of concrete! Mexico needs your help any small amount means a lot for those trying to afford support!

[monarobot]

Please help! 🇲🇽

[shingworks]

Time to chip in and help our friends in Mexico!

[iwannalooklikelove]

my family lost power hours ago but they are okay despite the conditions this time around. My grandparents are with my uncle and cousins. For that I am grateful because they’re so goofy and having a good time. Lord, keep them safe :(

[iwannalooklikelove]

The roof of my Grandma’s home ripped off the house(she is with my uncle now & his house is concrete, so my family is safe there). Power lines are down and poles are snapped, which means they’ll be without power for months. They still have about 6 hours of the storm. God have mercy. Please protect my family. 😢

[iwannalooklikelove]

Haven’t heard from my family in about 5 hours. Praying they’re safe and that just their cell reception is down. Maria should have passed already, but we’re unsure about if it slowed down or not.

[iwannalooklikelove]

Please keep my family and our beautiful island in your prayers. I still haven’t heard from my family and it’s been over 12 hours. No water, no electric, no cell phone service on the whole entire Island, who knows what else they’ll be without and for how long they’ll be without it. Luckily they’re safe from flooding in their town because they live in the mountains.