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[dcvotion]

@enduringfaith​ said: “Hey Riku- get this! Someone came by sayin’ I was like your dad!” [Laughs]

     The announcement was... UNEXPECTED, to say the least, the silveret eying his friend with brows raised in surprise. 

     “My... Dad?” The word felt FOREIGN on his tongue, though he knew all about the waxed poetics on Father-son bonds. It was like a traditional rite, after all, for sons to bond with their fathers in many ways that bestowed the child newly learned skills, acquired knowledge and behaviors, among other FAMILIAL experiences that only Father-son activities would bring-- just as it were for Mother-daughter ones.

     But Riku didn’t have a father; Riku’s mother had raised her all on her own, though one would argue at times on who raised who. He would spend more times at Sora’s house during their childhood, or be left to his own devices in the SILENCE of his home.

     Riku never knew his father... And as such, he could hardly find any personal experience to relate Mickey of all people, as such. Instead, he thought back to Sam and his relationship with his father, Kevin Flynn. The two hadn’t seemed to be quite as open and gentle with one another, but there was an undeniable SUPPORT there. Riku couldn’t say that he and Mickey shared that type of bond, theirs being that much more in terms of honesty, openness, and communication.

     Funny enough, it reminded him slightly more of his childhood memories with his own mother, instead, before she had grown busier with work. The two of them had been practically INSEPARABLE.

     ... was that how a FATHER was supposed to be, too?

     “I guess I’ll have to take their word for it.” He replied with laughter in kind, hand finding purchase upon his hip whilst he shifted his weight to one side, HUMOR seeping into every inch of the expression on his face. For a moment, he could only shake his head, a hand rising to rub at his cheek as though it would erase the growing grin there-- he was smiling far too widely for something so SILLY, though truth be told, it felt like an honor to have the comparison. Gradually, the expression softened, though his eyes remained squinting with open joy and FONDNESS. 

     “For what it’s worth, I think you’d make a great father, Mickey.”

[oneofgodschildren-blog1]

you need ask only once- with all of your heart, and all of your soul, ask God for that which you wish. 

one such prayer uttered from your consciousness- that beautiful gift- with good and righteous intent and with loving faith, is all that is needed- for He has always known what it is you need, and He always seeks ways to provide it. 

watch how God shows you His Enduring Faith the moment you have shown Him yours.

let His roots nurture your blossoms, let His Living Water quench your thirst.

[biblians]

Alive with God’s grace, you will prevail. 🔥

[corneliusbella]

Thriving in Adversity: Lessons from Job and the Teachings of Jesus

Adversity is one of life’s few guarantees. What differs is not whether storms come, but how we respond when they arrive. Scripture does not present suffering as a contradiction of faith; rather, it often reveals suffering as the furnace in which faith is refined, clarified, and empowered. Two towering witnesses guide us in this subject: Job, a man who endured extreme physical torment and…

Thriving in Adversity: Lessons from Job and the Teachings of Jesus

[jonahvizion]

This Sunday at 10am CST Student Minister Jeffrey Muhammad speaks on “Enduring Faith”!

Be our guest at 7351 S. Stony Island, Chicago IL

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[kathybarnes]

Ignored Scripture: Suffering

Recently I have become aware of Scriptures which no one is talking about, but which are going to be very relevant in the near future according to the signs and the prophecy of Scripture. These are the scriptures that tell us of the sufferings the followers of Jesus will have to endure as we “pick up our cross and follow him.” There is a popular teaching now that tells us we will not have to endure any suffering because Jesus is going to take us out of here (the Rapture) before the trials occur...

#72: Ignored Scripture: Suffering - Heaven Unveiled

Ignored Scripture: Suffering. Recently I have become aware of Scriptures which no one is talking about, but which are going to be very...

[darkheartedprince]

@enduringfaith sent: 💿- for mickey! :D ((enduringfaith))

For my muse to recite a song that remind them of your muse .

Oh , unfortunately he had [ [ t o o ] ] many options to pick from for Mickey . Some good , of course , some rather not so good . He looked the mouse up and down then began skimming through his gummiphone until he found a song that he thought fit him very well .

" -- I waited for you today , but you didn't show . No , no . . . no .

I needed you today , so where did you go ?

You told me to call , said you'd be there .

And though I haven't seen you . .. are you still there ?

I cried out with no reply and ,

I can't feel you by my side .

So , I'll hold tight to what I know . . . You're here . And I'm never alone . "

Never Alone by the Barlow Girls .

[lcstkey]

@enduringfaith​​ said  “You are so brave for getting this far. I’m so proud of you for not giving up.”

It did not escape their notice that another stranger has landed just outside the village. While the Ghostly Guardian were unsure of their intentions for this visit or how they came to know of this Star, they knew that they couldn’t very well leave them alone. Alas, it did not take the king a long while to figure out that someone had been shadowing him. 

The masked keybearer had hesitated to step out of the corridor to darkness to meet him. It was then that those words had come unprompted from the small mouse king. He had likely heard tales of the lone keybearer’s achievements, and failures throughout the village. If not most of all, he had heard of their compassion and of their penchant to take to the background in the shadows where those very monsters dwell to watch over them.

And their knees feel weak and their heart heavy then, not by the deafening shrill screams of the wendigo or the quakes of a polar bear Heartless create with each step, but by kind and genuine words alone. Though the notion to fall to their knees is there, the masked keybearer internally fights against it and briefly nod their weary head with a quiet and breathless voice, “Thank you...”