#expiate

[legobiwan]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I'm a little hesitant to even post this, as I STRUGGLED with this chapter. After a zillion rounds of edits, I've decided I'm finally letting it go and moving on with my life because it's going to drive me batty otherwise.

Anyway, big fight scene, and Luigi is a jerk.

[xatskee]

#QuoteOfTheDay (20200922): “Keriangan hati kan selalu memungkinkan, karena selalu ada sesuatu yang bisa disyukuri.” (Emily M. DeArdo) “Alhamdulillah ala kulli hal ~ Segala puji hanya milik Allah atas setiap keadaan.” (HR. Ibnu Majah). Demikian Rasulullah ﷺ mengajarkan agar kita tetap bersyukur di situasi sulit, kejadian yang tidak disenangi atau musibah yang datang menerpa. Ini adalah tingkatan tertinggi dalam menghadapi musibah, di atas 1) marah, 2) sabar, dan bahkan 3) ridha. Selalu mampu mendapati nikmat Allah yang dirasakan tak habis-habis. Salah satu cara menghidupkan rasa syukur adalah mengingat bahwa kesulitan/ musibah itu dapat menghapuskan dosa. “Tidaklah rasa capek, rasa sakit (yang terus menerus), kekhawatian, rasa sedih, bahaya, kesusahan menimpa seorang muslim sampai duri yang menusuknya kecuali Allah akan menghapus dosa-dosanya dengan musibah tersebut.” (HR. Al-Bukhari: 5641). Berarti kita mendapatkan kebaikan dari Allah, dan itu harus disyukuri :). #Joy #Always #Possible #Something #Thankful #Hamdalah #Find #Allah #Endless #Blessings #Expiate #Sins Telegram Channel: https://t.me/xQoTD https://www.instagram.com/p/CFab-KnA3Iz/?igshid=1i1eec3oezb95

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Rev. James Smith’s Daily Bible Readings for the Lord’s Household (1841–1850)

Behold the Lamb of God. - John 1:36

Sin requires a sacrifice, and the sacrifice must be in proportion to the offence, and the dignity of the offended; such a sacrifice could not be found, but God condescended to provide one, which was no less a person than His only-begotten Son. This Lamb was provided to expiate and remove sin; to honour the divine government, and reconcile us to God.

Let us daily direct our attention to the Lamb of God, who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in these last times for us. He is set forth to be the propitiation through faith in His blood, and to be the daily object of our faith, desire, and affection.

Provided by God, He presented to God an infinite atonement, and we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of our sins. The Lamb is to be presented daily to God by us, in our prayers and praises; and all our expectations are to be founded upon what He is, what He has done, and what He is doing now before the throne of God.

Take off your attention from all other subjects, and "Behold the Lamb of God."

Cast thy guilty soul on Him, Find Him mighty to redeem; At His feet thy burden lay Look thy doubts and fears away; Now by faith the Son embrace, Plead His promise, trust His grace.

[legobiwan]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Here's 5,000 words of brotherly angst in Hell.

[legobiwan]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

A short, but I hope effective installment.

Aka, the Underwhere is a scary place.

[legobiwan]

Look, all I'm saying is that Mario gets sent to the Underwhere with a lot of guilt hanging over his head.

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He can’t be dead. Not now. He’ll accept his eternal damnation, won’t raise a single syllable in protest when the time comes. That much had been writ in the empty void of the once-was Sammer Kingdom, was foretold in the splattered patterns of fraternal blood soaked through the barren landscape of his snow-white gloves. There’s no bleach that can cleanse that transgression, no chance of expurgation of the dark malignance he knows has burrowed into the ragged cracks in his sternum, the instinct that drove him to nearly murder his brother.

[legobiwan]

The real question is, how many flashbacks to their youth in Brooklyn do I include in the Mario and Luigi reunion in the Underwhere scene without it being overkill? There are....a lot of emotions going on in this chapter.

[legobiwan]

I think this is the last preview before this chapter goes to publication. Yes, Luigi (the actual Luigi) has finally appeared!

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Mario spins around with an aggravated growl. His brother hasn’t budged, is glowering in his direction, arms crossed at his chest. A hard curse slips past Mario’s lips. They don’t have time for this, the world is ending, they need to find Luvbi, he needs to get Luigi out of the Underwhere right now.

“What’s really going on, Mario?” The question is waspish, laced with the same acidic irritation Luigi would conjure when demanding to know who exactly Mario had negotiated with to get that lucrative plumbing contract in Bed-Stuy when they were two cents away from eviction or how it was possible that Tommy Valdoni had suddenly decided to leave Luigi alone in sixth-grade health class.