#long-term project

[momentsbeforemass]

Long-term projects

(for all of us who are works in progress)

Sudden conversion.

One moment, you’re going along, doing whatever you’re doing. Following a road paved with your own priorities. The next?

Like Saul (soon to be Paul) on the road to Damascus, in scarcely a heartbeat, you’re doing a 180 and following Jesus. 100%. Nothing held back.

I have no idea what that’s like.

For me, the process of growing in the Christian life, of becoming more like Jesus, has been slow. And that’s being charitable. It’s been a long, laborious process.

More like building a levee from scratch. One shovelful of dirt at a time.

At the rate I’m going, in another 50 years I’ll be a passable human being.

Which is why I’m such a fan of Peter. The Prince of the Apostles. And the King of Ponderously Slow Progress in Holiness.

In today’s Gospel, the gap between Peter and Jesus hits Peter. Hard. And Peter blurts out, “Depart from me Lord, for I am a sinful man.”

The only thing better than Peter’s unbridled honesty? Jesus’ response.

Here’s the Second Person of the Trinity. God incarnate, who knows exactly how slow and uneven Peter’s progress in holiness has been, and will be. He’s God. He knows this stuff.

Knowing all of that, Jesus doesn’t depart from Peter. In fact, Jesus draws even closer to Peter. Knowing that with Peter, this will be the work of years, the work of inches.

In the words of Pope Gregory the Great (a pope who understood what he shared with the first pope all too well), “it is impossible to eradicate everything at once from our obstinate minds, he who endeavors to reach the highest place rises by steps not by leaps.”

Jesus knows that He has a lot of work to do with Peter.

Jesus knows that it’s going to take time. He knows that it won’t all happen at once. And He knows that this is nothing less than what it will take for Peter to be exactly who God made him to be.

Jesus is more than ready to take the time.

The same way that Jesus is more than ready to take the time with you. With me.

With everyone who has the humility to say “yes” to the King of Long-Term Projects.

Today’s Readings

[cads-clan]

how i found her.. and her end goal!

this is the dragon i have saved as "storm derg". she's going to be an expensive project (most of her apparel are old festival items), but i think she's worth it. she'll be our clan's tech expert and leader of our engineering team!

[ID:

Image One: A female skydancer, with unusual lightning eyes. Her genes are silver cherub primary, grey noxtide secondary and grey underbelly tertiary. She is not wearing any apparel or skins. She appears mismatched and dull.

Image Two: The same female skydancer, but her appearance has drastically changed. Her eyes are primal lightning. Her genes are now jupiter primary, seraph secondary and glimmer tertiary. She is wearing the Dancing Conductor accent, and the Veteran's Leg and Shoulder Scars, the Voltvolley Implements, and the Lightning's Charm apparel pieces. She is now much lighter than before, with an even gradient from feet to wing, and there is lightning arcing across her body.

End ID.]

[pinkrangerv]

Text RPG: What Do You Want?

Hello!

I’ve discovered coding, and as something of a test project, I want to write a text-based choose-your-own-adventure\single-player RPG game. Part of the accessibility is coding-based, which I’m doing as I go; the other part is content-based, and I could use advice.

This is a game where you, the player, get to be a supervillian. It’s intended specifically for disabled people, so I have two loose categories of disability support written into it: If you have a physical disability, you get a cool mecha of some kind to support dysfunctional limbs\body, but if you have a mental disability, I have no idea what to do.

I’m mentally disabled myself--autistic and bipolar--and I’m fully aware that anything that ‘deletes’ disability would cause severe brain damage. That said, I personally came up with the idea that you could read someone’s mind, but what else would people like to see?

Any answer is welcome, for intellectual or physical disability, and if you have anything else you’d like to see in this game, send me a message. I’ll post the link to Tumblr when it’s done, and provide credit to anyone who gives ideas. It may be a few weeks to a month or so to completion, but full credit will be given.

Hit up my inbox and let me know!

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

When there’s a will, there’s a way; when there’s 250 (give or take a few) myths in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and you don’t have your own copy, you borrow it and then sum up every single story on its own notecard. :)

[miscellaneous-photos]

And ten years have gone by

2007 | 2017

[momentsbeforemass]

Long-term projects

(for all of us who are works in progress)

Sudden conversion.

One moment, you’re going along, doing whatever you’re doing. Following a road paved with your own priorities. The next?

Like Saul (soon to be Paul) on the road to Damascus, in scarcely a heartbeat, you’re doing a 180 and following Jesus. 100%. Nothing held back.

I have no idea what that’s like.

For me, the process of growing in the Christian life, of becoming more like Jesus, has been slow. And that’s being charitable. It’s been a long, laborious process.

More like building a levee from scratch. One shovelful of dirt at a time.

At the rate I’m going, in another 50 years I’ll be a passable human being.

Which is why I’m such a fan of Peter. The Prince of the Apostles. And the King of Ponderously Slow Progress in Holiness.

In today’s Gospel, the gap between Peter and Jesus hits Peter. Hard. And Peter blurts out, “Depart from me Lord, for I am a sinful man.”

The only thing better than Peter’s unbridled honesty? Jesus’ response.

Here’s the Second Person of the Trinity. God incarnate, who knows exactly how slow and uneven Peter’s progress in holiness has been, and will be. He’s God. He knows this stuff.

Knowing all of that, Jesus doesn’t depart from Peter. In fact, Jesus draws even closer to Peter. Knowing that with Peter, this will be the work of years, the work of inches.

In the words of Pope Gregory the Great (a pope who understood what he shared with the first pope all too well), “it is impossible to eradicate everything at once from our obstinate minds, he who endeavors to reach the highest place rises by steps not by leaps.”

Jesus knows that He has a lot of work to do with Peter.

Jesus knows that it’s going to take time. He knows that it won’t all happen at once. And He knows that this is nothing less than what it will take for Peter to be exactly who God made him to be.

Jesus is more than ready to take the time.

The same way that Jesus is more than ready to take the time with you. With me.

With everyone who has the humility to say “yes” to the King of Long-Term Projects.

Today’s Readings

[momentsbeforemass]

Long-term project

Remember that 1967 Mustang I used to drive?

I still own it. You haven’t seen it in a while, because I’m getting some work done on it.

I did the work that I could do myself. On things that had to be done first. And now I’m getting things done to it that I couldn’t do.

I’m looking forward to driving it. But I’m not in a hurry. It’s my long-term project.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus says, “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when He comes, the Spirit of truth, He will guide you to all truth.”

Jesus is telling us that wherever we are in life right now, there is so much more that He wants for us, so much more that He has planned for us. And Jesus is also aware of our limitations. You and I? We’re just not there yet.

The part I love? Is how Jesus handles that truth about us – how He deals with the fact that we don’t have it all together. And that our growth, our progress is often ploddingly slow.

Jesus doesn’t walk away in frustration.

Jesus doesn’t scold us for being slow. We never get a divine, “Try to keep up.”

Jesus looks at you and me with love, and says “You’re going to get there. Here’s how we do it. The Holy Spirit will guide you, day by day, step by step. Until you are exactly who you were created to be.”

This is what’s behind the gift of the Holy Spirit. You and I can’t do it on our own, and we’re not supposed to.

You and I are supposed to do it with the Holy Spirit, day by day, step by step. That’s the plan.

The best part? Jesus isn’t worried about how long we’re taking. He’s not in a hurry.

Because we’re His long-term project.

Today’s Readings

[momentsbeforemass]

Long-term projects

(for all of us who are works in progress)

Sudden conversion.

One moment, you’re going along, doing whatever you’re doing. Following a road paved with your own priorities. The next?

Like Saul (soon to be Paul) on the road to Damascus, in scarcely a heartbeat, you’re doing a 180 and following Jesus. 100%. Nothing held back.

I have no idea what that’s like.

For me, the process of growing in the Christian life, of becoming more like Jesus, has been slow. And that’s being charitable. It’s been a long, laborious process.

More like building a levee from scratch. One shovelful of dirt at a time.

At the rate I’m going, in another 50 years I’ll be a passable human being.

Which is why I’m such a fan of Peter. The Prince of the Apostles. And the King of Ponderously Slow Progress in Holiness.

In today’s Gospel, the gap between Peter and Jesus hits Peter. Hard. And Peter blurts out, “Depart from me Lord, for I am a sinful man.”

The only thing better than Peter’s unbridled honesty? Jesus’ response.

Here’s the Second Person of the Trinity. God incarnate, who knows exactly how slow and uneven Peter’s progress in holiness has been, and will be. He’s God. He knows this stuff.

Knowing all of that, Jesus doesn’t depart from Peter. In fact, Jesus draws even closer to Peter. Knowing that with Peter, this will be the work of years, the work of inches.

In the words of Pope Gregory the Great (a pope who understood what he shared with the first pope all too well), “it is impossible to eradicate everything at once from our obstinate minds, he who endeavors to reach the highest place rises by steps not by leaps.”

Jesus knows that He has a lot of work to do with Peter.

Jesus knows that it’s going to take time. He knows that it won’t all happen at once. And He knows that this is nothing less than what it will take for Peter to be exactly who God made him to be.

Jesus is more than ready to take the time.

The same way that Jesus is more than ready to take the time with you. With me.

With everyone who has the humility to say “yes” to the King of Long-Term Projects.

Today’s Readings