#professing

[therepublicofletters]

And just like that, my first term teaching is over

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Imagine defending or excusing the unrestrained evil, lawlessness, theft, destruction, violence, terror, and murder happening all around the country right now — and saying it's because you love justice.

Adam Ford

[plutoeuphoria]

Man of My Dreams

My bedroom grew quiet as I settled down to read my new book of poetry.  I sat in my comfy sofa chair reading for a while until I recognized the faint sound of music playing.  Wondering where it was coming from, I slowly got up and looked around the room before I turned my focus in the direction it seemed to be coming from.  I opened the glass door that led to my room’s balcony and looked out into my backyard.  To my shock and surprise, I saw my boyfriend holding a small set of speakers with the biggest smile on his face.  I took a few seconds to name the song and realized Frank Ocean’s voice singing “Pink and White.”  I grinned with realization knowing that it was our song.  “What exactly are you doing?” He laughed before proclaiming, “I’ve come to profess my love to you!”  Burying my face in my hands, I began laughing uncontrollably.  “Shut up you idiot, I’ll be right down.”  

I opened my back door and walked into his wide open arms.  He squeezed me close in a warm and comfortable hug.  “Hey,” I whispered as he pressed a gentle kiss on my cheek.  Pulling away, I asked, “So seriously, why are you out here?”  He looked back at me for a tad longer than expected, almost as if he was in a slight trance.  “I was serious, to profess my love to you.”  He took a deep breath suddenly appearing nervous before he spoke once more.  “Y/N, baby, we’ve been together for a while now and I’ve gotten to experience and learn so much about you. These last four years with you have been nothing but a blessing.  All of my future plans include you and I couldn’t imagine spending any unnecessary time apart.  You’re the love of my life and the girl of my dreams and I just want to continue this adventure with you forever.”  He paused and began kneeling on his knee.  It wasn't until he did this motion that it dawned on me what exactly was happening here.  I covered my mouth in disbelief and tuned in again on the fact that “Pink and White” was still playing nearby.  “Y/N Y/M/N Y/L/N, will you marry me and be my wife?”  Warm tears cascaded down my cheeks as I nodded my head.  “Trent, of course I’ll marry you.”  He slipped the gem filled ring on my finger and quickly stood up to envelope me into a hug.   My feet soon left the ground as he hoisted me up in the air and spun us around.  Faint laughter left my mouth before he put me back on the grass and attached his soft lips to mine.  

In that moment, I couldn’t help but think how lucky I was.  Trent really was everything I wanted in a man and more.  I was so happy with him and the prospect of me spending the rest of my life with him made my heart swell with joy.  When our lips and tongues finally parted, I uttered, “I love you so much.”  He beamed and replied, “I love you more.”  Our lips collided once more passionately. 

[thecrownprinceofxianlexielian]

They're so cute (〃°ω°〃)

[therepublicofletters]

Trying to prepare to tell my first year students how to write an essay based on a decade of essay writing experience and realising that I simply will never be able to distill all of my thoughts into a slideshow or necessarily even impart it. It ultimately takes practice and that's what this is for. But I somehow wish that I could teach them what I wanted to be taught, as if their desires and interests are exactly the same as mine.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Bible doesn’t have a lot say about ___________

by Jon Dykstra | Into this blank liberals will insert terms such as “homosexuality” or “creation” or “gender” and, as Douglas Wilson has noted, they’ll make this claim because they are the sort of liberal that still professes God’s Word as authoritative, and they know that if the Bible does speak to their cause, then they really should listen. But they don’t want to so they pretend God has not spoken...

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Feel the Importance of Your Sins Forgiven

by J.C. Ryle

Do you feel anything of the importance of being forgiven? Then, in the name of God, I call upon you to encourage that feeling more and more. This is the point to which we desire to bring all people’s souls.

We want you to understand that religion does not consist in professing certain opinions, and performing certain outward duties, and going through certain outward forms. It consists in being reconciled to God, and enjoying peace with Him. It consists in having our sins cleansed away, and knowing that they are cleansed. It consists in being brought back into friendship with the King of kings, and living in the sunshine of that friendship.

Do not listen to those who are inclined to persuade you that if you only “go to church” regularly you will go to heaven. Settle it rather in your mind, that true saving religion, such as the Bible teaches, is another kind of thing altogether. The very foundation of real Christianity is to know that you have many sins, and deserve hell – and to feel the importance of having these sins cleansed away, in order that you may go to heaven.