In the confessional

God believes in you and so do I.

God loves you and so do I.

You pass a lot of judgement about who's saved and who's not saved. I guess you forgot Jesus said for us not to judge.

Jesus never said not to judge, in Matthew 7 He said to not judge others for the same sin you commit (why do you seek the speck in their eye when there is a log in your eye?)

Here’s what the Bible says about judging;

John 7:24

Do not judge according to appearance, but judge the righteous judgment.“

How are you to say we are not to judge? You would be telling a lot of judges that they have no right to sentence someone to jail for their crimes then.

“A Godly life is not built in a day, a year, or a single event, but by the daily practice of prayer and renewing the mind in the Word of God.”

— Paul Washer (via jhchon)

reminder that it is okay feel hurt by the church, to feel alienated, betrayed, and even fearful of trying to trust it again. the church as a human institution is flawed and is often guilty of doing harmful things, and it’s 100% okay to be wary of that – you are not called to adore it blindly and attend services even when you don’t feel safe there. however, you are called to be a part of the Body of Christ, which is often a different entity from human churches. you are called to love and worship God and serve God’s people wherever you can.

trust that Christ will never, ever, do anything to hurt you. no matter what any church has told you, Jesus loves you: unconditionally, undeniably, unendingly. even when trusting the church is difficult, you can always find refuge in him. you can still be a good Christian even when trusting other Christians is hard. you can still worship God even when finding a safe place to worship is hard. 

My thoughts aren’t always holy. My actions aren’t always loving. I fail. I slip. I’m a mess on so many days. I don’t have it all together, but I live and breathe God’s Grace every moment of every day, and THAT is what pulls me through. I am committed to being more like Jesus, and I pray God gives me the strength to continue dying to myself daily and picking up His Cross. I cannot do this alone. I cannot live a holy and righteous life without Him. God, I pray my heart clings to You tighter than anything else in this world!

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 

Matthew 11:28

note to self: don’t seek to be relevant or liked, seek to be undeniable. seek to be compassionate. seek integrity. seek humility. seek light.

“I remember how it felt like finding God for the first time. It was like finding water in the middle of the desert, like a rope in an abyss, like hearing a child’s first laugh, like seeing fireworks for the first time, like dancing to your first favorite song. He was a type of a dynamic movement, He began life, He became my life.”

— the first few steps of knowing God

“Creation seems to come out of imperfection. It seems to come out of a striving and a frustration. And this is where I think language came from. I mean, it came from our desire to transcend our isolation… and have some sort of connection with one another.”

— Waking Life (2001)

The fact that in this culture, it is normal (almost expected) for pubescent boys to watch and pleasure themselves to videos of women being beaten up, raped, sodomised, even urinated on, usually by force, is horrific. 

The fact that in this culture, it is normal (almost expected) for elderly men to watch and pleasure themselves to teenagers roleplaying as daughters, babysitters, cheerleaders, schoolgirls, is horrific.

Do not normalise pornography. It’s not normal. It’s not healthy. 

I’m not sure who originally created this image, but I certainly related to it and it touched me.

I sometimes try too hard to be “perfect”. But I fail every time. There was only one perfect person to ever walk this earth and that’s Jesus.

So no matter what I do, how many times I fail, I know His grace has already saved me.

Jesus paid the price of my sins long ago. I am so incredibly thankful and humbled by that. (at Livingchristian.org) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2jVPEPHtrA/?igshid=1ea4113wtm0jn

thinking about that picture of miles morales holding a baby. its very good

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