We are Persecuted but not Forsaken

8 On every side we are hard pressed, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; — 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 | A Faithful Version (AFV) Holy Bible, A Faithful Version © 2020 A Faithful Version. All Rights Reserved. Cross References: Psalm 37:24; Psalm 129:2; Proverbs 24:16; Isaiah 40:31; Habakkuk 3:17; John 15:20; Romans 8:35

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER + Episode Titles in Dialogue

there goes my favorite drawing software ...

i defended their plans for the version2 and all, bc i didnt see much wrong with it and liked csp alot, but i guess i should have become a hater back then already

after that one big mistake that sparked so much outrage they really said but how can we actually lose EVERYONE, they saw deviantart doing it and thought BET I CAN DO IT FASTER

(they say they dont use user data but are basing it on stable diffusion of all things, they literally only ask people to think morally/ethically when using it to not use stolen stuff like thats ever worked with anything ever, plus "we cant guarantee that there will be no copyright infringement" OH YOU DONT SAY)

— Faith In The Future World Tour in Jakarta, Indonesia (24/01)

cw // partial nudity

romantic bath time

whit the faithful/swap au idea belongs to @just-dol-headshots !

24 hours until these babies all play in an nhl game

forgive me if this has been answered previously, but what were the circumstances around vasco finding out about machete's death? i'm heartbroken but fascinated to think about what his immediate reaction could have been

They don't live together, Vasco was at home in Florence at the time. Either someone who knew of their relationship managed to alert him of the murder, or he showed up in Rome to visit him just like countless of times before, and one time he was just gone. He would've missed the funeral for sure, and since Machete doesn't have family, his belongings would most likely end up escheated and subsequently liguidated by the church. He certainly wasn't remembed fondly, for the most part it was like he had never been there in the first place.

I don't want to get into the details but of course he was devastated. The threat of death was a constant presence in Machete's later years, he survived at least a couple of assassination attempts and his health kept getting worse. I think he tried to keep Vasco in the dark about how bad things were exactly, but Vasco didn't miss how his fear of death ramped up in intensity towards the end. So it wasn't a complete surprise when he found out they had finally gotten him. For a long time he had hard time not blaming himself for it, thinking whether he could've done something to prevent the outcome, whether his presence would've changed how things played out. Over the years he learned to live with the sudden and violent end of their relationship, but the first few years were extremely rough, the whole ordeal broke him in unprecedented ways and he never fully recovered to his previous state.

your schoolmates, masc. edition

The Throne in Heaven

1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door opened in heaven; and the first voice that I heard was as if a trumpet were speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things that must take place after these things." 2 And immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One was sitting on the throne. 3 And He Who was sitting was in appearance like a jasper stone and a sardius stone; and a rainbow was around the throne, like an emerald in its appearance. 4 And around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments; and they had on their heads golden crowns.

5 And proceeding from the throne were lightnings and thunders and voices; and seven lamps of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning before the throne. 6 And before the throne was a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne and over the throne were four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind; 7 And the first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature was like a bull, and the third living creature had the face of a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. 8 And each of the four living creatures had six wings respectively; and around and within they were full of eyes; and day and night they cease not saying, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was, and Who is, and Who is to come." 9 And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanksgiving to Him Who sits on the throne, Who lives into the ages of eternity, 10 The twenty-four elders fall down before Him Who sits on the throne; and they worship Him Who lives into the ages of eternity, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 "Worthy are You, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power because You did create all things, and for Your will they were created and exist." — Revelation 4 | A Faithful Version (AFV) Holy Bible, A Faithful Version © 2020 A Faithful Version. All Rights Reserved. Cross References: Genesis 1:1; Exodus 3:14; Exodus 15:11; Exodus 19:16; Exodus 24:10; Exodus 25:37; Deuteronomy 32:40; 1 Kings 22:19; Psalm 11:4; Psalm 47:8; Isaiah 6:1; Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 1:5; Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 1:18; Daniel 4:34; Daniel 12:7; Matthew 19:28; Revelation 1:10; Revelation 3:18; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 6:3

This can be sweet and oh so terrifying the more you think about it LOL

lyrics from - Taking What's Not Yours by TV Girl

The saint for finding lost things.

I gotta say, reading about him is very humbling, born from a rich family, but became a saint for the poor.

I'm practicing him, 'cause I wanna make sure to give distinct looks with different saints.

"We are many"

"The Thralls of the Eternal Order of the Second Death, They greedily breathe The Gift directly from the bloodstained masks, which keeps them wandering about in a constantly altered state of mind. Their legs too fast and their shears too sharp. Fleeing or fighting is certain death. The only shield against these corrupted souls is my Faith in God."

I was your Watcher, Faith. I know the real you.

I have terrible motivation, but once while I was in a super goofy mood I started writing a fic where the Mayor, upon noticing that Faith and Buffy clearly have romantic feelings for one another, realizes that the best way to get both slayers on his side is to convince Buffy to date Faith. What I’m trying to get at is, The Mayor plays matchmaker for Faith and Buffy as part of his evil Ascension plan and not at all because he loves Faith and wants her to be happy. There was also a subplot were the Mayor kept “gently” encouraging the people of Sunnydale to wildly flirt with Angel as a plot to break up him and Buffy, but Angel was just... so not understanding that he’s being hit on. And another subplot was the Scoobies all basically going “what do you mean it’s not heterosexual to be attracted to people of the same gender??”