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laufire · 4 years

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(fandom) shadowhunters if not done yet

Strangely no, I didn’t get this one! (I’ve gotten... so many... it’s going to take a while for some lol)

Top 5 favourite characters: Maia, Isabelle, Raphael, Alec, and Magnus.

Other characters you like: Marise, Camille, Jace, Jordan, Luke, Valentine, Jonathan/Sebastian, Meliorn, the Seelie Queen, Lorenzo... so many.

Least favourite characters: Jocelyn was dull. And I didn’t really care for Clary, though after s1 I didn’t mind her much either.

Otps: Isabelle/Raphael, Isabelle/Meliorn/Raphael. And I really, really dug how this show did “utterly messed up disfunctional exes”, it hit all my spots (Camille/Magnus, Jordan/Maia, Marise/Valentine). I also liked Isabelle/Sebastian, Isabelle/Maia, Isabelle/Aline, Isabelle/Aldertree, Isabelle/Simon(/Raphael) sometimes... Outside Isabelle (lol), I appreciated Alec/Aldertree (THE CHEMISTRY), Maia/Magnus and recently I experience a burst of Jace/Magnus feels that isn’t going away LOL. I’m even entertaining the idea of writing something and I’ve spent months without touching my SH wips smh. And frankly, I was there for tons of rareships and polyships. This fandom needed them, it was too ship-centric.

Notps: Alec/Magnus (the ship was not my thing but I could’ve ignored. The fandom, however? Yeah, no), and Clary/Isabelle. It’s basically a damped down version of Bonnie/Elena and that’s my most hated type of dynamic ever xD

Favourite friendships: Raphael & Magnus, Alec & Maia (I could dream), Jace & Isabelle.

Favourite family: the Lightwoods, in all their fucked up glory.

Favourite episodes: 2x08 (aka THE RIZZY EPISODE). Really, 2x08-2x14. I really enjoyed myself there.

Favourite season/book/movie: season 2a, be still my heart.

Favourite quotes: NOTHING beats “If there’s any good that comes out of being at the brink of war, it’s being able to stand here in front of you.” Raphael, you smooth fucker.

Best musical moment: I really liked Simon’s song in 2x13.

Moment that made you fangirl/boy the hardest: every Raphabelle scene but especially the first one in 2x08 (I actually crack shipped them a little in s1 before they properly met, so imagine how I felt LOL. That actually happened to me with KC in s2/early s3 of TVD too xDD).

When it really disappointed you: s3(a; I still haven’t watched s3b) was zzzzzz.

Saddest moment: I HAD TO WITNESS THREE (3) RAPHABELLE BREAKUPS LMAO. Nah, I actually dig breakups xD. Err... honestly? Hearing Alec turn down a promotion in 3x01. At that point I knew he was lost to me *sniffs*.

Most well done character death: I thought Jace’s temporary death was well-done (though I wish they’d done more with the after-effects. I love resurrection stories soooo much).

Favourite guest star: Asmodeus. He’s iconique.

Favourite cast member: ALAN VAN SPRANG. I loved him since his Reign days, it was inevitable.

Character you wish was still alive: was here ever any clarification over what happened to Dot or...?

One thing you hope really happens: n/a.

Most shocking twist: n/a.

When did you start watching/reading?: I watched s1 at the behest of my sister (she’s a books “fan”. By which I mean she reads them, tells me what happens, and endlessly complains about them xD). I was immensely frustrated by it but agreed to continue with s2.

Best animal/creature: I’d want to be a Warlock. You’re immortal, you have powers, AND you can walk in the sun and lie. The origin is the only thing that would put me off :/

Favourite location: Seelie court.

Trope you wish they would stop using: “Magnus suffers horribly because of his relationship with Alec, the sequel” xD

One thing this show/book/film does better than others: I thought it did a really, really good job of portraying parental abuse with Jace and Sebastian.

Funniest moments: Alec maneuvring people as Head of the Institute was always a joy to watch for me.

Couple you would like to see: I really, really can’t get Jace/Magnus out of my head lol. But in truth, Isabelle/Meliorn/Raphael would’ve been AMAZING.

Actor/Actress you want to join the cast: n/a.

Favourite outfit: basically everything Isabelle and Raphael wore after their wardrobes upgrade in s2 LOL.

Favourite item: Isabelle’s staff.

Do you own anything related to this show/book/film?: nope.

What house/team/group/friendship group/family/race etc would you be in?: I’d be better off as a Shadowhunter but I don’t like them...

Most boring plotline: s1.

Most laughably bad moment: s1.

Best flashback/flashfoward if any: all the Maia flashbacks in s3 destroyed me, in a good way.

Most layered character: I think the s2-3 writers really worked on Alec over everyone.

Most one dimensional character: Kaelie.

Scariest moment: n/a.

Grossest moment: n/a.

Best looking male: Aldertree.

Best looking female: Marise.

Who you’re crushing on (if any): Aline.

Favourite cast moment: n/a.

Favourite transportation: portals were neat.

Most beautiful scene (scenery/shot wise): Raphael and Isabelle’s scene in the council room in 2x19. I just love how the lighting is used there. And Isabelle in a white dress in the lake. Because of Reasons. Very Heterosexual Reasons.

Unanswered question/continuity issue/plot error that bugs you: I WANTED TO SEE CAMILLE AGAIN. And I was interested (and fearful, but mostly interested) in the show adapting the Camille & Maureen & Raphael & Simon storyline from the books (I actually wanted to use it for a WIP... I should try to finish those, yup.

Best promo: n/a. I always forget this stuff LOL.

At what point did you fall in love with this show/book: 2x08, the first Raphabelle scene. I went from “eh” (s1) and “...... better” (early s2), to “!!!!” in three seconds flat xD

#wonderdoves #shadowhunters #sh thoughts #talking to the void #my thoughts #thank you <33 #lately i've felt nostalgic so maybe that'll inspire me to finish that ocuple of pending wips *sighs*#and with all the rareships i wanted to write honestly i should just do some short stuff #like a window in what the long story could've been or something #things to think about #writing woes

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bloggerspow-blog · 4 years

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Mortal Kombat: Return To Of Kombat Shrines

Johnny Cage wiped sweat and angrily licked his upper lip, “So now is time of glory fighting, do you enjoy pain sandwiches?” Reptile looked down then up, then right, then at Johnny, then thought for a moment, then slightly bent his right knee. “If it is delicious swipings you like, then pain it is to your personal area parts!” Reptile slightly moved his foot and a small plume of dust was swept up. “See?”, said Reptile looking down at the ground. “See what?”, said Johnny. “Sorry, I was checking my massages.” Reptile now furious yelling: “Did you no like my dance moves?! If you were not so busy with your stupid, silly, awful, annoying, amusing, time consuming, absurd, benign, delightful and awful yammering you would have witnessed a thing that would have made you aware of it existing. Johnny, once more involved in a text with his agent looks up and raises his right eyebrow so it is higher than his other eyebrow, the other eyebrow is located on the opposite side of his cranium. The main idea is that there are two eyebrows and the one he is moving is the current one described now. “Well I...” Reptile interrupts while Johnny is speaking just now a moment ago: “Shut up you stupid pud!” Johnny stops moving, puts his hands at his sides and Reptile does the same, neither of them continues to move and stares silently at one another...day turns to night.......

MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!

Sonya slowly roused from sleep in her room which the sun was coloring a golden shade of yellow, her hair lay about her carefree and flat, like pancakes left on a stove. The pancakes were delicious but there were more made than needed, so some were saved with Tupperware. With a majestic stretch, she raised up from her bed and arched her well toned body showcasing her physique and at the apex letting out a horrendous fart: “PLBBBBBBBBBBBIP!!!!!! It violently shook the adjoining wall. “Really Mom? What the fuck you smelly fucking bitch?! I swear to God after the first 3 games you just let your shit go and do you know how embarrassing it was having to go to school explaining that you were on medication while shouting: “ERUAGHHHUHEEEHHUHHH!” While ripping off men's heads and pissing on their ashes?” Cassie was a typical asshole teenager who was spoiled and smelled like gum and hairspray, even after raising her to be a man she still insisted on being a bitch. Cassie is painfully aware of how stupid it was for her mother to have bred with her father, although to be fair he was the only normal person with a normal penis in the tournament (Kano had a metal cock and Jax was...look Sonya is a racist okay? She wouldn't date Liu Kang, she wouldn't even date Quan Chi due to his Jewish heritage.) “You had your pick Mom, you stupid fucking cunt bag, you could have banged a thunder guy, or even sold your soul to a sorcerer with erectile disfunction and I would be able to kill fuckers with my magic queefs with green magic clouds or some shit. Noooo, instead I have some stupid ass drone and shoot people in a martial arts tournament.” Sonya had been silent up till this point, she had been busy breathing in her flatulence as she found it absolutely fantastic, she loved breathing her own fart gas, especially early in the morning after a night of drinking and eating peanuts. “Cassie, you are a whore, a fucking mistake, we actually were using condoms AND I was on birth control AND had a diaphragm inside me yet we still somehow got fucking cursed with you.” Sonya picked a small booger from her nose, smelled it and flicked it with fury at her daughter where it hit the wall with a shower of gross sparks. “You were a mistake and so was I, we all were because I recently found out Kano is my actual father so yeah, our family is a shit show even by Outworld's standards.” Cassie and Sonya both shake hands and salute, the entire room is suddenly engulfed with flames.

Outside...”Thank God we got out of that”, said Cassie. “You can say that again.”, said Sonya. ”Thank God we got out of that”, said Cassie. “You can say that again.”, said Sonya.”Thank God we got out of that”, said Cassie. “You can say that again.”, said Sonya. “So Mom, are you finally ready to admit you are a stupid whore?”, Cassie looked at her Mom for a response. “Yeah totally am slut.”, Sonya smiled and revealed she was missing 3 teeth, making her smile resemble a hobos. Sonya then let out a battle cry: “Lalalalalalala!!!” Cassie looks up, then down, turns around once, then back at her Mother. “Why did I just do that?” Sonya glares seriously into the distance at a nearby tree. “It's because you are a warrior, because you understood what that thing was to know. When instructions were handed out and mailed, they were hard to understand due to being comprised of small pictures with no words. We all still were able to assemble the furniture ourselves but I will never forget it, that is when I knew you were the un-chosen one, the one who was supposed to know the thing. Then all this other stuff happened, and I am also hungry now.” Cassie looks like a cat who was wet but then became dry and hoarsely replies: “Then, we dine in Hell tonight! My little kettle corn Mommy Mom!!!” Now different things happen to other characters too.

Scorpion grabbed at the brown tube which had become the ultimate opponent with a scrap of white barely hanging onto the edge of the roll. “Damn!”, Scorpion reached out and snatched the tube off the holder with a soft loving gesture. “By the fires of unholy eternal Heck, this is less than what I desire!” He then goes through a painstaking task of peeling back enough cardboard to cover his hand and reluctantly lowers his palm to relieve his stinky shameful horrible waste he was naughty enough to expel because he is bad and a devil person. “Whew it sure is smelly in here now!”, waving his hand in a circular, counter-clock wise and sideways motion he sang a sad, uplifting ditty: “Iiiiiiii juuuuuussst tooook a craaaaapp, iiiiiitt waaaas reallllly baaaaaddd, it buuuuuuuurrned my deeeeemonic aaaaaassss and nooooowww I am saaaaad.” He exited with a mighty flush as his enemy faced him down right outside the door. “I need to shit too once in a while dickhead.”, Sub Zero was not pleased, ever since this uneasy peace it seemed there was never a free moment to use the bathroom. “What are you doing in there anyway? It is not like you are jerking off, your dick was burned off years ago.” Scorpion erupted in a bout of flame and was now a skeleton. “Nooo, I can't, should we talk about what happened to your appendages? Or is it too soon to mention the ice tray incident?” Sub Zero became sad and cried tears which froze before being able to escape his stupid cold face. “You do not know what it is like, shrinkage was a real issue and you know how it makes me feel. Can we not do this right now please?” “Oh all right, I supposed you have been helping me with my baths and daily feedings, ever since we moved into this apartment I have begun feeling like you do not hate me anymore, you never rip off my head, you are always criticizing me and it makes me hot...not in a good way either. Sub Zero set down his knitting and looked at his friend, “Look, I really still need to use the bathroom okay?” “Then use it.”, said Scorpion. “I will.”, replied Sub Zero with a pep in his step as he pranced to the bathroom angrily. Sub Zero then uses the bathroom. Having finished using the restroom, Sub Zero returns to the couch and resuming knitting while humming: “Dun dun da dun da dun da dun da dah. Duh da du da duh da, (murmering) mortal kombat” Scorpion now in human form once more slaps his right knee past his thigh, but not quite the very tip of his knee, about 4 inches away from the front of his leg where the human knee joint is usually located. “See? No hate, just some odd couple bullshit...you used to be cool man.” Both beginning humming together as we slip out quietly...I mean really who wants to watch that? They are like a married couple.

Lament of Badgers

Liu Kang looked out over Edenia, a sprawling and beautiful land, with its sparkling waters and happy squirrels. He then put down the magazine and observed his dreary surroundings. The apartment was in his Mother Sui Kang's name not his own so he could not help but try to follow the rules, no loud chewing, no spiked arm bands on the couch and the worst rule of all, no fighting. There was water running, in fact it had been running for too long now... “Kitana! Are you almost done washing our produce yet?” “Almost my little Egg Foo Hung!” God he hated that nickname, yes he had a huge dong, but it was not the most mighty of the Wangs, Goro held that title. “Did you check the mail K? I was too busy rehearsing for my graduation speech.” Kitana laughed crazily and did a back flip, “I am so glad to be who I am! And yes I checked the mail and no you did not get anything, hehhhahahahahahaaaa!” Liu Kang stood up with speedy and fresh air while flossing shouting: “You disrespect the fish you get the whole thing, you wanted to see, you dreamed so hard like a fighting fish of glory. So now what say the opponents?” Kitana rose in the air on one leg while posing with her hands clasped and began to sing “Shake shake shake senora shake your body line.” and while gyrating was also firing a Desert Eagle at her husbands feet. “For fuck's sake what is wrong with you? You crazy ass bitch, we are gonna get evicted now cut it out!” Kitana descended to the ground and scratched at the wood, she scratched until her fingers were bleeding. Liu Kang watched for a few moments and then bowed, back flipping out of the room while letting out small “Wudap!” and “Wah!”.

Keys were heard jingling the doorknob. “Waiyaiyaiyaiyaiiiiiiii!!!” It was the landlord, must have gotten off early. She flung herself into the room, then backwards down the stairs and out into the road. A passing car honked its horn loudly, Sui stood up and lifted the vehicle over end like it was made of paper. People scattered in fear as she walked up to the window of the car where a man was stammering and shaking. She pointed her bony dirty green finger in his dumb stupid face, then turned and ran back up the stairs, then fell back down the stairs, then went to the local corner store for a candy bar, then returned to the stairs, she then carefully went up them and hopped over the last one, she was not going to fall for that shit again. Entering the room to find filthy empty food containers and dirty diapers stacked in the corner. “ I am home you lazy no good doo doo Kang!” Her screams filled the room and Liu Kang smiled warmly, “Hey Mom, did you check the mail? I am waiting for a collectors edition mug with a map of how to get to the new island for the chess tournament I told you about. His mother punched a hole in the wall, lit a cigarette while bouncing a basketball with her arm still in the wall, she took a drag and no smoke ever came out. “I know how deep this goes, there is no chess tournament, you must have gotten drunk with rent again right?” Liu Kang looked into a nearby mirror, winked, wiped his face, noticed his left eyebrow was getting long again and plucked a hair, then procured a shaver and removed the entire thing. “Oh no now I look not like a furious fighting man of burning muscle punches anymore. “Oh you look so handsome, like a suitable rental car with extra seat room!” His mother was now juggling firey blades and a cat. “Mom why do you always know just what words are said?” She swung a samurai sword at a watermelon in mid-air. “From here on out I will never talk like a boondalungaloo again. I am sorry that you are such a little baby bitty beep beep blop ploopy bloopy blee. It is the only way to center your Chihuahua.”

Liu Kang nodded and quietly painted his finger nails hot pink, he stopped to apply a small sticker of a baby chick to his index nail. “Kitana, thank you so much for this color it is striking, get it?” Kitana burst into the room wearing an overcoat and a bullet proof vest. “I am happy you like it, to make others happy is the motto of the badger!” Liu Kang fought to prevent vomiting as he drank a glass of rotten milk. He looked at a picture of himself on the wall, “Badger? What are you talking about?” Kitana set her puppy down and it ran backwards to its kennel. “You know silly, the Lament of Badgers Festival. It is what precedes Mortal Kombat in the hood bitch.” Liu kang took a long drink of chunky sour milk, “By the Gods why am I drinking this? Yeah I forgot, oh well, guess it is time for DVR watching. Liu Kangs ugly stupid fingernails tapped the remote lightly. He list-fully opened the viewing guide and selected his library, then navigated to settings, system and updates and then moved down 3 places to select update check, the screen flickered and he was back at the previous menu. Liu watched as his TV levitated off the ground and fell, shattering like a pillow dropped on bags. “Liu Kang you silly sad Sally! Get the fuck up and train now!” Raiden was standing in front of him smoking a blunt and wearing a pimp coat, his hat replaced with a bandanna. “And yo stupid asses better have my rent by the first...bitch.” He was instantly gone in a puff of green smoke, a small fire had been started by his lightning feet of fury. Liu Kang had to act fast, he threw Kitana's cat at the fire and it took out a cat sized fire extinguisher out of its suitcase and sprayed coolant, putting out the fire. While flying through the air it had also pissed for the length of the throw, not of fear but vengeance. “Now I leave you with my mighty piss stain to remind you of the day you crossed me, Sudakai Hiroki!” The cat struggled his paw to flip the bird to the human and left, making sure to slam the door. “But your name was Fluffles.” Liu Kangs eyes welled up with tears as he chopped an onion furiously with care. The door burst open, and Sudakai looked like a fire dragon as he said “That was never my name, you are so stupid man really, no one likes you. You are cheap, you are always yelling some unintelligible shit and spamming, sorry bro but fuck you. I forgot my nip.” The cat had snatched his satchel of kitty cat mowie wowie and fled slamming the door. Liu Kang cried this time out of sadness as the cat had also made off with the rent...oh well...it wasn't the first time.

#liukangwoo #mk11funny #funnyfanfict #retroxtainer #mk11fanfiction #comedymk #subzerofunny #scorpionfunny #fictionalfun #mkcomedy

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miserablesecrets · 6 years

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So I got an idea rather late at night last night and decided to follow through with writing it out. It was less an idea and more of a short story, so for today’s bit on some of my Etrian Guilds, have a little story between two characters.

I’d love any questions or comments!

WIP

To say Gareth lived a normal life up until the day he joined a guild and past that day would be, simply put, a large lie. Even before joining the Guild by the name of Guardia, he came from a rather cruel and definitely disfunctional family. Those who lie, seek blood, and let nothing stand in their way for the sake of glory are certainly not the nicest of folks, but for the longest time, they were family to him. And such as they were considered family, he strived to be like them, impress them, and gain their approval. But, frankly speaking, it wasn't the easiest to easily mimic blood so cruel. He tried neverless, tried to the point of overlooking who he truly was, in favour of viewing himself in a brash and cruel persona of the family he tried to mimic. In truth, he was much more of a calculating and cautious person, if not a bit rude. He never felt the need to overdo something, or to even give an attempt at something not worthwhile or that would only lead to disappointment. But neverless, his delusions of himself overshadowed his person and there were certainly times in which he'd act out only because he felt he should, regardless of whether or not he truly wanted to.

As for joining a guild? Gareth did so on the prospect that it would only further his goals, something that, in the end, would prove true, but the goals he felt he once had and the goals that were truly furthered were two very different goals indeed. When first joining, he did so thinking that this was how he'd gain the strength and approval of his family. Likewise, he certainly didn't leave the best impressions on everyone he'd one day come to know and love. He even made one person, who one day, would be rather important to him, fearful of his very being for quite some time. And so his guild life began, he boasted when he could, bullied for fun, but still did his job of being a helpful member of the guild.

It was simple, he thought, this life was an easy way to achieve his goals. But then came the time when this life stopped being ever so "simple", a time where an itch started to build, a feeling that, sure, one day he'd thought would come along, but one he didn't want now, one that certainly didn't blow away in the wind no matter how many times it was ignored. That feeling was love. Perhaps not full love in the begining, but some form of love nothing less. Now, it wasn't like love was an absolute foreign feeling to him, sure, he's had the occasional crush, a slight lust, or any other minor feeling of infatuation, but for the most part, those could be ignored. They were only temporary feelings that, with enough time, often left or were forgotten. However, now here stood something that would not go away no matter the time, and sure it should be an adventure to fall in love with someone, but frankly, he felt as if the stars mis-aligned on the wrong side of the planet, because his budding feelings of love were for no one else but a berry coloured celestrian, one who very much feared his existence.

To ponder about this predicament, Gareth thought about a lot of things; How to end this? Why did this happen? What should he do? among other existental questions. And it was through this point that made him start to realize something. He did quite like this celestrian and there was no point in trying because he was such a terrible person, right? Well of course, he had to be, to be someone his family would approve of. But to think a bit more, was it really all that great? Certainly he shouldnt be bothered by causing the distress of others. But here he was, kind of being bothered. His goal was to very much be like that of his family and he was, was he not? He was brash and cruel like his predecessors, well he felt he was ...or no, was that he felt he should be? To think on it a little harder ...what was he? What were his goals then?

And thus, Gareth had to take a rather long time of pondering to figure out some things; Who he was, who he thought he was and if that was someone he wanted to be. His answers thought long and hard on? Well, they were rather muddled and unclear. The more he thought, the more he felt that becoming more like his family didn't really have the pull he once felt it did. But who did it make him? He wasn't too sure on that. However, he did start to get a feel on what he wanted to be, for the most part. At the very least, he'd like to be someone that his budding love could call a friend. He still didnit have high hopes for full love at the time however. But what is someone who's a friend? Kinder, he thought, perhaps less teasing and boasting. He knew that got on many folks nerves ...and he didnt really want to be those anymore.

So Gareth gave an attempt, not right to being a certain someone's friend, but to being a nicer person, at the very least. Not just for the sake of something called love, but also because he realized being a jerk isn't as fun. He certainly wasn't sure what he was doing, but he was going to tread carefully and cautiously. Eventually however, after treading to being what he hoped was a nicer person, he gave another attempt, and this attempt was at being a certain berry coloured Celestrian's friend.

To say it was unexpected, this Celestrian thought, to find the object of your fears and torment suddenly apologizing for past behavious and wanting to start anew, was quite the understatement. To Razz, it certainly was a "moment" in his life. His life was full of moments, some good and some bad, he wasn't sure what to make of this one however. He'd come from quite the different background than the one standing across from him, creating a moment that danced a fine line between good and bad. He lived in poverty for the longest time, worked and worked for days on end, not because he was forced to, but because he felt it was the only thing he could do to support the family that tried to give him everything he wanted, even when it couldn't.

Razz was a kind and caring person, often putting others need and wants before his own, but that didnt mean he was a pushover for those who were mean. He joined this Guild called Guardia hoping to provide for his family, but doing so gave him a bit more than what he bargained for. It was a job filled with just a bit more danger than he thought, and placed him next to a rather odd set of folks. Some were rather nice and friendly, but others... others he wanted to keep some distance from. He thought Gareth fit into the latter of folks he had to work beside, but it was certainly a change of pace to have him here where he is now.

Was there a reason for this? Did he have some form of ulterior goal? Razz wasn't too sure there. He didn't remember anyone in the Guild getting annoyed enough with the man, but he had noticed a slight change. So was this of his own accord? If it was, then he should give him a chance, should he not? Even if Gareth still did make him uneasy, he seemed to be trying and it would do more harm than good to deny someone who was at least trying. And thus, Gareth gained a friend, a wavering friend, perhaps more of an acquaintance or ally for the time being.

To say things then went smoothly and all of Gareth's work turned to reward, would to once again be a lie. There was still a lot of work to be done, being a friend is no easy task and he certainly wasn't leaving the rest of his Guild out of his newfound budding kindness. He'd only reached a simple foothold in the mountain he'd chosen to climb. But from that foothold, he was able to get just the bit more support and focus to continue his perilous trek, just a bit smoother.

Razz to did learn some things of his own, from this odd friendship, as well. He certainly started to notice the ...lack of care he had for his own self. Sure he had a younger brother who often tried to point things out to him, but his brother was one of the folks he was working oh so hard for and surely he understood how much he needed to do the things he did. But to have someone else, who's not related to you closely through blood or bond, point out the same things, certainly felt different. From that point on, he did try to care for himself just a bit more.

As such, the ever constant work continued, not too quickly, but just a bit more smoothly and there came a time again when Gareth had to ponder back on some old questions. Who was he? Well now, he felt that answer was a little more clearer. He was Gareth, the Soul Harvester, loyal memeber of the Guild called Guardia. Is this someone he wanted to be? Yes, it brought him great joy to stand by his now dear friends. To think on what he once was, brought a certain feeling to him that he wasn't sure what was. A somber to blank feeling? A shadow that once towered over before being chased away by day's break? Regardless, it was quite the past now and those who he once thought of family felt more like faded stains. To think he only came this far because he fell in love.

Speaking of love, did those feelings still remain? It wasn't something that was truly on the front of his mind for quite the bit of time. But neverless, he still did feel something when standing by the side of his now good friend Razz. A little different now too, whereas before, he'd liken the feeling to being stabbed in the chest multiple times and the afterwards moment of being at loss for breath and sligtly dying. Now, that feeling was warmer, to say the least. The thing that causes a smile from doing the most mundane of tasks, or giddyness of being silly. He liked this feeling a lot more now.

So Gareth decided it was time to give another attempt, not nessisarily knowing the end goal, but it was someting he felt he had to try at, at least. And through this attempt that he admitted his feelings, one quiet moment between the two of them. Even if he still wasn't certain on the chances of full love, he'd rather not keep those feelings buried.

To say it was rather unexpected, Razz thought, to have his once fear, now good friend admit he loves him, would be an understatement. It was a "moment" for sure, one that'd he'd honestly place a little more on the good side than bad. But how to respond wasn't something he was really sure of. Did he love Gareth as well? Well no, not in the same way at least. He certainly didn't hate the man and he would definitely consider him a good friend, but feelings of love weren't ones he thought of before. However, if there was one thing he'd picked up from his friend that stood next to him, admitting precious feelings, it would be that it doesn't hurt to try at something. He wasn't going to lie however, at the time, he didn't have mutual feelings for Gareth. But that didn't mean he wasn't willing to at least give an attempt to see if he could have the same feelings. And so, they did become something that could be considered a relationship.

To say that it was smooth sailing from here, a quick jog to the top of the mountain, would be to once again be lying. Relationships aren't always the smoothest for sailing. But as it would be, Razz would admit, through this new time spent together, doing small dates and simply talking, he did grow quite fond of his companion. It was slightly inspiring, to realize how much the man next to him had worked to get where he stood now. He wasn't even sure if Gareth truly realized the amount of work he'd done. And after some time, he could say that perhaps, he could return the same affection that Gareth bore for him. And thus, one quiet moment bewtween the two, he returned words first said to him in a similar moment.

The top of the mountain finally in sight, smooth climbing from here on out! Well, no, that's a lie. To have reached the same foothold as each other, was certainly a checkpoint, but it was still just a foothold and there was still much ahead. Worries and concerns still passed through the minds of both of them. Slight annoyances and fears as well. They weren't perfect, its quite impossible to be something considered perfect and neither of them would think that they were. But they were willing to work towards something a little closer to complete together. Because while if complete wasn't perfect, it was a more reasonable end goal. They had come this far and neither wanted to turn back around, so all that was really left was to try, trying and working together. They certainly had that work cut out for them, many hardships that were simply the emotions between the two, stood as both walls and ladders. Their relationship was certainly a work in progress, but little by little, they'd work towards a completed end project together.

Name: Gareth Name: Razz Age: 23 Age: 25 Gender: Male Gender: Male Class: Harbinger Class: Warlock

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2.] Look at the strategy: MISTRUST/DOUBT

If the devil can get a Christian to believe,

"now that I'm a Christian, GOD will not let really big bad things to happen to me. HE might let me have a few bad things."

But in general now that I'm a Christian, GOD won’t let really bad things happen to me.

2a] If you believe that, when really bad things happen, then you're going to pull back from GOD.****

Psalm 91:11-12 | Security of the One Who Trusts in GOD

For HE will command HIS angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

You're going to say the promise didn't work; & that's exactly what Satan wants.

I hope there's nobody out there that that's already happened to you, but it might be that you believe that

—or you have believed that.

But that's not at all what the text is saying [2:53]

Now the best way to understand any part of the BIBLE is to compare it with the rest of the BIBLE.

So because there's a great place in the Anglican's 39 Articles, where it says:

"We must never expound one place of SCRIPTURE, that it be repugnant to another.

That's another way of saying, you must never take one set of SCRIPTURE & read it in a way that actually contradicts another one.

We need to look at them together [3:15]

3.] And here's three other passages:

And now we'll see in light of these passages what it means that GOD keeps you safe [3:23]

Genesis 50:20 | As for you, what you intended against me for evil, GOD intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

Genesis 50:20 is a place where Joseph at the end of a long life, in which he was abused, falsely accused, enslaved, falsely convicted of crime..etc.

At the very end of his life, he looks at his brothers, who had done all this to him, & he says,

"you meant it for evil, but GOD meant it for good." [3:46]

And what Joseph is saying is: "I was a spoiled brat, & I was going in a bad direction, the family was a disfunctional family—but if I had not been sent to Egypt,

● if I hadn't become a slave, or ● if I hadn't become a convict, ● if I hadn't been brought down here

I would not have been able to rise up & become Prime Minister.

And save not only many people from famine, & save my own family from their sin & show them how to repent.

You meant it for evil, GOD meant it for good.

Which means GOD was keeping me safe! [4:16]

When HE sold me into slavery.

GOD is keeping me safe & all of us safe, when I was put into that dungeon.

In hindsight GOD was keeping me safe, but in the moment, it didn't look like it.

Another verse would be Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28 | And we know that GOD works all things together for the good of those who love HIM, who are called according to HIS purpose.

Now look at that word "together" [4:41]

It doesn't say: All things are good.

It doesn't say: Oh even the bad things, if you just look at them, every dark cloud has a silver lining.

Nothing so shallow, & unfeeling as that. [4:50]

Many (2x) bad things that happen are bad, they're just bad.

But what this is saying is: Together

GOD works things together, HE brings HIS power to bear on them, so that in the long-run

—and we'll only see this from the standpoint of the end of history..

all things will have moved in the direction of, just like Joseph saw, of GOD's glory & our good [5:20]

But here is my most famous, my favourite passage to read. This is Luke 21:16-18 & this is where JESUS is telling HIS disciples they are going to be persecuted & bad things are going to happen to them.

And yet HE's going to stand by them; & HE's going to keep them safe.

Luke 21:16-19 | You will be betrayed even by parents & fellow believers & relatives & friends, & some of you will be put to death. And you will be hated by everyone because of MY name. Yet not even a hair of your head will perish. By your patient endurance, you will gain your souls.

3.1] Do you hear that?! [5:49]

You will be betrayed, some will be put to death! Some of you will be put to death,

but not a hair on your head will perish.

What in the world does that mean?

But here's what it means, especially if you look at what it means when HE says:

In patience you'll possess your souls

If you live for anything more than GOD [6:07], if there's anything in your life that's more important to you than GOD...

whether it's your career, whether it's your child!

Anything more important than GOD, you are not safe [6:16]

Not at all.

Luke 14:26-27 | “If anyone comes to ME & does not hate his father & mother & wife & children & brothers & sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be MY disciple. And whoever does not carry his cross & follow ME cannot be MY disciple.

John 12:25 | Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Revelation 12:10-12 | And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: “Now have come the salvation & the power & the kingdom of our GOD, & the authority of HIS CHRIST. For the accuser of our fellow believers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day & night before our GOD. They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb & by the WORD of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, & you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth & the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”

Because circumstances can come & threaten that thing or take that thing away. Then you don't have a life left.

● You don't have a self left. ● You don't have any meaning in life left.

But if during difficult times, we learn to take our hearts off some of the things that we probably make too important to us—they're almost like pseudo-salvation.

They're substitutes for GOD [6:40]

It's only as we more & more come to—not to love less not to love our child less—but to love GOD more in in relationship to them [6:48]

Then & only then do we possess our own souls, as it were; otherwise, we're enslaved —the career posseses our soul.

The more & more GOD possesses our souls, the more we are actually in charge too.

And the more we possess our own souls, & that means we're finally safe [7:04]

And therefore what GOD is saying: in this Psalm 91, it's not I will protect you from all trouble [7:12]

—but I will protect you not only in all trouble, but I will protect you even through it.

I will make you safer through the trouble.

And the only way we are absolutely sure that GOD is really doing that, that HE's not just punishing us for our sins...

Is to remember when HE says [7:26]

HE will cover you with HIS feathers & under HIS wings you will find refuge.

Matthew 23:37 | O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets & stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

The image of a mother bird, covering her children (covering her chicks) is an image that not only Psalm 91 uses as GOD, but even JESUS uses it when HE comes into Jerusalem.

Psalm 91:1-4 | He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “YOU are my refuge & my fortress, my GOD, in whom I trust.” Surely HE will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, & from the deadly plague. HE will cover you with HIS feathers; under HIS wings you will find refuge; HIS faithfulness is a shield & rampart.

Luke 19:41-42 | As JESUS approached Jerusalem & saw the city, HE wept over it & said,

“If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

HE says, "Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, if only you knew the things that pertain to your peace. I would have covered over you like a mother hen covers her chicks [7:50]

4.] You know what that means?

The mother is being a substitute [7:55-8:07]

If there's terrible sun coming down, heat coming down on the chicks?

The mother gets the heat.

If there's horrible rain & wind? The mother gets the rain & wind.

If there's a predator coming to eat? The mother gets eaten.

And JESUS CHRIST on the cross took what you & I deserve for our sins. [8:10]

So that we can know that no we're not being punished for our sins—we're being kept safe.

We're being kept safe no matter what happens.

>> You can trust HIM.

HE will cover you with HIS feathers, & under HIS wings, you will find refuge. [8:25]

Devil Twists Scripture: To Create Mistrust | Tim Keller When our misunderstanding fails, we inevitably question GOD.

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Returning to slavery mindset Exodus 16:3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. Praise the Lord!! I would like to meditate upon a slavery mindset. In this series of Israel Exodus from Egypt. Notice how they were all prone to slavery. That even though they were crying to God for their deliverance. Now when they face little issues they want to go back to Egypt. In this way we also when we face issues after accepting Jesus as our Lord. 1. We would face opposition from family. 2. We would face opposition from our enemies. 3. We would lose opportunity which we thought is good for us. 4. We would lose the love of the relatives who said they will be with us. 5. We would like Job would face some disease in our body. Saints, God doesn't promise that you will never be afflicted in your Christian life. But he promised you that though you may be afflicted a thousand times. He will deliver you from them all. Today quit thinking why did this happen? Why I am in poverty? Why should I be in such a disfunctional family? When are my parents going to stop fighting? Saints, God has allowed this to happen because he is going to do something supernatural in your life. So that you can testify his glory to the millions. Quit complaining, whining, murmuring find out the joy and peace of God. Bible says seek Peace and Pursue it. God bless

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Monday, March 27, 2017

a rainy Monday - 9:30 a.m. computer room - one week from today the cataract op - cannot deny being nervous - and coming here, computer opening, feels almost like a miracle.

Yesterday - it must have been in October or so that I found out that a park friend was in a hospital in New Jersey. Bill F. goes back many years - he loves dogs, his own dog had died and he had taken to walking dogs, a little extra income. Came to nyc from Chicago - some 50 years ago? - a young actor, had an acting careers, arill was doing voice overs when I met him, also I believe some advertising work - in those early years his intrerest was Rick - also from Chicago, about the same age - a photographer who had done fashion in Milan, Italy bujtwas one of those who fell in love with the red tailed hawk, Palemale -Palemale.com will tell you a lot about him - the first hawk to take up residence on a nyc apartment building, where among other Mary Tyler Moore lived - a friend of the hawk - there are two movies about the hawk, a book, a lot of writing - this is in Central Park, off East 72nd Street, above a little pond, the bench where Rick came for years and years, day in, day out, peddled some of his photographs, set up two telescopes, became the center of a small community - he also was an astronomer - and with endless patience talked about the hawks. We all loved him - many brought him cake - that may have contributed to his sudden heart attack that killed him - three years ago?

Rick was Bill's fast friend - he had little interest in me in these days - he came to talk to Rick. Only since Rick died he also began talking to me - and with my never ending interest for people - for which I am most grateful - I always find out their histories - and we had not gotten very close, but closer.

Like so many of us he had his tenant drama - he loves showing photographs on his tablet - his apartment in a corner house somewhere on 2nd Avenue in the 70's was lovely, he had put a lot of work into it, lived there for some 40 years - when as so many houses in nyc his house was sold, and bought by a group with the intention of demolishing a few houses and building a high rise - as they already have done on East End Avenue. also in the 70's and they offered him a great new apartment there, at the same rent he had been paying - a lot better than so many fare who are just harrassed out of their housing - Bill was reluctant, finally accepted and worked hard last August on the move - and when I finally visited him yesterday in a place called Isabella House - I at last found out the details. He had gone to the hospital, fainted, was two weeks in a coma and now, dresdful operations later, he is in this rehab. Very happy to see me. Different from the Bill I met more than ten years ago.

As it happens I know Isabella House - it was where the third wife of Robert G. - Janet Pincus - mentioned earlier, not favorably - had moved his mother, Tamina, about whom I have written also - I first met 1953 - came to visit her at Isabella House in the 90's when at last we came to appreciate each other.

Isabella House is a huge complex at 515 Audobon Avenue - on the corner of 190th street. Tamina had lived since the 1920's on 171st street, Washington Heights - still, she was very unhappy with being moved - but - she was a positive thinker, always singing a happy song - that is what she turned the radio on to when she got up early to tend to her palace - a large apartment, big rooms, seven - and was helped by a lovely woman who came from the same Northern region of Germany - Bremen - where she had come from. They were close in age and shared a dialect - and were great companions who had shared a life. Few visited Tamina in Isabella House - she was given one furnished room - the glory of the place: Kissinger;s mother was there.

The number 1 subway goes to 190th Street, where it is deep underground and a long elevator ride takes you to the surface. One day I discovered that the number 3 bus that leaves a few minutes from house on Astor Place goes to Fort George at the tip of Manhattan and uses St.Nicholas Avenue at 190th street - one block away from Audobon Avenue - a long and scenic ride. Once I knew Bill was there I planned to take it - was postponing it - yesterday decided it was the day and spent some four hours on buses and close to three hours with Bill - we had a most congenial meeting - even though we don't see eye to eye on some thnings - but we never have let that matter.

As time goes on I do get to hear of more and more medical stories - and my getting old and older is beginning to involve me in my own, Still - his is so complex - it started before I met him with a kidney with what it sounds to me not a great problem - that ended up being removed - reinforcing my belief how tgerribly dangerous doctors are - and that by now has led to horrific complications - and I only hopw to be able bvefore too long to visit him on East End Avenue - and meet him again in the park. he has quite a way to go - and since he so appreciated my visit - may make it up there again.

So, this was my day yesterday - well it was close to 5 p.m. when I got back home - do plan on number 6 train to 125th street and there I found out passes the 101, even closer to my house that I never knew goes up there too. A bit less tedious - used to walk to to the number 1 subway on Sheridan Square - now, with disfunctional gaiit too far.Buses!

Well, by 8 p.m. I still joined a friend at a bsr on East 7th street, 75 East 7th, never had noticed it - some writers reading too young for me. Sex, sex, sex - alas noty much part of my life these days. I left before my friend left.

Still, earlier in the day, while waiting for the number 3 bus - a schedule tells you when it is supposed to arrive but it is nowhere within sight - I was dwelling on the topic "respect for the old" - that many of us find so often lacking. What forever annoys me on Astor place - there can be five buses standing, I pass them - but passengers must stand in rain and wind and wait for the bus to come. Unthinkeable in Europe - when there is an empty bus waiting, you can sit down. At one time in the Villager it said buses on Astor place would also allow passengers to sit in them - but no way. When they are about to leave you have to make a fast dash to catch them. And always three of them leave at the same time. Zero respect for passengers. Long waits. Some will tell me write to the MTA - but such letteers have so little effect.

Respect. I remember when when the word "dissed" came into use - for disrespected - I don't hear it much any more. I specially remember one young woman often using it, complaining abour being "dissed" - she was a squatter who had grown up in some slummy part of Boston and now as far as I know is living happily ever after in England.

Those of you who have been reading these here musings know how the granddaughter of Dorothy Day brought this to my attention and my mulling over it. I'm still mulling and suddenly seeing disrespect all around me as my once upon a time squatter friend did - we took walks of miles and miles and miles together. Marylou. One of so many people I miss. She who had grown up in a slum - Irish Catholic - and had experienced so much disrespect in her life - she was a strong believer in - not just taking it. She was not afraid of confrontation - she had her wayh of dealing with conflict - that I have come to realize. I lack. Obviously as I so often point out - growing up scorned in the Hitler years and - also watching my parents being totally powerless to protest the terrible injustice done to them - has turned me into a creature not well equipt to deal with being "dissed".

I realize how much it annoys me - and yet much of the advice also is, stand above it, ignore it, don't dignify a silly annoyance with a response. Still, I now also think of the reactions of others - and I'm very glad Paco was told split, when you feel anger rising - and this is also something I've been doing - and now also remember my friend Helen who died not long ago, objexcting to to this mode - she did like to criticise - and chided me for never wanting to deal with any of her criticism. Yet she, a survivor of Auschwitz, was an angry woman - generous to a fault - still, you felt the smoldering anger. I did not want to deal with it.

Friends who insist on telling you the truth - not a mode I enjoy. Good friends should be able to point out mistakes - yet it is terribly hard to do it the right way - and when someone insults you who in relation to you has a lot more power - how do you deal with that.

Often a good response comes to me only much later - but - in the case of someone insulting you and then runnning away - well - luckily - a new mode in my life. Really low, if you ask me.

It's 11 a.m. No call, no message - a few words with the woman at Moishe's bakery - thank God for the computer! - and asking myself, should I find ways to get the ASUS or should I learn to use the ipad I will soon have had for a year - Bill whom I visited uses his extensively and exclusively - I did buy to replace my laptop and most of the time I do seem to have access to this here computer - and then I could cancel the $17 a month I have been paying for the wifi I have not used for a couple of years now - oh modern technology - and yes, on Saturday, the printer here suddenly started printing what I was writing without me fiving any kind of command - I thought someone was activating it long distance - and when I woke at 4:46 a.m.and tried to open my iphone to get the time - first it would not open and then came up with the craziest of stuff - now it seems to have returned to siome normalcy - well - as I said long ago, computeers are allowed to down - but not humans. Adios. Off to the Polish church. Marianne

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Devil Sites Scripture: Twisting GOD’s WORD to create mistrust, when our misunderstanding fails, we inevitably question GOD.

The devil intends for us to shrink back from following GOD.

The father of lies, will of course lull GOD’s people into a false sense of security, through his deceptive approach to truth.

Psalm 91 is not I will protect you from all trouble, but I will protect you in all trouble, even through it.

I will make you safer through the trouble.

The only way we really know that GOD is not punishing us for our sins, is to remember when HE says,

He will cover you with HIS feathers; under HIS wings you will find refuge; HIS faithfulness is a shield & rampart. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, [Psalm 91:4-5]

The image of a mother bird covering her children, not only is the image Psalm 91 uses of GOD, but even JESUS uses it when HE comes into Jerusalem.

HE says, “Oh Jerusalem (2x), if only you knew the things that pertain to your peace, I would have covered you over like a mother hen covers over her chicks.”

As JESUS approached Jerusalem & saw the city, HE wept over it & said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. [Luke 19:41-42]

You know what that means?

The mother is being a substitute, if there’s terrible heat from the sun, beating down on the chicks..the mother gets the heat.

If there is horrible rain & wind, the mother gets the rain & wind.

If there’s a predator coming to eat, the mother gets eaten.

And JESUS CHRIST on the cross, took what you & I deserved for our sins—so that we could know that no we’re not being punished our sins.

We are being kept safe, no matter what happens!

You can trust HIM.

HE will cover you with HIS feathers, & under HIS wings you will find refuge & peace.

As Shakespeare says in the Merchant of Venice, “The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.”

1.] That is exactly what the devil does in Luke 4, when JESUS CHRIST is in the wilderness.

And as HE’s being tempted by the devil, one of the ways in which the devil tempts JESUS is he actually cites Psalm 91.

So there he—is the devil citing Scripture—& he quotes verses 11 & 12: HE will command HIS angels to guard your ways, so you won't even stub your toe on a stone.

And he says, don't go to the cross, don't suffer, if GOD really loved you HE wouldn't let you suffer. [false] That's what Psalm 91 says!

Now you see how brilliant the devil is.

2.] Look at the strategy: MISTRUST/DOUBT

If the devil can get a Christian to believe,

"now that I'm a Christian, GOD will not let really big bad things to happen to me. HE might let me have a few bad things."

But in general now that I'm a Christian, GOD won’t let really bad things happen to me.

2a] If you believe that, when really bad things happen, then you're going to pull back from GOD.****

Psalm 91:11-12 | Security of the One Who Trusts in GOD

For HE will command HIS angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

You're going to say the promise didn't work; & that's exactly what Satan wants.

I hope there's nobody out there that that's already happened to you, but it might be that you believe that

—or you have believed that.

But that's not at all what the text is saying [2:53]

Now the best way to understand any part of the BIBLE is to compare it with the rest of the BIBLE.

So because there's a great place in the Anglican's 39 Articles, where it says:

"We must never expound one place of SCRIPTURE, that it be repugnant to another.

That's another way of saying, you must never take one set of SCRIPTURE & read it in a way that actually contradicts another one.

We need to look at them together [3:15]

3.] And here's three other passages:

And now we'll see in light of these passages what it means that GOD keeps you safe [3:23]

Genesis 50:20 | As for you, what you intended against me for evil, GOD intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

Genesis 50:20 is a place where Joseph at the end of a long life, in which he was abused, falsely accused, enslaved, falsely convicted of crime..etc.

At the very end of his life, he looks at his brothers, who had done all this to him, & he says,

"you meant it for evil, but GOD meant it for good." [3:46]

And what Joseph is saying is: "I was a spoiled brat, & I was going in a bad direction, the family was a disfunctional family—but if I had not been sent to Egypt,

● if I hadn't become a slave, or ● if I hadn't become a convict, ● if I hadn't been brought down here

I would not have been able to rise up & become Prime Minister.

And save not only many people from famine, & save my own family from their sin & show them how to repent.

You meant it for evil, GOD meant it for good.

Which means GOD was keeping me safe! [4:16]

When HE sold me into slavery.

GOD is keeping me safe & all of us safe, when I was put into that dungeon.

In hindsight GOD was keeping me safe, but in the moment, it didn't look like it.

Another verse would be Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28 | And we know that GOD works all things together for the good of those who love HIM, who are called according to HIS purpose.

Now look at that word "together" [4:41]

It doesn't say: All things are good.

It doesn't say: Oh even the bad things, if you just look at them, every dark cloud has a silver lining.

Nothing so shallow, & unfeeling as that. [4:50]

Many (2x) bad things that happen are bad, they're just bad.

But what this is saying is: Together

GOD works things together, HE brings HIS power to bear on them, so that in the long-run

—and we'll only see this from the standpoint of the end of history..

all things will have moved in the direction of, just like Joseph saw, of GOD's glory & our good [5:20]

And yet HE's going to stand by them; & HE's going to keep them safe.

Do you hear that?! [5:49]

You will be betrayed, some will be put to death! Some of you will be put to death, but not a hair on your head will perish.

What in the world does that mean?

But here's what it means, especially if you look at what it means when HE says:

In patience you'll possess your souls

If you live for anything more than GOD [6:07], if there's anything in your life that's more important to you than GOD...

whether it's your career, whether it's your child!

Anything more important than GOD, you are not safe [6:16]

Not at all.

John 12:25 | Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Because circumstances can come & threaten that thing or take that thing away. Then you don't have a life left.

● You don't have a self left. ● You don't have any meaning in life left.

But if during difficult times, we learn to take our hearts off some of the things that we probably make too important to us—they're almost like pseudo-salvation.

They're substitutes for GOD [6:40]

It's only as we more & more come to—not to love less not to love our child less—but to love GOD more in in relationship to them [6:48]

Then & only then do we possess our own souls, as it were; otherwise, we're enslaved —the career posseses our soul.

The more & more GOD possesses our souls, the more we are actually in charge too.

And the more we possess our own souls, & that means we're finally safe [7:04]

And therefore what GOD is saying: in this Psalm 91, it's not I will protect you from all trouble [7:12]

—but I will protect you not only in all trouble, but I will protect you even through it.

I will make you safer through the trouble.

And the only way we are absolutely sure that GOD is really doing that, that HE's not just punishing us for our sins...

Is to remember when HE says [7:26]

HE will cover you with HIS feathers & under HIS wings you will find refuge.

The image of a mother bird, covering her children (covering her chicks) is an image that not only Psalm 91 uses as GOD, but even JESUS uses it when HE comes into Jerusalem.

Luke 13:34 | O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets & stones those sent to her! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling.

Luke 19:41-42 | As JESUS approached Jerusalem & saw the city, HE wept over it & said,

“If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

HE says, "Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, if only you knew the things that pertain to your peace. I would have covered over you like a mother hen covers her chicks [7:50]

You know what that means?

The mother is being a substitute [7:55-8:07]

If there's terrible sun coming down, heat coming down on the chicks?

The mother gets the heat.

If there's horrible rain & wind? The mother gets the rain & wind.

If there's a predator coming to eat? The mother gets eaten.

And JESUS CHRIST on the cross took what you & I deserve. [8:10]

So that we can know that no we're not being punished for our sins—we're being kept safe.

We're being kept safe no matter what happens.

>> You can trust HIM.

HE will cover you with HIS feathers, & under HIS wings, you will find refuge. [8:25]

Q&A: Tim & Kathy Keller [8:29-11:04]

Most people are used to reading the promises that they find in the BIBLE as guarantees for safety & happiness in this world—which is what you were saying.

But when it doesn't turn out to work that way they get either confused or else they get angry.

And I think you say that really comes downs to not really understanding the BIBLE in its entirety.

That they're using it, kind of as a promise box; & taking things out of context? [9:06]

Answer:

Yeah, they certainly are reading their understanding of happiness into any of the biblical promises that:

GOD will keep you safe & keep you content in HIM...

(for example: Prosperity GOSPEL)

There's a lot of places that talks about being content in GOD, & yet a lot of us think what content means is:

2 homes, & a really nice wardrobe, & plenty of money to put our kids through college.

Kathy:

When we have to do some public repentance here because, as you will know, inside both of our wedding rings (you can take yours off too),

We took Psalm 34:3 out of context [9:32-9:48]

I'll read this to you, it says:

Psalm 34:3 | Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt HIS Name together (forever).

And that seems like a really nice verse for a newly married couple, & we put it inside both of our wedding rings--just the citation of the whole verse.

But the rest of the Psalm is all about suffering, & how you know GOD is gonna deal with people who suffer.

And in particular, the thing that jumped out at me, when I was memorizing this not too long ago is verse 20--where it says:

Psalm 34:20 | HE protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

And of course in the GOSPEL [10:27], that's applied to JESUS on the cross, "that not one of HIS bones was broken. Right.

So you want to say well, "YOU've protected all of HIS bones but crucifixion?"

You know HE got crucified..so that a lot of GOD's promises, it finally dawned on me, are met on the far side of Resurrection [10:44]

Not on the near-side, of resurrection; & yet we tend to think:

If it's not going to happen here & now, then what good is it?

Question:

Well it is, but I think (don't you think) we owe ourselves an apology for taking that out of context?

Agreed.

.. #Trust GOD Thanks @1withthem excellent content, had to re-post

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