“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” —1 John 1:9
“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.” —Psalm 20:7
“Trusting in the one who has never failed” by Jared Dyson (“Another Well Ministries”:
“There are a lot of people putting trust in a lot of places today. We know that in the current events of our world, many are trusting in their military might as is described here in Psalm 20. They are trusting that their military can accomplish all that they want it to accomplish, securing their safety and security.
You can have faith in the military might of the world, world leaders, or political systems all you want, but those things have failed. The Roman army was once the mightiest of the world, yet Rome fell. The political systems of England were once the most powerful and influential, and they lost their power and influence. Mighty leaders have lived in the past, yet they have all died and their influence diminished.
For the Christian, we should not place our faith and trust in these things of the world. As the psalmist says, we should remember the name of God! He is the one that we should be putting our trust in. His ways have never failed. His systems have never crumbled. His influence has never wavered. Through the resurrection, He conquered death and continues to live!
All of the greatness of this world will let you down. It will fail you and it will crumble in time. The greatness of God has never and will never fail. Rather than trusting in the things of the world, we should put our trust in the one who has never failed!”
As I was talking about the Demeter today, I decided to make a graph for anyone else who has been having trouble visualizing just how bad these attacks are.
Not only is the time between attacks getting shorter each time, but the number of crew available to actually sail the ship is getting drastically smaller.
There's also a second graph under the cut with spoilers for the entire journey, if anyone's interested:
(The ship doesn't wash ashore for several more days, so I just set the captain's death the day after his last entry. It's definitely possible he stayed alive a day or two more, though, and just stayed lashed to the wheel and didn't write anything else.)
just ran 13 miles at a 10 flat which I don't think I've ever done in a non-race setting in my LIFE my like... easy tempo pace is like... 10:30-11:30 GENEROUSLY so idk wtf this is!!!!! legitimately this random monday long run is probably my second fastest half marathon of all time??????
like ig I've been running faster than normal bc im usually on the treadmill where I clock sub-10s bc i hate it so much but that's only 3 miles??? and I ran this at a lower altitude than i live bc i went into town???? did I retain more fitness over winter than I thought????? it was perfect weather???? but like I really did mostly feel like i was taking it easy??????? sorry i can't text my running friend about this bc we're training for a half together and she's rlly nervous and I don't want to make her feel like she needs to be pushing herself bc its gonna be fun and I'm gonna run at her pace . bc I'm proud of it...
I've heard it said before
There is a comfort in the sadness
A comfort in the fear, the pain, the loss.
What we know is much less scary
Then wondering 'what next?'
But the same person said
That this comfort is a lie
A false sense of security, of peace, of life.
Forcing new patterns may be scary
But we need to find what is next.
So every time you tell yourself
"This is what I need to heal"
And your brain says "no more, no resistance, no patience."
Remember that healing may be scary
But each step leads to the next.