I am a son to immigrants. I have been an outsider, an outcast, an invisible alien, bullied and unseen. I am also a child of God. He has a history of taking the overlooked, the busted up, the beaten down, and elevating them. He’s got a record of looking after people like you and me. This is the heartbeat of the Gospel. That’s where I want to be. — J.S.

Father God, when disappointments threaten to undermine my identity as Your child, remind me to put my hope and confidence in You alone.

Our Daily Bread

My husband said “there is no possible way we are keeping the kitten”. So we kept the kitten. 

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I hope everyone is doing well. I know times are rough right now and all I wanna say is that You are Amazing! You are Special! You are Valued! You are Loved! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Been overthinking a lot lately.

Been complicating things that need not be complicated.

Was stressing myself over my spiritual journey instead I need to just trust in God, That he will show me and lead me.

Been getting so caught up in myself and my mind. That I need to make more big decisions now.

What I really need to do is to take things easy, take things slow and God will lead me. I just need to take my time, heal, feel better and read God’s Word.

entering!

gogogogogo if u like anime gays im the artist for u!! 

The message I want to get across to you guys, especially of the LGBT+ community:

This is what I believe about God:

He loves you. He is all knowing. He is good.

When He says that something that you’re doing is bad, He’s not saying that you’re bad.

He made the stars, and the Earth. He knows where the universe ends. He created every single planet with care. He knows how many hairs you have on your head. He knows how many blades of grass there are in the whole world. He knows how many pebbles there are in the sea. He knows what is at the bottom of every single inch of the ocean. He created your complex body and mind. He knows e v e r y t h i n g.

So He knows what is good for us and what is not. He loves us enough to tell us about these things and warn us to stay away from them.

We. Need. To. Trust. Him.

If He says not to do something, I know how hard it is to say “why God? I want to do this. It feels good.” But we can only see three feet ahead of us. We feel things and in the moment that is all we know. We think for ourselves and believe that what we have thought about is truth, above all else.

But He knows. He doesn’t just claim to know. He knows because He made. He made e v e r y t h i n g and He knows e v e r y t h i n g.

He made your eye. He knows what is harmful for you to look at.

He made your hand. He knows what is harmful for you to touch.

He made your ear. He knows what is harmful for you to hear.

He made your mouth. He knows what is harmful for you to eat.

He made your feet. He knows where it is harmful for you to go.

If we would only trust Him instead of trusting in our own feelings and thoughts, we would be way, way better off, because not only does He know everything, and He loves us, so He warns us of things that are bad for us. If only we would listen.

This is why He calls us to repentance. Not because He is an insecure God who demands obedience and worship so that He can feel good. He calls us to repentance because He loves us and He hates to see us doing things that are harmful to us. He calls us to worship because He knows that the beings He created fare the best when they are near to Him.

“My new kitten!! His name is Goose“ 

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“God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart.”

— Charles Spurgeon

I’m feeling much calmer nowadays. Living with My Mom, Step-dad and Step-grandmother is going rather well. Still adjusting to some things but I’m feeling much healthier. I feel like my mental health is doing a lot better. 

I’m focusing a lot of my time listening to preaching and reading the Bible. I’m searching for God, to hear his voice and learn what I’m called to be. I want to live my life for Christ. I’m figuring out how to die to myself so that I can live for Christ. I’m taking some time away from anime and things like that so that I won’t be tempted to return back to my old habits and ways of thinking.

I’m praying for God to show me the way, to save me and be reinvented by his hands by Jesus’ saving grace. I don’t want to be a child of the devil. I want to be a child of God. I want to serve the Lord!

It’s hard to not focus on the world that is around us and to be swayed by the world. This is something I’m working on. I’m working hard on focusing on spiritual things rather than material things. I’m trying to understand how to place my treasures in heaven rather than on this earth.

I’m a baby Christian and I’m trying to understand how to be a true believer. I want to believe and have faith with all my heart, mind and strength.

Please Pray for me my friends. My love and prayers are with you.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:31‭-‬39

Ghibli redraw of Howl with his dark hair ✨