February 2012
62 posts
This song rips me up.
Modesty, Lust & Emotional Rape
The slow thud of pounding bass through my bedroom walls shook me half-awake. I kept my face in my pillow and wondered why it was necessary for music this loud to be played in our family’s home at 7am on Saturday mornings. I pulled my comforter back over my head, and drifted off to sleep for all of two minutes before the fire alarm went off. Breakfast was ready. And that fire alarm dug...
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o. hallelujah.: For the Men. →
shannonicole:
My beautiful friend Lauren wrote this incredible blog post today on Modesty, Lust, and Emotional Rape. She shared story after story of men who stole from her, making her believe she was at fault for their own transgressions. Her bravery sent a flood of memories washing over me of similar men…
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We are built to love only those who love us; those who are similar. We have used “tolerance” to call everyone the same, so we can bring ourselves to love them, instead of truly learning to love because it is our character; to love those who are different, despite the gaps. Just because we love does not make us like God. Only when we love all because He loves all, will we learn the cost...
Never spend more time focusing on the past than on the future. Looking forwards should always be your primary view. And when you do look at the past, you must look at it through the lens of your new self and your new future. You must subject the past to truth. Not the truth as you knew it, but as you now know it.
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You Can't.
For whatever you are going through today, whatever makes you say, “I can’t _____.”
Know that you are right. You can’t.
You can’t stop thinking about your weight. You can’t just “know” that you are beautiful. You can’t stop sleeping with your boyfriend. You can’t stop watching pornography. You can’t make enough money to pay your...
Everyone keeps asking me what my beliefs are on homosexuality. And everyone keeps telling me that it’s an abomination before God.
Do you know why this is a knife to my heart?
Because very few of you seem to understand that a human being’s sexual orientation is so extraordinarily intertwined with their very existence, that every man and woman hears nothing but, “you are an...
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loveandgraceandgodandnerdiness asked: What do you think of gay churches? My brother's gay, & we grew up in a Christian family so 4 him coming out meant leaving church. He did talk 2 some people he trusted but they really hurt him so he left. He hasn't been 2 church in years. But recently he told me he wants 2 check out a gay friendly church. Technically all churches should be gay friendly, but this one has...
Forgiveness.
Forgiveness is assuredly a process.
I like to think that forgiveness is not a human-created thing, it’s a God-created thing.
It isn’t in our nature to forgive. So many times, there are pieces of forgiveness that we don’t understand, or feel like we can’t do. And so, we must make sure sure we keep Jesus as part of our forgiveness process.
The first...
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womanuntieyourtongue:
peel perfection from your eyes
squint to see the sun
there is beauty to be seen
when you desire to become un-blind
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“Not til he - Oyarsa - comes back.”
“He has never left us,” said Ransom, “he has been in the cottage all the time.”
“You mean he has been waiting in the next room all these hours?”
“Not waiting. He never has that experience. You and I are conscious of waiting, because we have a body that grows tired or restless, and therefore a sense of...
