Satan likes to attack us by making us question the idea that God even loves us at all. Every time you doubt God’s love, or start thinking things like “why would He love us when we’re so awful?”, recognize those thoughts for what they are: spiritual attack.
Satan makes us question the love of God because he knows that condemnation leads to destruction
Conviction [should] lead(s) us to think, “I made this mistake; I will take a step back, bring it to God, and by His love and grace I will learn and move forward.” (John 1.9, Philippians 3.12-14)
Condemnation, however is a slippery slope. It leads us to think, “I do/I think, therefore I am; I’m already awful anyway, so I may as well just keep doing awful things.” (Galatians 5.1)
It is a snare, it is a trap, and we need to recognize it as such
And the other version of this, “I’m so horrible that I can’t possibly be redeemed and God couldn’t want anything to ever do with me.” which I think a LOT of people stumble into.
“their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools” (Rom. 1) Why? Because people love their sin and wickedness more than they love God. And they think they are wise because of it. “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.” (Prov. 14:12)
Anon you don’t seem to understand what Hell is, Hell is not being away from the presence of God it is being the in presence of God’s wrath for eternity. Reprobation is real, but right now you have the opportunity to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus, and no one who puts their trust in Him will be put to shame!
There are no second chances when you’re in hell. Please remember this before it becomes too late.
i know it’s scary. trust me, i know. this stuff is hard to talk about, which is why it needs to be addressed
but all the worst things about this world? the pain, the heartache, the wickedness?? that’s gonna be the entirety of hell, and there is absolutely no getting out of it. the only reason this world is slightly bearable is because God is a part of it, but when He’s gone, there will never again be any reason to hope. the good thing about this world is that the pain will eventually pass. nothing lasts forever. in hell, it lasts forever.
what i’ve experienced about God, before my doubts hit and i got into this deep spiritual rut, was that He’s so much more beautiful than you can understand. the absolute best things this world has to offer– laughing with friends until your side hurts, feeling your breath rush in wonder out because the sunset is so beautiful, feeling the affection of someone you love dearly? all that good stuff is microscopic compared to the beauty of God. Jesus is so beautiful and good and interesting He could blow you away for eternity.
He’s offering to literally lavish His love on you and hold you and keep you and protect you. He’s willing to forget your mistakes and sins in an instant and adopt you on the spot. we literally are incapable of understanding how much He absolutely, totally loves us.
following God is worth it. it will be hard, but it’s worth it. i’ve tasted only small, tiny slivers of God so far, but each time, it was enough to totally dazzle me for a good few hours
When you pull out in front of, or slam on your brakes and turn in front of an 18 wheeler, remember this picture. It could be you and your kids in a blink of an eye. And no, having 18 wheels doesn’t make it stop faster than a vehicle with 4 wheels.
Words to live by. I never pull out in front of them. They can’t stop on a dime.
THIS.
Don’t EVER tailgate, cut off, pull out in front of, or slam on your brakes when driving around or in front of a semi.
Your car has significantly less weight to stops than that semi does. You WILL die. End. Of. Story.
Okay, I’m done seeing this. I’m done with people like you acting all high and mighty against men because “men are trash” or some other shit you are probably going to reply to me with.
Years ago, my twin brother got into a relationship with a woman. She was sweet, kind, and seemed supportive. The exact kinda relationship you want to see a family member get into. But little by little, day by day, my brother started talking and hanging out with me. At first I thought it was something I did, maybe I said something wrong. But no, this bitch told my brother to stop spending with any female woman he knows, including family. Of course, warning bells go off in my head, but I chose to ignore them. Like you, I was close minded at one point and believed that men couldn’t be abused. I will regret this decision for the rest of my life.
The violence soon began after she trapped him. Yes I use the word trap, because that’s basically what happened. She didn’t let him out of the house because she “loved” him and was scared he would leave her. He wasn’t allowed to go to parties because he might cheat on her. He was alone with this woman, who even controlled how long he spent online and where he went. (She used parent controls.)
The violence began as minor stuff, pushing him or “accidentally” stepping on his feet or hands. But like most domestic violence cases, it just got worst. The big one first happened when she slapped him across the face after he refused to not come to our dad’s birthday celebration. She “apologized” and then said that she wouldn’t do that if he would just listen to her.
He tried, oh gods above did my brother try to keep her happy. It was no longer about because he loved her, but he was scared that she would hurt him or destroy something precious to him. She started misgendering him (my brother transitioned from FtM), insulting him, making fun of his likes and hobbies. She would destroy his photos or personal belongings like clothes.
One day, enough was enough, and after she took paused from punching him during an argument, he pushed her hard enough that she fell to the floor, and he ran to the bathroom to call me to come and help him. At this point, I did basic research about domestic violence against men (something you obviously haven’t OP) and knew something horrible was going on. I quickly drove over to their house, not home… never home, and picked him up as she was screaming on the porch to have him arrested for “hurting” her.
Just a few hours later, after cleaning himself up and me bandaging any wounds on him, the police showed up to our house. Our first though, as Native Hawaiians, was “oh fuck.” So after hearing his side of the story, you know what this PO did? He arrested my brother! On the charges of domestic violence. For you ask? Pushing her. Yeah, that thing my brother did in self defense? Got him arrested.
He soon got released on flimsy charges, and this bitch tried to get together with him again. Not making the same mistake twice, we got him to place a restraining order against her. The police wouldn’t do shit, so he had to get a restraining order.
And after all of this, my brother still doubts that he went through domestic violence, because people like OP exist who believe that women are fragile and weak against the strong and unbreakable men. And let’s just forget about same sex relationships, even though there is a same sex domestic violence epidemic happening.
Ignoring this idiotic, sexist OP for a second. I beg anyone reading this, if you or a love one is going through domestic abuse, or believe you are, I beg you, as someone who made the mistake of not taking action for so long, to not make the same mistake I did. It doesn’t matter if you are a man, woman, or nonbinary. Nobody deserves to go through such a difficult situation, much less to feel like nobody is one their side. (Like OP.) Please, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Their number is
No matter what she says, that was no joke. Particularly not when Betsy DeVos has made it clear that she fully intends to accelerate the school-to-prison pipeline to incarcerate black children en masse. And Ms. Swearingen is very obviously, FULLY aware of what would likely happen to a black child if she made that false report to the police. Shanna Swearingen’s “joke” was barely more than a veiled death threat to special needs black children.
This was not just another racist educator, but a school principal. I feel sorry for the black children under her “supervision”. She obviously doesn’t think much of them, nor does she care about their safety.
Heard some important information on Twitter today, and thought I’d post it here for anyone who may not have heard it. This is actually a thing, devised by a human rights organisation called Karma Nirvana.
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