Gem ☕

imperfect child of the Most High; Titans fan 4 life, married to a Chiefs fan, community streamer, SciFi geek;

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

When I was Muslim, I used to ask Christians:

“If Jesus was really God, why did He eat, sleep, and bleed like us?”

And honestly, I used to ask it with pride like it was some unbeatable argument.

But later I realized something:

That question was not exposing Christianity.

It was exposing my misunderstanding of what kind of God Jesus claimed to be.

Because the real question is not:

“Why would God become weak?”

The real question is:

“What kind of God would willingly step into human suffering at all?”

Islam taught me about a God who was distant and untouchable.

But Christianity introduced me to a God who stepped into hunger, exhaustion, grief, pain, betrayal, blood, and suffering with us.

And suddenly His humanity stopped feeling like weakness to me.

It became proof of love.

If Jesus ate, it means He came close enough to experience hunger beside us.

If He slept, it means He embraced the exhaustion we carry.

If He bled, it means He did not stand above suffering watching us from a distance.

He entered it Himself.

Philippians 2 says Christ emptied Himself and took on flesh.

Not because He stopped being God, but because He wanted humanity to finally see what God is actually like.

And it turns out God is willing to suffer for the people He loves.

That changed everything for me.

Because every other religion demanded sacrifice from humanity.

Jesus became the sacrifice Himself.

And no prophet in history ever claimed that.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Kevin James revealed he once fasted for 40 days straight — all for his daughter.

She was on the spectrum, struggling with tics and sleepless nights. Nothing else was working. So he turned to prayer and fasting. He planned to do it one tough day at a time, but it stretched into 40. On the very day he was about to quit from hunger, his daughter told him she’d finally slept well.

The breakthrough came quietly, not dramatically. He kept going. The prayers, he said, were being answered.

In a noisy world full of quick fixes, this is a powerful reminder that turning to God and embracing discipline can open doors we can’t force open on our own.

There’s something deeply encouraging about stories like this — they show that God often works in the waiting, through our small acts of faithfulness. It’s a beautiful nudge to keep showing up in prayer, even when it feels hard or pointless at first.

Have you ever seen prayer and perseverance bring a breakthrough that surprised you?

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

May 16 is Armed Forces Day.
Not Veterans. Not fallen heroes.
The ones out there right now. Today.
Mission 22 honors every single one of them.

🔗 https://t.co/ob0WaZ1Ftt

#ArmedForcesDay #Mission22 #SupportOurTroops

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

“First of all, I wanna thank my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ… I’m just a nobody trying to tell everybody about somebody who saved my life. His name is Jesus Christ.”
- Joshua Van after his UFC 328 victory

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

Happy Mother's Day to every military mom.
The one who wears the uniform. The one who holds down the fort. The one who waits and prays. The Gold Star mother.
Mission 22 honors every one of you. Today and always.

#HappyMothersDay #MilitaryMom #GoldStarMother #Mission22

[TobyMac @tobymac]

I didn’t make a way, God did it. 🙌

[Rep. Keith Self @RepKeithSelf]

If the government can shut off your car, then it’s not YOUR car anymore.

Kill the Kill Switch!

[Rep. Keith Self @RepKeithSelf]

Imagine a woman fleeing an attacker—and her car won’t start because it thinks she’s impaired.

Imagine a farmer injured on the job—his truck won’t start because it thinks he’s drunk.

These are the unintended consequences of the Kill Switch mandate.

Kill the Kill Switch.

[Rep. Chip Roy Press Office @RepChipRoy]

Rep. Roy on the kill switch: "Do you really want to put that kind of data collection mandated inside every car? At what point is there just literally no privacy at all anywhere?

A lot of Americans died to protect our Fourth Amendment rights so that we don't have government looking at our stuff."

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

From a mission to a movement. 🔥
7th annual. $1M+ raised. Countless lives changed.
Colossal LLC takes #22FORYOU Day to the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Oct 16, their biggest event yet.
Bigger stage. Bigger impact. Same mission.

#ALLIN #Mission22

[Kentucky Girl @Notwokenow]

This. Is. Terrifying.

This technology should NEVER be allowed to be used.

Ford can fvck right off and so can the Congress members who voted to put this tech in vehicles starting in 2027.

[Gem ☕ @CoffeeWithGem]

@TheCinesthetic

[Gem ☕ @CoffeeWithGem]

@kidleeasf It is!!!!! There’s a Cam Ward one, too!

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

Today, we recognize those who endured captivity in service to this country.

Their strength wasn’t just in surviving, but in what they carried after.

We honor Former Prisoners of War — their sacrifice and resilience.

🇺🇸

#Mission22 #POWRecognitionDay #Veterans

[Gem ☕ @CoffeeWithGem]

Missions game courtesy of the youngest 🥰 This pitcher now is good, but that first inning pitcher was awful. And when it’s this bad, you don’t pitch a second inning. 👋

[Gem ☕ @CoffeeWithGem]

@AlexTran677026 Still gives me chills. 💜

[Blue🦋 @Lismarblue]

El guitarrista polaco de 26 años, Marcin Patrzałek, responde a quienes afirman que su música es falsa.

Creó este video tutorial para mostrar exactamente cómo toca tan increíblemente bien y sí, todo está interpretado en vivo con una sola guitarra.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[King Randall, I. @NewEmergingKing]

She told me no… and I kept trying to convince her anyway.

That’s the problem. We’re not here to convince anybody.

No means no. It’s a complete sentence.

Respect isn’t something you do to get something back — it’s something you do because it’s right.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Well said