Things I won’t bend or shut up about:
🔹Biblical Christianity
🔹Traditional Constitution/Conservatism
🔹Evilness of abortion
🔹Corruptness of Socialism
🔹Being pro 2A
🔹The dangers of LGBTQ in society
🔹Defending children from abuse, trafficking, and other/all types of harm
Do you look at our insane world and wish for a simpler time when things were easier? Does anxiety cripple you? Do you look to the future with fear and trembling?
David was no different, and yet in his psalms, he gave us the proper attitude to begin each new day.
“I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.”
Psalm 16:8-9 ESV
David set God always before him and loved the Lord deeply. But how does one set the Lord before them?
We pray. We fast. We obey God and serve our neighbors. We praise God with poetry and song. We read the Bible and meditate upon its verses.
Some Hebrews quite literally put God in their right hand with a phylactery containing their favorite Bible verses. You can do the same, or you can simply start your day with God and always look forward to Him. Notice that when we look forward to the future, we’re looking at God. When we turn back to see past regrets, we’re looking the wrong way.
David was not shy about the benefits. His entire being, mind and soul, was nourished and secure because he set God before him. Can’t you imagine David waking up, strumming his harp, and singing a psalm? That may have been his way. You might do the same, or create your own routine.
While other people look behind them at failures and insecurities, keep in mind that you are not obligated to join them.
Look forward, setting God at your right hand. The peace will be worth it.
@autocorrect2_0@autocorrect2_0 I just wanted to let you know….this post came at the right time. God knows I needed this. Thank you for this. I have sinned, I have said harsh words because this world is making me soooo angry right now.
@whoelsemyguy@CineramaSave@tldonpop As much as I have empathy for the boy who was shot next to her, there are (understandable) inconsistencies with his account
@bbfantastical@tldonpop You know the boy who was shot next to her was so injured he changed his story? Not sure how reliable he can be—and I say this respectfully. At first he said yes she didn't deny God, then he said he didn't remember, then he said she never said anything
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@bbfantastical@tldonpop So you didn't read anything I wrote?
At this point, it doesn't really matter what she said or didn't say (although I tend to believe the earlier fresh account that she didn't deny God). The point is we should honor who she was from her writings and overall
@weghhrhrre11703@MichaelNix1068@tldonpop Dude...the point after death is to carry on the legacy of that person and to honor who they were when alive
Me and you both know very well that if Rachel were an atheist or a Buddhist or a Muslim you wouldn't have a problem with it.
@weghhrhrre11703@MichaelNix1068@tldonpop You as an atheist do.not have the right to strip Rachel of her faith even in death.
She was a Christian through and through. If we're being honest too and if you actually look up some of tbe things she wrote, she had a feeling she wouldn't live a long life.
@bbfantastical@tldonpop Meanwhile we have tons of Rachel’s own writings and sayings on her Christian faith soooo....🤷♀️
I'm going with who Rachel was from her journals and to her family than some peer who again respectfully was so injured and rattled he couldn't (understandably) recall consistently
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@bbfantastical@tldonpop You know the boy who was shot next to her was so injured he changed his story? Not sure how reliable he can be—and I say this respectfully. At first he said yes she didn't deny God, then he said he didn't remember, then he said she never said anything
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@CineramaSave@tldonpop Sorry but you can't strip the Christian faith from Rachel. It was well known she was a devout Christian and her Christian faith was the foundation of her character
@TracyCul@AmyMek Then you don't know history.
Imago dei is only found in Christianity and Judaism
Christianity ended Roman Pederasty, torturing humans for sport, & baby abandonment (which were often baby girls/disabled)
Christianity also ended child sacrifice (e.g from the Aztecs)
@LeftRealPatriot@manck0@darwintojesus Humans also have tbe instinct to do corruptable things sometimes too.
So if a group of people collectively leaned towards r--pe, child sacrifice, m*rder, etc and it became a majority, that would make them moral?
@mDef48103531@havyatt@ryanvisconti Go ahead and act like the Romans didn’t have a slave society
Also I find hilarious you non-Christians mock when Christians teach you how to understand the Bible. That’s like me with dyscalculia telling a math genius how to understand math