Hiding In God

The hobbit you just called fat? He’s skipping 2nd breakfast. The dwarf woman you called ugly? She spends hours braiding her beard so you can differentiate her from a dwarf man. The Uruk-Hai you just killed? He’s been abused by Saruman. See that Gollum creature with the gangly limbs&large eyes? For 500 years the Ring poisoned his mind. That Elf you just made fun of for crying? She just lost her wizard friend to a Balrog. Reblog this if you’re against bullying in Middle-Earth.

livinglavidal0ki:

thelittlestthrasher:

That blue-eyed hobbit you just called annoying? He sacrificed everything to save Middle-earth, and only his closest friends gave him any credit.

(via portuguesechristian)

When I see these dudes with Christianity/God-related quotes and pictures of provocatively dressed women on the same blog..

his-hands-and-feet:

horsyhollybelle:

martelthechristianrapper:

healoneisgod:

honestfreakingly

*When I see these girls with Christianity/God-related quotes and pictures of shirtless/hot/sexy guys on their blogs.

^^^^^^

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My match making friend I think is gaining status as a reoccurring character one this blog.  One more post and she gets a special name.

Today she told me why I’m the next one she wants to match someone to.  She wants a man to have a job to support me while I enter the ministry.

lol I’m finding this quit funny.

raisingmywhiteflag:

every saved person is involved in a daily conflict—the new creation in Christ doing battle against the flesh

Tell me, please, how it’s not racist to say “white people”, but it’s racist to say “black people”.

communismkills:

Please explain this “logic”.

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To Love Is To Hate

So it has been 5 month since Edward and I have spoken or known the other’s well being.  I want my love for him to lessen.  But I know I cannot force his love out of my heart on my own.  It is time to turn to the Bible.

The Bible in Luke 14:26 says, “If any man com to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters,yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.”

God doesn’t want me to hate.  I do not think whipping out my mandolin and singing Adele’s Rolling in the Deep next time I speak to him would honour God.  My mandolin playing is so bad it brings honour to no one.

I am to love everyone but love God so much that my love of others seems like nothing.  My love for God must be the reason why I have love for others at all.

So if I love God, I will only love Edward as much as He wants me to.  Draw me nearer, my God, to Thee.

The Lost Art of War: 26 Losses of Commanders

We as Christians are called to be leaders in defending the faith in spiritual war.  I came across a chapter in The Lost Art of War about what weakens the commanders in battle and there are some that can be applied to our Christian walk.  Not all of the points of the list made it through time so there will be some numbers I skip over.

1. When they lose purpose in their maneuvering, they can be beaten.  When we move without without our love of God the devil can distract us away from God’s purpose.
2. If they take in unruly people and deploy them, keep defeated soldiers and put them back in battle, and presume to have qualification they really lack, they can be beaten.  This made me think of the RU principle “Those that don’t love God won’t help you serve God.”
3. If they keep arguing over judgements of right and wrong, and keep debating over elements of strategy, they can be beaten.  Hello over legalistic Christians that spend more time arguing about standards than loving people.
4. If their orders are not carried out and their troops are not unified, they can be beaten.  Disobedience and disunity among the Christians weaken us.
5. If their populace is embittered against their armed forces, they can be beaten.  I can best apply this to critical voices around us should be avoided.
6. If their subordinates are refractory and their troops won’t work for them, they can be beaten.  If we do not work for God we can be distracted by the devil.  See David and Bathsheba.
7. If an army is out in the field too long, it can be beaten.  Thank God we don’t have to worry about this one.  God has strength to give us if we are working for Him. However is you are wearing yourself out doing things outside God’s will you are vulnerable.
8. If an army has reservations, it can be beaten.  If you hold anything back from God, that is where the devil will get his foothold.
9. If the soldiers flee, they can be beaten.  If God has called you to a battle and you flee in fear, then the devil has won a battle.
10. Lost in time.
11. If the troops panic repeatedly, they can be beaten.  If you work in the flesh and not the Spirit, you forget God’s peace and tire.
12. If the course of a military operation turns into a quagmire and everyone is miserable, they can be beaten.  While God do not bring us to anything He can’t get us through, we need to make sure we are kind and not harsh to others.
13. If the troops are exhausted in the process of building fortifications, they can be beaten.  If God calls us to it, He gives the energy.  But if the the fortification were of the flesh, then Satan can take them down.
14. Lost in time.
15. If the day is coming to an end when there is yet far to go and the troops are eager to get there, they can be beaten.  If there is a goal in the Christian life that you are impatient for and rush for it before God’s time, Satan will use that against you.
16. Lost in time.
17. … the troops are afraid, they can be beaten.  If you have you confidence in anything but God, you can be beaten.
18. If orders are repeatedly modified and the troops are dilatory, they can be beaten.  If you head the words of a person changing the Word of God, you can be beaten.
19. If there is no esprit de corps and the troops and the troops do not credit their commanders and officers with ability, they can be beaten.  If we think God isn’t able to deliver, we can be beaten.
20. If there is a lot of favoritism and the troops are lazy, they can be beaten. If we become lazy because we do not think we will be noticed for our work than we can be beaten.  Do not do the stuff to be seen anyway. Do it out of the love of God.
21. If there is a lot of suspicion and the troops are in doubt, they can be beaten.  If we stand around accusing each other, than we can be beaten.
22. If commanders hate to hear it when they’ve erred, they can be beaten.  If we do not take correction, we can be beaten.
23. If they appoint incompetents, they can be beaten.  If we hang with those that are weak in their love of God, we can be beaten.
24. If they keep their troops out in the field so long as to undermine their will, they can be beaten.  If we stay away from godly influences so long that the world starts to influence the soul, we can be beaten.
25. If they are scheduled to go into combat but their minds are still divided, they can be beaten.  If we aren’t focused on God whole mindedly, than we can be beaten.
26. If they count on the other side losing heart, they can be beaten.  If we expect the world to stop attacking, then we can be beaten.
27. If their actions hurt people and they rely on ambush and deception, they can be beaten.  If you do not have the confidence to be honest now that God is on your side, you can be beaten.
28. Lost in time.
29. If the commanders oppress the soldiers, so the troops hate them, they can be beaten.  If we are forceful with legalistic standards, we can be beaten.
30. If they cannot get out of the narrow straights in complete formation, they can be beaten.  If we are some place God didn’t send us, we can be beat.
31. If the frontline soldiers and background and backup weaponry are not evenly arrayed in the forefront of the battle formation, they can be beaten.  If you are not fully armed with God’s Word, we can be beaten.
32. If the worry so much about the front in battle that they leave the rear open, or they worry so much about the rear that they leave the front open, or worry so much about the left that they leave the right open, or worry so much about the right that they leave the left open — if they have any worry in combat, they can be defeated.  If we worry without God’s confidence, than we can be beaten.