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After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!
Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
The Rev. George Tinker preaches during an April 27 "Act of Repentance toward Healing Relationships with Indigenous Peoples" at the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. A UMNS photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.
Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Bishop Mark. S. Hanson, holding a pine foot-washing tub, leads participants from the plenary hall to the Alte Reithalle for a "Service of Repentance" -- a special church service that followed the historic 22 July 2010 reconciliation action between Anabaptists and Lutherans at the 20-27 July 2010 (LWF) Eleventh Assembly in Stuttgart, Germany. Janet Plenert, executive secretary (Witness), Mennonite Church Canada, and vice president of the Mennonite World Conference Executive Committee, is shown at left.
The pierced hand of Jesus Christ, Savior and Redeemer. He suffered for me. He suffered for you. He gave atoned for our sins and gave us the gift of repentance that we might become clean and live again with Him.
"Reality, the present, the irreparable, the necessary, repel and even terrify me. I have too much imagination, conscience, and penetration and not enough character. The life of thought alone seems to me to have enough elasticity and immensity, to be free enough from the irreparable; practical life makes me afraid. I am distrustful of myself and of happiness because I know myself. The ideal poisons for me all imperfect possession. And I abhor useless regrets and repentance." ~Henri-Frédéric Amiel
First off thanks to Maria Popova over at Brain Pickingsfor an introduction to this "silent" brilliant man. Brain Pickings is becoming one of my necessities, if it isn't already. I've been reading your article about him piecemeal to fully appreciate (and share; tidbits have been read out loud). This paragraph made me feel like I had found a kindred spirit in him...sadly he lived long before my time.
Two, today's shot is what comes of not much sleep, waking up early to begin your crazy day, and lots of sun. Freddy's response to my late night behavior: "You must be so tired. You are never this loopy unless you are tired."
Three, I'm tired. This crazy girl with her love and appreciation for other crazies is going to bed.
From left: Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr. Ishmael Noko, LWF President Bishop Mark. S. Hanson, and Mennonite World Conference President Danisa Ndlovu, lead the "Service of Repentance" -- a special 22 July 2010 church service that followed the historic reconciliation action between Anabaptists and Lutherans at the 20-27 July 2010 (LWF) Eleventh Assembly in Stuttgart, Germany.
A ceremonial space honoring indigenous people by artist Bob Haozous graces Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park on the Riverwalk in Tampa, Fla. The United Methodist Church is planning an "Act of Repentance and Healing for Indigenous Persons," during its 2012 General Conference that will be held a few blocks away at the Tampa Convention Center this spring. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose. Accompanies UMNS story # 133. 4/13/12.
Mount Arafat or Mount Arafah (Arabic: جبل عرفات; transliterated Jabal 'Arafat) is a granite hill east of Mecca. It is also known as the Mount of Mercy (Jabal ar-Rahmah). The hill is the place Muslims believe the Islamic prophet Muhammad stood and delivered the Farewell Sermon to the Muslims who had accompanied him for the Hajj towards the end of his life. It reaches about 70 m in height.
According to Islamic tradition, it was on Mount Arafah that Adam and Eve, separated for 200 years following their expulsion from the Garden of Eden, met and recognized each other and were reunited. Here too they were forgiven by Allah for their transgression after offering their repentance.
While wondering why my relationships are always in a sense of faltering, knowing from the Quran that it is also the nature of all stories that they start and stop...
وعن عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
“لا يدخل الجنة من كان في قلبه مثقال ذرة من كبر
” فقال رجل” إن الرجل يحب أن يكون ثوبه حسناً ونعله حسناً؟
قال: “إن الله جميل يحب الجمال الكبر بطر الحق وغمط الناس”
((رواه مسلم))
'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who has, in his heart, an ant's weight of arrogance will not enter Jannah."
Someone said: "A man likes to wear beautiful clothes and shoes?"
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah is Beautiful, He loves beauty. Arrogance means pride and ungratefulness towards Al Haqq and it is dealing with people with contempt."
[Muslim].
Excerpt from a lecture on:
Nature and Etiquettes of a Relationship
...“The relationship with Allah is not confined to obedience and it does not end at obedience. Obedience itself is a waseela, a means, to a greater goal. That greater, singular, goal is fulfilling the ettiquettes of a ta’luq, relationship, with Allah with truthfulness.
There is a natural order for this: In all relationships one element is necessary for there to even be a relationship. If it is present, there is a relationship, if it is absent, then there is a delusion of a relationship.
That element is emotion in the relationship – ehsaas e ta’luq - which will come from and be founded upon these states either, muhabbat, love, or shafqat, affection, or ehtaram, respect or khair khawahi, being a well wisher.
Again, what is common between these states is that they are all emotions and if they are absent, then the relationship does not exist either except as an illusion. If the basis of my relationship is love i.e. I have accepted the relationship on the basis that it is rooted in muhabbat. If that ehsaas, the realization of the emotion, is absent then the relationship cannot have stability, it cannot be steadfast. It will constantly waiver.
The emotion then, say muhabbat - love, has certain forms of appearance. The muhabbat will be demonstrated according to the status of the other person in one's heart or one's mind. Whatever that rank and status is, the emotion, for example love, will demonstrate that status.
With an elder person the love will appear as service and ehtaram, respect. With the young, that relationship is of shafqat, affection.
With the same age or so, the muhabbat is such that it creates takmeel, fulfillment, for each other and it is expressed and demonstrated without formality.
With an elder, the jewel in my fitrat, (my original nature as opposed to the secondary one I acquire through my habits and influences), that will appear is the jauhar e haqq shanasi which is the jewel of identifying or recognizing the truth.
With the young, the jewel in my fitrat that makes its appearance is khair, goodness.
With my contemporary, the jewel in my nature that makes an appearance in muhabbat, love, is the jauhar e jamal, beauty. And it is that beauty that comes into practice.
If my fitrat is included and in the driving seat of all these three kinds of relationships, it is active. It dominates all my emotions and my heart and my mind making them passive and my knowing and being will come into a state of wahdat, union.
There will not be a distinction between my being, wujood and my knowing something, sha’oor. The two will become identical, they cannot be separate. This is how the Auliya Allah, the Friends of God, exist at all times.
Fitrat is working on the principle of wujood, my presence and the source of the marrow of my knowing, sha’oor, and it only becomes activated by the bounty of the acceptance of obedience. It only becomes activated by the recognition of truth.
So if I refuse to be obedient and do not consider it important and have no inclination towards it and don’t consider it my greatest need, then my fitrat will remain mu'attal, suspended. It will only remain animalistic. My fitrat e insaani, which is the spirit Allah blew inside me according to the Quran, will remain deferred and it will remain inactive....
and repeat:
...The relationship with Allah is not confined to obedience and it does not end at obedience. Obedience itself is a waseela, a means, to a greater goal. That greater, singular, goal is fulfilling the ettiquettes of a ta’luq, relationship, with Allah with truthfulness...
Allah's Name Al Jameel does not appear in the Quran. The Loving One is Al Wadood in it. The following are three verses which explain what love means as its existence in The Divine
232. Ask forgiveness, turn in repentance. Allah is Raheem-un, Wadood, Most Forgiving, Most Loving
وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ۚ
إِنَّ رَبِّى رَحِيمٌۭ وَدُودٌۭ
And ask forgiveness (of) your Lord, then turn in repentance to Him.
Indeed, my Lord (is) Most Merciful, Most Loving."
Surah Al Hud, Verse 90
Tafseer e Jilani
Wa: O my nation (from the Prophet Hud (as))…
Istaghfiru Rabbakum: ask forgiveness of your Lord, who brought you into appearance from nothing-ness, from all of your excesses…
Summa toubu alayhi: turn in regret towards Him i.e. be sincere in your repentance before Him and your turning towards Him and after the sincerity of your repentance, don’t let your offenses overcome you (in the future).
Inna Rabbi Rahim-un: Indeed, Allah Subhanahu who raises you, is Merciful. He accepts your repentance and forgives you for the mistakes which happened from you…
Wadood-un: (He is) The Loving One, He loves you and is Merciful upon you and bestows His Bounty on you.
Qari Sahib emphasized the three qualities of the one who is wadood: loving, merciful, bestowing favours upon the other.
233. Allah is Ghafoor ul Wadood, The Most Forgiving, The Most Loving
وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ
And He is Oft-Forgiving, the Most Loving,
Surah Al Burooj, Verse 14
Tafseer e Jilani
Wa huwa: And, He, Allah Subhanahu, in accordance with His Expansive Generosity and Mercy…
Al Ghafoor: is Forgiving, Al Sattar, The Coverer (from every one), Al Ma’hhaa lid Dunoob, The Eraser of sins for the one who repents and returns towards Him, sincere, regretful and althought they may be major and although many in number because, indeed, His Mercy is more vast then that sin and is most prevailing.
Al Wadood: (He is) The Loving One, He is Al Muhib li Ikhlas al Mudnibeen
The One who loves the sincerity of the sinners
and He loves the tauba tal Mustaghfireen, the repentance of the askers of forgiveness
and He loves the dara’at al Khaifeen al Mukhbiteena, the beseeching of the ones afraid of Him, who are humble before him,
and He loves the al Mustahihyeena, the ones who feel shy before Him,
and He loves the an Nadimeena, the ones who regret that which occurred from them in the time of ghaflat, forgetfulness and ghuroor, deceit.
And He loves and He loves and He loves...
234. Allah loves those who turn in repentance and He loves those who purify themselves
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلتَّوَّبِينَ وَيُحِبُّ ٱلْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ
Indeed, Allah loves those who turn in repentance and loves those who purify themselves.
Surah Al Baqarah, Verse 222
Tafseer e Jilani
Innallah yubbil Tawwabeen: Indeed, Allah loves the repenters who repent from the inclination towards going against that which Allah has commanded…
Wa yubbul Muttatahirreen: and He loves the ones who purify themselves from their impurities, overt as well as inner.
Long and loud shofar blasts mark the end of the fast day of Yom Kippur. In biblical times the shofar sounded the Sabbath, announced the New Moon, and proclaimed the anointing of a new king. The shofar is also sounded on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, as a call for repentance and sacrifice and for love of the Torah.
A shofar is the horn of an animal, usually a ram, that was blown as a trumpet by the ancient Hebrews in battle and during religious observances and is used in modern Judaism especially during Rosh Hashanah and at the end of Yom Kippur.
WARNING: You might not like the topic I am going to talk about below because it might make you uncomfortable, so read at your own risk!
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This scene is very common when it is snowing in Toronto: footprints in deep snow while there is a clear pathway just few feet away! At first it seems that person made a foolish mistake that made his walk much harder, or simply wasn’t alert enough to see the clear path nearby. But this scene is way too common to assume that; it rather seems that there are some people who would rather walk in the deep snow than the seemingly clear path that almost everybody else seemed to take.
Deep snow is hard to walk in because it requires extra energy from us to move our feet about it, but it is very safe, snow is not slippery, and so it won’t cause your fall (and broken bones.) The clear path you see is not so “clear” after all: because so many people walked on it the snow has melted and been compressed to a thin sheet of ice that’s muddy so it rarely looks dangerous to the naked eye. But everyone knows how dangerous those paths can be, even though they require not extra efforts to walk on them and in theory they are much faster to take.
That’s why I took this photo because whenever I see a scene like this one it reminds me of this verse. Interestingly enough, I believe this verse is very misunderstood by us.
When we read this verse we usually think of it in two terms:
1) This verse is about how to live on earth. If we want something we have to wait for it patiently. If we want God’s blessings we have to obey Him, and so on. That’s how we usually interrupt the ‘road’ part.
2) If we see this verse to talk about eternal life we suddenly stop taking the word ‘road’ into consideration and seem to only read the word ‘gate’. If we believe that our Lord Jesus Christ has died for our sins then we will go to heaven, because He is the ‘gate’ mentioned here.
But have we ever tried to join the above two points together? How about the ‘road’ to ‘eternal life’ is narrow and not everyone walks in it? The verse itself does not separate the ‘road’ from the ‘gate’; how are we supposed to reach the gate without walking in the road!
No, I am not talking about losing our salvation because I believe in eternal security. I believe that if I died today that I will go to heave with my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. What I am talking about here are those thoughts:
•The Bible says that Jesus died to free us from sin NOT to sin.
•Matthew 7:21 says, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” Now if you don’t like this verse don’t blame me, because I didn’t write it nor I came up with it—it is God’s word not mine!
•James 2:19 says, “You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.” And we all know where Satan is going to end up in.
A couple more thoughts to share: have you realized the increasingly number of pastors, and evangelists that invite people to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour without asking them to repent first? Jesus’ first sermon was about repentance, in Matthew 4:17 it says, “From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.’” John the Baptist whose life mission was to prepare the way for our Savour Jesus Christ preached repentance. Yes, never mentioning repentance attracts more people to come to Christ, but which Christ? Christ is perfect and holy! And salvation is about the power of the Holy Spirit convicting us of our sins, not about the power of tricking people into believing something they never intend on carrying out!
Think about it in this story:
Let’s say your spouse lusted after another person and you saw your spouse doing so, so you stopped talking to your spouse because your feelings got very hurt. A week passed by and you were still hurt but were willing to put the matter behind your back because you loved your spouse and wanted to forgive him or her and spend time together again. You wanted your spouse to ask forgiveness and show they care about your feeling by saying sorry for lusting after another person, and that he or she wouldn’t do it again because he or she love you and care about you. You were so eager to hear those simple words to forgive your spouse and continue in your relationship. However, after a week your spouse starts talking with you and acts as if nothing happened and wants all his or rights back without even admitting he or she did something wrong. How would you feel?
That’s exactly what we do with God! Thank you for dying for me and allowing me into heaven, but I am not sorry for sinning against you, a Holy and Perfect God, and I have no intentions of stop doing so. If we don’t see the ugliness of our sin, how can we even realize our need for salvation?
How many Christians we see, including on flickr, who try to disguise sin under words such as ‘art’, ‘photography’, and ‘self-expression’. How many Christians have we heard say, “I do this and that but that doesn’t make me any less of a Christian than you are!” My answer is this: the less holy, pure, and blameless we become (notice I didn’t say ‘act’, but ‘become’) the less like Jesus Christ we become and the less of a Christian we become.
No, I am not trying to scare anybody into living for God, first because I don’t believe it works or it is God’s way, second because I had grown in a church that tries to scare its members of Hell so they live for God. That only succeeded in making it impossible for people to know God which is His first goal of saving us—to know us and be known by us!
1 John says:
5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
6 If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.
Do we have fellowship with Him? Do we admit it when you hurt Him by sinning? Do we repent and ask for forgiveness? Do we love Him?
23 Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
24 He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
John 14
Diana! After a difficult begging day in Sudan, Djapi got in the night when sleeeping a "BLLESSED DREAM", in which Djapi "WAS WITH A WOMAN DRESSED IN SOME RED CLOTHE, MOVING TO GETHER ON A WAY, SUDDENDLY, A VERY BIG AND LARGE WHOLE OPPENED ON THE WAY, Djapi THEN JUMPED BETWEEN THE TWO BORDS, AND, AT THE MIDLE OF THE WHOLE, Djapi WAS DESCENDING or FALLING, BUT, WHEN Djapi SAID WHILE DESCENDING: BISMILAH= IN THE NAMES OF ALLAH/GOD, Djapi JUMPED FURTHER AND REACHED THE OTHER SIDE, WHILE THE LADY IN RED HAD DESAPEEAR". Djapi awoke, gave all Djapi could in "CONTEPLATION and MEDITATION but, IN VAIN". Reached at SPIRITUAL DESTINATION=SIX Years later, Djapi MET LADY DIANA IN A Cameroonian NATIONAL FEAST PARTY (Years 2001). Djapi got to met and know Lady Diana, Actually married. Djapi was too much, to Diana's Resistance. Two weeks later, after Djapi had failed for the second trial to Canada, (Two weeks areestation in Charl De Gaul air port France), Djapi was threw on the French streets [Sans Papier= no document). Though Djapi's physical Destination was to reach France, one of hte day, Djapi "UNEXPLICABLELY PREFERED and CHOSEN TO COMEBACK TO Austria. It was then the time Djapi sent a phone call to Lady Diana, whom Djapi previously Informed about Djapi's Intention to Canada. When have failed, had automatically come: "WAS IT FOR DIANA, WHOM Djapi SEDUCED?". Djapi too knew not, but Djapi came back to Austria. Two to three times, Lady Diana visited Djapi in that "HOUSE", and ever refused anything "SEXUAL" with Djapi. Through these facts, Djapi were Suducing more and more Lady Diana, who Defintively "FELL IN LOVE IN Djapi". Djapi taught Lady Diana a "WONDERFUL LOVE". Difficult adn very difficult was but to Comprehend and Understand Djapi. Though being together, after Djapi's "CHARACTERS-FASHIONGS-PRINCIPLES-DISCIPLINE,...." , Lady Diana divorced the husband and were ready to Leave ETERNALLY with Djapi. Unfortunately, on the "PREDESTINED PROMISED BESSED DAY=Septembber 05/2002, AFTER A WONDERFUL SEXUAL ACTIVITY ON THE September 04/2002, IN WHICH LADY Diana KEPT PROMISSING Djapi, TO BE and BELONG ONLY FOR Djapi". For about two weeks before, Lady Diana got a "BLESSED DREAM IN WHICH THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT (DRUGS), AND SOMEONE SHOT Lady Diana's BACK". Djapi was but a "Drugs dealer", who never let Lady Diana know. But she knew. On thet September 05/2002, they awoked together, Lady Diana went to her Job, while short later ;Djapi were to go to the "HOUSE". At the House, Djapi's room made (David Akwaka), had a terrible suspecting drugs appointment in a bad times and situations. david left on to meet his customer, where his arrestation was perfectly prepered. No call from David since he left at 11 am. It was after 2 am, when no sign of him.Djapi come to the knowlege of the situation, but, unfortunately, couldn't escape. at 5 pm, leaving the nearest Mosque (where Djapi Prayed (Al-Asr), with (six pieces of cocain which Djapi did everything, but unfortunately, failed to get them away), round the House, the Austrian Criminal Police got Djapi, and the day ended into Austrian "PRISON=WHERE Djapi AIMED-ACHIVED-SUCCEEDED REPENTANCE THEORETICALLY". During the Prison times, Djapi was then to COMPREHEND and UNDERSTAND that Lady Diana was the "WOMAN DREAMT FOR SIX Years AGO". After the Complete and Perfect "REPENTANCE ACT=THEORETICALLY {(Q:3:185),(Q:13:11)} and PRACTICALLY {(Q:9:105),(Q:17:110),(Q:29:69)} and MOSTLY (Q:22:59)="THE GREEN MARTYRDOM". Djapi came out of Austrian Prison, when Lady Diana is ready to get marriage with different man (Haarun). Djapi wished them Good and Best, and got aside in peace.
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The Parable of the Wedding Feast
And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.”’ But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them. But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests. “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
The cornerstone laid on November 4, 1886 evolved into this magnificent Chateauesque structure. Cleveland architect Levi T. Scofield designed the Ohio State Reformatory using a combination of three architectural styles; Victorian Gothic, Richardsonian Romanesque and Queen Anne. This was done to encourage inmates back to a "rebirth" of their spiritual lives. The architecture itself inspired them to turn away from their sinful lifestyle, and toward repentance
The Reformatory doors were opened to its first 150 young offenders in September 1896. After housing over 155,000 men in its lifetime, the doors to the prison closed December 31, 1990.
Today the Ohio State Reformatory Historic Site receives visitors from all over the world. Every year tourists, movie buffs, thrill seekers and paranormal investigators walk through the halls of this majestic structure.
"Fear can hold you prisoner.
Hope can set you free."
- Shawshank Redemption
The Abrahamic Reunion hosted Israelis and Palestinians from Jerusalem and the Galilee on a journey to Faradis, Zichron Yaakov and Haifa, on Sept. 14, 2014. The trip included a Jewish-Muslim text study of sources on 'repentance' at the Tent of Sarah and Hagar, shared lunch and peace concert in Zichron Yaakov, walk in the Bahai gardens and healing prayers in Elijah's Cave- in Haifa, and unity gathering on the beach of Jizr il-Zarka at sunset.
Luke 21:25-26
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The Coming of the Son of Man
25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; 26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Found at the rail yard in Nampa Idaho today.
Qualm per the Merriam Webster Dictionary online.
an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do
Synonyms compunction, misgiving, scruple
Related Words conscience; distrust, doubt, dubiety, incertitude, misdoubt, mistrust, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty; qualmishness, unease, uneasiness; reluctance, unwillingness; demur, fuss, objection, protest, question, remonstrance; aversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingness; guilt, regret, remorse, self-reproach, shame; contrition, penitence, repentance
Near Antonyms aplomb, assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness
...this is sunset blvd right by house of blues where obama will be tonight...no parking at all on sunset from noon to 10pm ..police are already on the scene..hazardous material truck just in case....news crews...this is going to be a NIGHTMARE 4 the average commuter as they go home from work ..so why doesn't Obama drop in by helicopter ? and from house of blues he heads to a trendy west hollywood restaurant...I think its called "fig & olive" or something like that ..$18,000 per plate ..I think this will make "carmageddon" look like a nice day (actually carmageddon turned out to be a nice weekend with less traffic than usual around town)...anyways, the heat is on Obama now as republicans continue to jostle for his position in 2012 ..and obama took some shots at the black community as well...telling them to "stop complaining" among other things (that took some guts actually, considering the black community has been so supportive of him & helped him win the election...but u see I don't think Obama respects the black community just for voting for him because he's black..that's not much respect for him either...I wouldn't want people voting for me just because I'm "white"..I would hope people see beyond the color of my skin..& that's a big problem fr some people..I know some black people around L.A. see me solely as "white" & immediately treat me poorly because of it..(I sometimes wonder why my ancestors sacrificed their own lives for the north in the civil war if some blacks think all whites are bad, are racist, are ALL tea party racist republicans, etc...even Herman Cain said the tea party isn't racist..he was speaking to morgan freeman.. ...american people have to start focusing on the issues..the facts..the solutions,,not race or skin color ..but ideas that work along with ideology that is based on something substantive..(which for me is Jesus Christ) ...once we put ALL our weight on the ROCK (jesus) we will be amazed HOW FAR we can go..even so far as to WALK ON WATER ..I don't like partisan politics ..but it may be a necessary evil until we all agree on Christ and what Christ wants...& there are a few non-negotiables, including right-to-life (for the unborn) ..iif we can reverse roe v. wade a lot, if not all, of our social problems may be reversed...we must also be strong & courageous in speaking out about God's intentions for man & woman...not man & man, not woman & woman...but MAN & WOMAN ..its fundamental..get back to the basics..this will also reverse the curse (of hiv aids )....our REAL HOPE is not obama, nor actually any politician, but rather repentance, humility & redemption in Christ..every person needs this daily...in fact I think we r waiting for the liberals to realize this..how long it will take I do not know ..I pray very soon for God's sake & ours
Hoddom Tower is a 16th century towerhouse, built on rising ground in the Annan valley south of Lockerbie. The castle is basically a massive L-planned building, quite the largest of its period in the Borders, and consists of a main block (on the right) rising four storeys to a finely corbelled-out parapet, and a stair wing that rises two storeys higher, where it terminates with a parapet enclosing a flat roof, some 72ft above the ground. The top floor of the tower was added in the early 1600s. It is not, to my eye, an attractive building, but is nonetheless a genuine Scottish fortified house.
Leionema elatius subsp. elatius mass flowers in the understorey, often found under Leptospermum petersonii, in late winter along Repentance Creek, NSW AU
Showing the 11 turn labyrinth on the floor.
The Middle Ages showed a renewed interest in labyrinths and a design more complex than the classical seven-circuit labyrinth became popular.
This was an eleven-circuit design divided into four quadrants. It was often found in Gothic Cathedrals but over time many of these eleven-circuit designs were destroyed or intentionally removed.
The most famous of these remaining labyrinths is at Chartres Cathedral near Paris, France. The labyrinth at Chartres was built around 1200 and is laid into the floor in a style sometimes referred to as a pavement maze. The original center piece has been removed and other areas of the labyrinth have been restored.
This labyrinth was meant to be walked but is reported to be infrequently used today. In the past it could be walked as a pilgrimage and/or for repentance. As a pilgrimage it was a questing, searching journey with the hope of becoming closer to God. When used for repentance the pilgrims would walk on their knees. Sometimes this eleven-circuit labyrinth would serve as a substitute for an actual pilgrimage to Jerusalem and as a result came to be called the "Chemin de Jerusalem" or Road of Jerusalem.
In walking the Chartres style labyrinth the walker meanders through each of the four quadrants several times before reaching the goal. An expectancy is created as to when the center will be reached. At the center is a rosette design which has a rich symbolic value including that of enlightenment. The four arms of the cross are readily visible and provide significant Christian symbolism.
What is sin? Is it the cause of all our pain? The origins on evil...?
"I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—but even in darkness I cannot hide from you [God]. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you."Psalm 139:11-12
Read the whole set to get the full "picture".
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Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
A Time to Prepare
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"The gospel of Jesus Christ is the plan by which we can become what children of God are supposed to become. This spotless and perfected state will result from a steady succession of covenants, ordinances, and actions, an accumulation of right choices, and from continuing repentance. 'This life is the time for men to prepare to meet God' (Alma 34:32).
"Now is the time for each of us to work toward our personal conversion, toward becoming what our Heavenly Father desires us to become. As we do so, we should remember that our family relationships--even more than our Church callings--are the setting in which the most important part of that development can occur. The conversion we must achieve requires us to be a good husband and father or a good wife and mother. Being a successful Church leader is not enough. Exaltation is an eternal family experience, and it is our mortal family experiences that are best suited to prepare us for it."
Topics: family, conversion, plan of salvation
(Dallin H. Oaks, "The Challenge to Become," Ensign, Nov. 2000, 33)
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we are near, Lord,
near and at hand.
handled already, Lord,
clawed and clawing as though
the body of each of us were
your body, Lord.
pray, Lord,
pray to us,
we are near.
wind-awry we went there,
went there to bend
over hollow and ditch.
to be watered we went there, Lord.
it was blood, it was
what you shed, Lord.
it gleamed.
it cast your image into our eyes, Lord.
our eyes and our mouths are open and empty, Lord.
we have drunk, Lord.
the blood and the image that was in the blood, Lord.
pray, Lord.
we are near.
-paul celan
Angel of Repentance, He Who Stands at the Gate of Eden with a Fiery Sword, He Who Watches Over Thunder and Terror. He is a pitiless judge, a terrifying enemy, and yet a kind and warm comfort to the saints. He is the Angel of Presence.
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But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Standing on Trailtrow Hill, Repentance Tower formed part of a chain of defense posts which warned against English raiding parties who crossed the border.
This three-storey tower house was founded by Sir John Maxwell of Terregles in the mid 16th century.
In 1548 an English force challenged the Douglases at Durisdeer, who were under the charge of Sir John. The night before the battle, he had been bribed to change sides in exchange for the hand of Agnes Herries and the title Lord Herries. His treachery, however, cost the lives of 12 of his kinsmen, who had been held at Carlisle Castle as hostages, one of which was his 12-year-old nephew. Maxwell was said to have built the tower as a sign of his remorse.
Another version of the tale has it that Repentance Tower was so-called because Lord Herries built Hoddom Castle out of stones from Trailtrow Chapel.
Flaggelant washes his body at the sea after performing his rituals for personal intention or repentance from sin. Good Friday morning in Rosario, Cavite Philippines
Hundreds came to St. John Cantius parish to begin the penitential season of Lent. This is a privileged season of grace for the entire Church. It begins the annual solemn preparation for the Easter Mystery which is the culmination of the Church Year.
The Latin name for Lent, Quadragesima, means forty and refers to the forty days Christ spent in the desert which is the origin of the Season.
As happens on every Ash Wednesday, the people receive ashes on their foreheads in the shape of a cross while the priest says, "Remember that thou art dust and unto dust thou shall return." Ashes are a biblical symbol of repentance, sorrow, and humility. It is a fitting beginning to this holy season dedicated to the conversion of our hearts and the need to do acts of penance for ourselves and for the world.
Week 1 LENT (951 – 955) 2/11 – 2/15/2018 (ID 951)
Judith Schaechter American 1961 -
The Battle of Carnival and Lent , 2010-11
Stained glass
Judith Schaechter made this stained-glass window for an installation at the historic Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia as part of a series of windows based on themes of crime, punishment, imprisonment, and repentance. Inspired by earlier artists’ interpretations of this subject, Schaechter’s version shows a chaotic battle in which clowns represent the lavish indulgence of Carnival and monks embody the penitent attitude of Lent.
Schaechter is a singular artist whose work fused medieval craft with a bold, contemporary vision. She originally wanted to be a painter but found her artistic calling when she took an elective stained-glass course at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her innovations in the medium have grown out of her mastery of centuries-old stained-glass techniques.
Marion Stratton Gould Fund, R. T. Miller Fund and Bequest of Clara Trowbridge Wolfard, by exchange, and funds from deaccessioning. 2015.39
From the Placard: Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
وَاللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ ⭐ Allah wants to accept your repentance
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لن تجد ألطف بك من الله!
يتودد إليك بقبول توبتك ليلم شعث قلبك بالقرب منه،➿💦➿
مع غناه عنك وحاجتك إليه،
اللهم تب علينا واغفرلنا وارحمنا 🙏〰️🙏
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The living room at my grandmother's house, where my mother passed away, and I endured much physical and verbal abuse throughout my life.
The piano replaces the couch my mother died on.
The cornerstone laid on November 4, 1886 evolved into this magnificent Chateauesque structure. Cleveland architect Levi T. Scofield designed the Ohio State Reformatory using a combination of three architectural styles; Victorian Gothic, Richardsonian Romanesque and Queen Anne. This was done to encourage inmates back to a "rebirth" of their spiritual lives. The architecture itself inspired them to turn away from their sinful lifestyle, and toward repentance
The Reformatory doors were opened to its first 150 young offenders in September 1896. After housing over 155,000 men in its lifetime, the doors to the prison closed December 31, 1990.
Today the Ohio State Reformatory Historic Site receives visitors from all over the world. Every year tourists, movie buffs, thrill seekers and paranormal investigators walk through the halls of this majestic structure.
"Fear can hold you prisoner.
Hope can set you free."
- Shawshank Redemption
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For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Romans 8:28
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
My Creation of Adam takes certain liberties with the Work of Michelangelo. I have Adam blowing the Shofar, typically a ram's horn. It does sound like a trumpet. Though it is limited to one note, it is extremely expressive when heard during a key part of the Rosh HaShanah Service. It warns us to awaken and heed the need for repentance and return to HaShem or be lost...
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Performance of The Confession of the Seven Sins as part of Fair Field at Ledbury Poetry Festival - 1 July 2017
Photography by Graeme Braidwood
Standing on Trailtrow Hill, Repentance Tower formed part of a chain of defense posts which warned against English raiding parties who crossed the border.
This three-storey tower house was founded by Sir John Maxwell of Terregles in the mid 16th century.
In 1548 an English force challenged the Douglases at Durisdeer, who were under the charge of Sir John. The night before the battle, he had been bribed to change sides in exchange for the hand of Agnes Herries and the title Lord Herries. His treachery, however, cost the lives of 12 of his kinsmen, who had been held at Carlisle Castle as hostages, one of which was his 12-year-old nephew. Maxwell was said to have built the tower as a sign of his remorse.
Another version of the tale has it that Repentance Tower was so-called because Lord Herries built Hoddom Castle out of stones from Trailtrow Chapel.