Tag: forgiveness
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Unnecessary Suffering: Emotional Inflammation and the Pain We Carry
Theologians and doctors agree on one thing—pain is a warning. A gift, even, when functioning properly. But when pain lingers long after the wound, or when our response to it causes more harm than the original injury, we enter into the realm of unnecessary suffering.
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The Spiritual Equivalence Principle: Unforgiveness as Blaspheming the Holy Spirit
Just as Einstein revolutionized our understanding of gravity by showing that acceleration and gravitation are indistinguishable within a closed system, I believe Jesus reveals a spiritual symmetry: unforgiveness and blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, though seemingly distinct, may be functionally equivalent in their impact on the soul.
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Did Christ Die to Cause or Transmit Forgiveness?
He is not a nicer version of God, nor a shield protecting you from divine anger. When you look upon Christ crucified, you are seeing the heart of the Father made visible…
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Sex 415: Welding Day (Finale)
Father Time and Mother Nature / Invite you to attend the wedding of their daughter / Princess Femininity (née ‘Nother Witch) / To Prince Masculinity (née Shylock/Contraption)
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Sex 414: Rainbow Connection
Connection: [nodding] That’s still true. And yet… I don’t. In fact [staring up in wonder] I think I actually love myself!
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Redeeming Jezebel (An AI Dialogue)
Jezebel represents the ultimate feminine evil that I (like even the mighty Elijah) instinctively flee from in terror. What might it look like if I knew Christ well enough to not just confront, but redeem, that evil…
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Dream: Cash Flo Crisis (Alice’s Restaurant: Episode 1×04)
She ends up forging checks to cover her bills. / Then that day her paycheck arrives / Earlier than expected / And more than she imagined…
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The Three Mangers: A Christmas Testament to Jean Valjean
In French, manger means “to eat,” and in this, the symbol becomes layered. The manger is not just a place of humility—it is a place where hunger is met, where nourishment is given. For Jean Valjean, the manger appeared three times in his life, each time transforming him.
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Leviathan vs. Joseph (ChatGPT Skit on Spiritual Warfare)
I am Leviathan. Twisting serpent. Ancient chaos. Before your forefathers walked the earth, I ruled the deeps. I am pride unbending, words distorted, bonds broken. Through me, kingdoms have fallen, brothers turned to enemies, and the faithful have been silenced. But there is one—one whose dreams threaten to undo me.…
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When My AI Psychologist Met Jesus
Psychologist: Is there a way to let go of the guilt, the shame and the blame that will inevitably remain? / Jesus still smiles with His mouth, but His eyes are sad. “Yes, my child. It is called the cross.”
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12/8 Limerick: Blood Relative
When our amygdalae flood / Come seal our hearts with Your blood / With forgiveness near / All we hold dear / Falls of our souls like dry mud
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Dream: Fan Ceiling (Soup Money)
I am a student in a dormWith an “adulting” assignment:Order takeout from my favorite restaurant. ConvenientlyMine is on the top floor.
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11/29 Tri-Quatrain: Back-Handed Friendship
What kind of friend / Will help me to mend / The cruelest of lies / When Him I denies…
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10/16 Prosaic: Forgive Hard (Christ-like Reaction to the Israeli-Hamas Conflict)
Today’s verse was about forgiveness. In the shadow of the unfolding horror in the Middle East, I can’t boil that down to a single emotion. My thoughts are too tangled to weave into a concise linear narrative. Instead, please indulge me as I try to process them “out loud.”
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9/24 Epic Poem: Re-Pent-Up (Christing)
For it’s my own religious pride / That zeal must burn up from inside / For it is the urge to condemn / That I have in common with them
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8/20 Epic Poem: Whole-Heart Ask
If we want God / To take our part / We first have to give / Him our whole heart…
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7/20 Bi-Limerick: Golden Rulers
Lord sometimes I feel like a fool / For following your Golden Rule
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6/27 RSVP: Inverted Status
Though salvation comes to us gratis / His cross demands inverted status
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6/16 Limericks: Spot Light
Lord, there’s a Spot on my heart / A broken fragment still apart / That must be Seen / For You to make clean / So that our healing can start…
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