#ablazeinhim

Signed, another afab they/them user

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Oh also, maybe it might help if you could see other artists' processes and WIPs.  I don't draw, but i love photography and I was astounded once when I saw a fave of mine's work without her custom photoshop filters applied.  Her raw photos were great, yeah, but nothing so much better than mine that it seemed unreachable.  You don't know how much work or struggle or redos other artists had to go through to get their final image.

1. My sister-in-law, who has the same name. She bakes really great desserts, including a key lime pie that’s so good it made me actually like key lime pie.

2. Tennis. ?? Just tennis. Also boxing.

3. I think of your rad haircut which is super rad and have you shaved the other side yet? Cause you should.

4. I think of gentle Christmas carols sung in the distance.

16. What is a prayer of yours that God has answered recently?

 answered here

14. In what way has God blessed you recently?

I’m sure this question meant to ask something more along the lines of “in what way has God made you happy by giving you something nice recently” and unfortunately for the well-intentioned person who wrote that question, that is not the question I am going to answer.

God blesses me by convicting me of sin and allowing His truth and His Word to pierce my soul and unsettle me so deeply that my only natural response is to weep. I know in those moments that He is dealing with me as His child. God blesses me by offending me, because He is pointing out my pride, that He may tear it away. I am blessed when I go through trials and when I feel lonely and angry and when bitterness threatens to overwhelm me, because I am His in the midst of the shitstorm. 

“blessed” is not getting a free Starbucks drink or enjoying a nice dinner with a friend or getting a loan on a car or really any nice little “yay God” sugary feels. according to Jesus, blessed is what we are when we thirst for righteousness and when we mourn and when we are poor in spirit. 

because we will be filled. because we will be comforted. because the kingdom of heaven is ours.

HASHTAG BLESSED

7. Favourite well-known Bible story?

mine is actually the same as awgusteen​‘s- the one in 2 Kings about Elisha and the bears. liek if u cry evrytim

also the death of Eli in 1 Samuel 4 warrants his own clip on “1000 Ways to Die” because literally the only reason he died was because he was too fat to survive falling off his chair. 

(ok that one’s not well known but it is pretty hilarious.) (right up there with Absalom’s death by vanity bc he couldn’t bear the thought of riding into battle without his frackin five-pound hair flowing in the wind. sorry Fabio but u gettin stabbed tonight [1] [2] )

(I enjoy dark humour can u tell)

5. What is your favourite Bible name?

2. Have you ever been deeply in love?

unfortunately.

4. Have you ever changed for someone?

not very consciously. I did grow out my hair because my crush said it would look nice long, lol. apart from that, I think I just naturally shape myself a bit after the people I look up to. not like a forced thing.

24. Do you think love can last forever?