I’ve been painting bob Ross for about a month and decided to try something else. Should I Call it finished or keep adding detail? I was thinking some palm trees off the side. Maybe more highlights or some seagulls. But I kinda don’t want to mess it up. What do you think?
I posted this earlier but changed a lot. There’s a lot more I would change but I’m gonna leave it.
Not sure why it turned out scary lol, but what do y’all think? Only been painting about a month so still learning a lot. Any feedback would be helpful 🫶
My dad has never been in my life. He left when I was 4 and has never really texted, called, or came to see me for my whole life. My step dad has always been there in the house physically, but we’ve never had a good relationship in MY EYES. To him we have apparently. But he’s always been aggressive, domineering, and uninvolved. We’ve had major issues recently which led to me moving out.
This is the first Father’s Day I haven’t reached out. Because why would I pretend they’re a father figure to me when they’re just not? Why lie? I forgive them both, but given how things have gone my WHOLE LIFE, I really don’t want to pretend anymore. I don’t want to have a relationship with them. I don’t want to pretend like my stepdad is my dad. He’s just not. I just want to be free from both of them and go on with my life. But I don’t know if that’s wrong. I’m tired of trying.
I don’t feel like it’s wrong. But opinions? Do I have to pursue relationships with them or can I just be free
Just wanted to share 2 paintings I did today. What do y’all think?
The 2nd one I couldn’t rly finish completely tonight. Should I leave it as is or add more details tmrw?
I’m just having major faith issues. Resisting temptation feels impossible when God feels so distant and when I feel like I don’t know him at all. I read the Bible. I pray. Maybe not enough? I don’t know. But I need SOMETHING. I can’t keep white knuckling it and living my life like this.
I don’t have enough faith to resist temptation. Anytime I say that ppl say I just need willpower, but no I don’t have enough FAITH. anytime I am faced with temptation I struggle to believe that God is even real, that he actually loves me, and that he is better than sin. I struggle to believe I’m not already condemned for wanting to sin or slipping a little bit. It’s genuinely like a war in my head that I can’t escape from. And I don’t know how to.
If I truly believed and could hold fast to the belief that God loves me, is better than any sin, is 100% real and will forgive and accept me, and that heaven and a relationship with him is worth all of this then I feel like I could absolutely resist. But I just don’t truly believe all of that in my heart all of the time. I wish I did. But I don’t know how.
I need more of God, but how do I attain that???
What else can I do to strengthen my trust and relationship with god???
I just had a very complicated, extremely bad and unhealthy relationship with a coworker for like 5+ years. I no longer work w them. But I still think about them sometimes. And coworkers still mention them sometimes. It’s only been about 6 months since we’ve been apart.
EVERYTIME I even hear their name it just wrecks me. I can’t even express how horrible and upset it makes me feel.
I want to be able to view them rightly, I just don’t know how. How I want to feel and how my body reacts are just opposite. I want to love them how I’m supposed to and not be hurt or upset by them anymore. I want to not feel this way when I think about them.
How do I heal? Just prayer and time?
I’m learning about Calvinism now so correct me at any point if I’m wrong. The idea is that everyone is born guilty, no hope or ability to repent, and God chooses to only save some.
The question is, and I know it’s common, how could those who aren’t saved be guilty of sin when they had no other choice but to commit said sins? “Their wanter is broken” so they want the sin and can’t want anything else. They cannot choose any differently. God creates them that way, so how can he punish them for acting the way he created them to act? Is this just one of those questions we can’t ask? It’s not just that God stands back and chooses not to have mercy on some, it’s that he CREATED THEM one way and punishes them for it. To me it’d be like punishing a dog for shedding fur.
With that interpretation of Romans 9, how do you square that with the idea that God loves everyone and is a God of peace, love, and justice? Is it just a mystery?
Obviously I am not God. This isn’t a prideful post. I just don’t see how to square the two or make sense of Calvinism. Open to response
With Jesus there is hope for heaven and that all things will be made right, but right now there is so much suffering, hardship, and brokenness in the world. We are still in the midst of all of it. It hasn’t been done away with yet.
I go to church and really just the world in general, and see people who genuinely love their lives. How? How can you be content in the world we live in now? For me every single day is trudging through the mud, denying my flesh, helping others, and hoping for the future. Even my better days still suck.
l.I’ve struggled with this for a while. People always talk about how we don’t sin because we love God, don’t want to hurt Him etc… I think sometimes I understand that, but most times if I’m honest I don’t act out of love for God. When I’m tempted, my reasoning for resisting is not that I love God, it’s that I’m scared of going to hell and that I believe heaven will feel better than the sin. Even then the focus is ME. It’s like “if I resist this I’ll get a better reward in heaven, and won’t go to hell”. I wish I could do it purely out of love for God but honestly, I don’t even feel him like that. I feel like I don’t even have that level of faith?? Sometimes I question if I’m even born again.
I’ve been Christian for quite a while now. Like seriously. I take sin seriously. I read the Bible, I pray, I center my life around Christ. But I still feel off. Part of me has believed that’s just the way it is for now until we get to heaven. Idk though. Any advice would be nice
I know a lot of people don’t like when ppl talk about this but idc. I don’t believe we’re called to struggle and suffer alone, and I believe anyone telling you not to talk about a certain sin is just encouraging isolation which we all know isn’t good for us.
Not to be vulgar, but just honestly I have such a hard time with gay lust. It’s one of those things that I truly KNOW is wrong. Even without scripture, It’s so obviously against the natural order of things and perverted. Yet I have such a strong desire for it that only grows over time. It’s so frustrating the way I DONT WANT IT yet it doesn’t leave me alone. And it’s ME. It’s MY BODY. And it never stops. I know this is laid out plainly in scripture but dealing with it is a whole nother story
The Bible teaches us to confess our sins to one another and pray for each other, but I haven’t met anyone I can be honest with. Even if I did it would be difficult to open up. And who would I tell?? Other guys? Women? I feel like in any situation it would be inappropriate and just weird. But I can’t deal with this on my own. What am I supposed to do?
Sad but I haven’t had a real genuine relationship with anyone besides like my mom and people at work in like 5 years. At least. I’m going to a new church tonight that this guy from work attends and I’m so scared. Im going to small groups so I can force myself to actually talk to people and get involved. But I’m so scared. I need friends. And I need people who actually know me and who I can be vulnerable with. It’s just terrifying I don’t know why.
I need some encouragement
I struggle with major mental issues as a lot of people do. Like severe depression, anxiety at times, lack of motivation, etc… whatever u wanna call it. Just general unhappiness in life. If Jesus wasn’t real I wouldn’t be here.
There are times in my life where I genuinely cannot imagine things getting any better. I can’t imagine a world where I don’t feel like this. I can’t remember a time where I didn’t feel like this. Even certain ideas or thoughts I have will spoil the thought of heaven for me. Like, how can I be happy when people I love will be in hell? Things like that. I know a lot of people struggle with the same issues so I just wanted to share what’s helped me and what changed my life.
You have to believe God is bigger than your problems, wiser than you, smarter and more powerful than you, and that he actually cares about you. You HAVE to believe he can and will make things better. Even when it doesn’t feel like it. Even when you can’t figure out how it’s possible. With Jesus we have actual hope. Don’t let the enemy deceive you and take that away from you. God CAN AND WILL make things right. Much better than you could ever imagine. Because that’s exactly what the Bible says and what Jesus affirmed.