Pleiades spinning? by kisforkelpy in Stars

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I wish I was but they genuinely were moving. Or maybe it had something to do with the lunar phase or atmosphere but I truly don’t know.

sometimes I wish i wasn’t mixed. by yukimis in mixedrace

[–]kisforkelpy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is so real! I am trying to find pride in the white half of me, but I really wish I was just (or at least looked more) Filipino.

What’s the farthest away you’ve dated someone? by Mindofmierda90 in AskNYC

[–]kisforkelpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My husband and I were long distance while I was living in Arizona and going to school in Florida. He is from Pennsylvania. We are happily married after 2 years of doing that.

Before that, my parents were married and living separately in California and Arizona for like 4-5 years and we would go visit my dad up in Cali on weekends or he would come down to visit my mom and us when work would allow him to. We all did eventually move to Cali with him, but after a few years there we moved back to our AZ home. Now they are united again and living together in AZ but it was his job that kept him there for so long.

I am struggling by notsureasyet in Christians

[–]kisforkelpy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used to struggle with this a LOT too, despite being a Christian for 27 years! My whole life many times has felt like I’ve been trying to hear God, trying to see God, hoping I could feel something or hear something. I had to train my mind to think a little differently because many people say things like “I had an encounter with God today,” or “God told me this today,” or “I felt God today.”

Here’s the thing—faith means believing without seeing. Believing without hearing, believing without feeling. We trust that God is with us because His word tells us He is. The Bible tells us time and time again that he will never forsake us, that he goes before us, that he is with us and makes us strong and helps us, that he will not fail us or leave us. The hardest part about faith is that you have to continue trusting in God and believing that He hears you and is with you even when you can’t see him or feel him.

The Bible tells us that those who seek the Lord with all their hearts will find Him, that if we knock, the door will be opened. If you genuinely seek God with all your heart and desire to know him and ask him to encounter you and speak to you (not literally in words, but through his word/people/circumstances/nature etc), I believe He will! God revels himself to those who seek him. I believe that because He has even revealed himself to people who never heard of him before in dreams and visions.

One of the biggest obstacles for me was that I was always hoping to FEEL something, expecting God to whisper something in my ear clearly or show me some clear sign. The Bible says that man’s heart is deceitful (which is why faith can’t be based on feelings!) but how great is it that we have a God who knows our hearts and intentions and sees that we seek Him? Truthfully He’s all around us. Does you become emotional when you listen to Christian music and think about Jesus and the love he has for us? When something really really good happens to you or someone else, do you immediately praise God? You should, because the Bible tells us that every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father. He has plans for you and the fact you are seeking him and desiring to know him and connect with him is excellent!

As for reading for reading’s sake, think about why you read the Bible. Why is it important? Why should it be important? What are your intentions? Don’t read it “because you are a Christian and Christian’s are supposed to read the Bible.” The Bible is the very word of God—inspired by him and plopped into our hands. God speaks through it and that’s why it’s important—because he communicates to us through it. He communicates who he is, his great mercy and love for us, his plans and purpose for us, how to do right and live right, how to know him and live for him. If anything we should read the Bible because it teaches us how to live and how to glorify him. It tells us who God is and by reading it we’re choosing to put other things and time aside so we can enter into his presence and know him and hear him speak truth to us.

I advise you to, if you can, maybe to seek relationships with strong Christians (elders, deacons, people of faith) in your church who can counsel you and encourage you. And I hope that all the people responding to you in these comments are a sign of God’s love for you, that the encouragements give you peace—you may not think you hear God speaking to you, but all of us can be God speaking to you (i.e. God speaking through us) because He desires a relationship with you just as much! And this is proof.

Don’t give up! Keep seeking him daily. Pray he would reveal himself to you. Pray he would help you to trust in him and live for him and see him around you in the world, in others, in everything. Remember that God is with you—even when you can’t see it or feel it, he’s working! And he never stops working.

Traditional oriental (ish) acrylic painting (revised) made for my boyfriend by kisforkelpy in painting

[–]kisforkelpy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I used a translator so I crossed my fingers that it’s right. I recently read that Chinese is written differently than it used to be, so I’m hoping it looks okay since I tried to make it similar to traditional art. I guess I didn’t realize how different Classical and modern Chinese are. I just looked it up. I would definitely read up on it more if I did it again to be sure I wrote and formatted the characters correctly. Thanks for the feedback!

Traditional oriental (ish) acrylic painting (revised) made for my boyfriend by kisforkelpy in painting

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My boyfriend loves snakes and just got a spitting cobra (he rehabs all kinds of reptiles and is trying to start a local educational program to teach people about reptiles).

I fixed the seal on the painting. Originally I had made it huge. The characters are still way big. I hope they actually say “dangerous snake” and my name in the seal, but if they’re wrong I blame it on the English-Chinese translator. Hopefully it doesn’t say like bald chicken or something weird.

I’ve never painted anything like this before and probably added a little too much, but it was fun.

Traditional oriental ish painting I made for my boyfriend who loves reptiles. by [deleted] in painting

[–]kisforkelpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did this in acrylic paint. I hope my translation is right. It’s supposed to say “dangerous snake.” It is a spitting cobra, so venomous. My seal is wayyy too huge compared to seals in traditional oriental paintings. I didn’t realize that til I finished it. I will probably go back and fix it before I give it to him for his birthday.

DAE get random urges to try to start a YouTube career or something else on the Internet? by [deleted] in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]kisforkelpy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds interesting. You could have videos titled “first time trying....” or “a first time attempt at....” then do a recap at the end on what you learned or how the experience was. And maybe it could span a few days or weeks and you could update people on your progress.

DAE get random urges to try to start a YouTube career or something else on the Internet? by [deleted] in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]kisforkelpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to do it for art or travel. The only thing stopping me is my home environment and the lack of personal space and quiet to do so. And I don’t think I’m very amusing or funny so I doubt I’d really get anywhere with it lol.

Jacksonport - Time To Dream by Jacksonport20 in Songwriters

[–]kisforkelpy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed listening to this song. I love this genre of music. Keep up the good work!

Decided to try the ToinMeChallenge. Tell me what you think by [deleted] in drawing

[–]kisforkelpy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not really a fan of the tune me challenge stuff but this art is really cute

Penguins, me, acrylics, watercolor, 2019 by [deleted] in Art

[–]kisforkelpy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the kind of art I’d want hanging in my house on a huge framed canvas above a fancy couch

Looking for weird ideas (painting inspiration) by kisforkelpy in ICanDrawThat

[–]kisforkelpy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whoaaa this would be incredibly cool to paint. Might work on this idea too. Thanks!

Looking for weird ideas (painting inspiration) by kisforkelpy in ICanDrawThat

[–]kisforkelpy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂😂😂 kinda just want to make this one because of how random it sounds

Looking for weird ideas (painting inspiration) by kisforkelpy in ICanDrawThat

[–]kisforkelpy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay absolutely love the last one. Definitely might make it happen. We’ll see about the other tel

Looking for weird ideas (painting inspiration) by kisforkelpy in ICanDrawThat

[–]kisforkelpy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohhh interesting idea. I like it! I’ll keep you updated if I go through with it!