gifting

I had the oddest dream last night.
I was going to put together a conglomeration of gifts for a friend and this is how I did it:


Monday is for Miniature Things
Tuesday is for Teacups
Wednesday is for White-Somethings
Thursday is for Thorned Roses
Friday is for Fattening/Delicious Desserts
Saturday is for Sewing
Sunday is for Sitting/Silence

my subconscious is rather clever, I'd say. I may just do this for one of you someday. The gifts of the day can change depending on the person and what they like. Just saying.

true Word Promises: : : hope: : :

"Therefore, the Lord waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him.

For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jeruselum; you shall weep no more.
He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry.
As soon as he hears it, he answers you.
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction,
yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see the Teacher.
And your ears shall hear a word behind you saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images.
You will scatter them as unclean things.
You will say to them, "Be gone!"
And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow in the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous."

Isaiah 30:18-23

clean

I was at a "fashion show" today at uni, and they had a lady there who would do your makeup for free. I did it, cuz I was like heyyy why not?! I'm sure I could go for a freshen-up. Well I don't like it. I don't like the feeling of heaps of makeup covering up my face. And the makeup artist, was like... "oh yeah you should use more of this mineral powder to cover up all of these blemishes. Do you get facials? You've got pretty oily skin don't you? I'd love to see you again." K, thanks. When I sat back down on the lawn to watch the show, I could smell it. And then I looked in the mirror and my face looked... well.. I mean, not bad but not really me. Dark eyeshadow, eyeliner, pink lips. From far away, it looked nice and classy. Closer though, it looked cakey, powdery, and like one sweep of a finger near my eye would make me look like a clown.

So all this to say: I would rather wear less makeup, even if my skin isn't perfect. So what if I've got blemishes? Only genetically modified humans don't have blemishes. And having oily skin isn't a bad thing... in fact, my skin is going to look much less saggy when I age because of it. And I just want to feel clean. I want to feel like being myself is fine enough, without having to cover it up with all of that powdery mess.

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I will be continually dissatisfied if I can't be satisfied by the Ultimate Satisfaction of finding True Love in the Holy, Perfect Love of God Himself through His Son, Jesus Christ Immanuel, who graciously gave me the Gift of the Holy Spirit so that I can properly Love and experience and PRAISE the riches of the Father's insanely Beautiful Glory.