⚜On the wings of the night amidst the stars ⚜

Y'all I've just been looking for Christmas presents in the catalogue of my local Christian publishing house and I randomly came across this book on one page and like - I've been bawling! 😭

In the last sentence of the description underneath the picture it says "The first baptized Christian in Europe."

And I mean, I know what my name means and that she was in fact that. But like, it hit me on a whole different level here. I feel this so to the core. 💜

You guys, this previous night I have dreamt that I was in Jerusalem or in the Gaza Strip area and of course the experience of constantly having to be on guard for air raids and attacks was very real and very much not nice. 😖

But the fact that wearing a headscarf was normal there, was liberating, I tell you liberating!!! I was there with Jewish people so it was pretty chill and I just so, so much enjoyed the company there and how I could veil like most of the other women there but I didn't have to. It was just wonderful! 💜👰🏼

Just a question for the Christians out there (and possibly any other religious folk), who are familiar with mental health problems.

I know others experience that too and so I wanted to ask if you have any advice on how to pray or have any kind of relationship with God when you're really in the trenches. By that I mean when you're really depressed, sad and lonely. When you feel so desperate but got beyond that point and just feel deserted and completely disappointed with God. I am aware that this is the moment we need God the most but in my experience there is nothing to hope for even if you pray or scream for God's help there. So I was just wondering if anybody could relate or if you have any insight about what we could do then?

I know you can force yourself to pray but that never helped me and it's not quite self-loving. It's easy to pray and be in relationship with God when things go as usual or just mildly challenging. But there are times when you can't physically get yourself to talk even.

Does anybody have an idea or maybe a perspective on that, which might give an impulse for new thoughts? Thank you in advance, I appreciate any ideas! :)

You can nail me to the cross.

But you cannot force me to hate you.

~ Jesus

On days that are particularly difficult, like today, I'm just sooooo glad that "The X-files" is out there for comfort. 💜

And I'm especially thankful that Scully is canonically Catholic ✝️🛐 , that is honestly such a relief to me and I have someone I really love and esteem to relate to in matters of faith. 👩🏻‍🦰🧡 She's just wonderful and in my head we can go to Church together and talk about God. 💒🙏🏼🌌

My God, I'm so thankful for her. 😊

(Back as a teenager I actually had a cross necklace similar to Scully's just because I wanted to be like her and look like her so badly. I still have it somewhere. 😉 Feels like God was with me and maybe even protecting me in that way. A girl can hope. 🙂)

Good morning, I wish everyone a blessed time of Lent! Bonjour, un béni temps de Carême à tous! 🙏🏼💜

Okay so I have no idea why specifically but what came through to me is this : the second Commandment is going to be super important around this time, maybe it has to do with current events also, and we should be especially watchful to keep it.

"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."

These versions are both just incredibly beautiful, each in their own way. I can highly recommend both The Petersens (I absolutely LOVE genuine bluegrass 💙💚) and Sounds like Reign (Her voice is unparalleled. 🥰). 🎶🎵

I haven't been on Tumblr for so long because I could not stand this feature where you had everything rolling on your dashboard that you didn't even subscribe to. 😡

But now I've come back because Lent is nearing and I absolutely LOVE Lent and Easter. 🥰💖🐰✝️ I'm really looking forward to it, even though times are tough and this year is asking a lot of us. But I'm so happy to be back to see this effin feature is actually GONE!!! 🥳 Yay! And there is such cool and interesting Catholic content here, I'm intrigued and happy to have some spiritual inspiration here. 😍🙂

I'm hoping for a good Lenten time and a blessed Easter for me and for you. 😊💚🌱