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Something I have been fantasizing about lately. I drew this while listening to a song called 'Blood on the Motorway' by DJ Shadow.
The story to this is that we are all raptured up but not quite in Heaven yet. We don't get our glorified bodies yet and have to spend seven years in another location safe from the Hell on Earth called the tribulation. After the seven years is up, we finally enter Heaven but for now, we still carry our burdens from our last life to this one in preparation.
I get turned into my fursona as part of a deal I make with God. I want to live an Earthly life again but this time under my own selfish conditions. I felt ripped off in my original life so God tells me that I may have what I want in the form of a hyper-realistic simulation. I get this after I spend seven years in this form, not knowing that God has a specific reason for this trade off.
A Mexican girl named Itzel Garcia is among those who are in the new community somewhere in the cosmos. She has suffered greatly from childhood abandonment, abuse, isolation, and poverty. She is traumatized to the point where she distrustful of all people and hates being touched. Since the age of 12, Itzel fantasized about having a werewolf friend who could protect her, provide her the friendship she never had, and act as sort of a therapy dog. Because of this, she takes great interest in me and we start to become friends.
Over the course of seven years, we develop a close friendship. Itzel is not intimidated by me at all and even cuddles. The first time she did so, I stared at the ceiling wondering to myself, "What a I getting myself into?" Over time, Itzel becomes less introverted and goes through a healing process in the form of a therapeutic 'werewolf', something she has always wanted. She brushes my fur, scratches my chest, and talks about various things. She even opens up to me what she kept bottled up her entire life.
After the seven years is up, I choose to forsake my original goal of getting a second chance at life and go to Heaven with her. We get our glorified bodies and we spend an eternity still as friends but even closer.
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This stems from my desire to ease the suffering in others and to have a companion whom we can balance each other out. Helping others, even through unorthodox means, brings me a sort of redemption. While others saw me as a dirty animal, Itzel sees me as an answer to her prayers. Therapy dogs have been used to help traumatized veterans but imagine a therapy dog that can stand up and talk.
Sure, I have weird fantasies but it's a kind of light I'd like to become. Missionaries and preachers aren't the only people who can be a bright light. Sometimes we just got to be a little creative and even do some awkward work in order to serve the Kingdom of God.
I got to say, you have to be one brave and tough son of a gun to live in Australia, home to half the world's deadliest creatures.
My mother complains of our cats getting eaten by coyotes. Australians are doing business as usual with a deadly snake on their way to work.
Learning to be still before God, as the Psalm says and comparable to a calm sea as in the picture, can be beneficial to those with troubled minds.please talk about how this image is related to your struggles with depression?
or how you support those of us in recovery who struggle with depression
Good picture; between Impressionism and Expressionism, I think, artistically."Seascape" Paintings by Artist Rana Maghlouth Convey Human Emotions via the Ocean
For me, the rough and tumble sea waves convey my often jumbled up feelings
Anyone else in recovery, can you relate to this?
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Good picture; between Impressionism and Expressionism, I think, artistically.
I know what you mean by jumbled up feelings. Sometimes it can be good to let the settle. After a storm the waves eventually subside...
Interesting thoughts but for now the links are dead (at least, on my screen).View attachment 209735 this is a good representation of my heart today...a jumble of mixed emotions as shown here in various colorful streaks (artist unknown)
Interesting way of depicting different feelings as colors. I've seen descriptions of piano music as involving colors also by comparison.View attachment 209735 this is a good representation of my heart today...a jumble of mixed emotions as shown here in various colorful streaks (artist unknown)
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