Jesus was not sent by God to die in order to appease a violent deity, nor did he defeat the powers by dying on the cross. his death was not an atoning sacrifice or a way of bringing a scapegoat mechanism to light. It was a political murder meant to sow terror and to undermine …

And the voice of eternity beckons With unearthly irresistibility, And over the blossoming cherry trees The crescent moon pours radiance. excerpt from “Seaside Sonnet” by Anna Akhmatova (via floranymphea)

But do you know what’s absolutely beautiful? Falling in love with the same person over and over again, because it shows that you’re never done with loving them, it shows that you are loving them every second of the day despite everything. The Art of Falling in Love // r.k