
i keep getting an odd feeling my “friend” is trying to become me.
i’ve thought this for a long time but i said maybe i’m just paranoid or have an inflated sense of self but idk. lately it’s been getting really weird

French protected cruiser Chasseloup-Laubat in reserve at Rochefort-sur-Mer, Saintonge region of France
French vintage postcard
Nightmares are supposed to be scary or upsetting, right?
He doesn’t really have nightmares. Not like that anyway. He never wakes with a start, sweating and heart pounding. Plagued by fears and memories of past events.
He does however get visions. Glimpses of the future presented as riddles. If anything they are frustrating. Mostly because he can’t figure them out.
An infestation of white rats that can’t be killed. Forever multiplying and consuming everything in their path. He can’t fight them all by myself. But he tries.
Being stuck at the bottom of the ocean. The water getting deeper and deeper. Darker and darker. Thicker. The surface always just beyond his reach. The light slowly fading out and moving further and further away…
You really think that it’s safe to go shaking your body like that when I am not there to protect you from the bad guys??
Evil words destroy; godly skill rebuilds. [Living Bible]
A hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but through knowledge the righteous shall be delivered. [A Faithful Version]
With his mouth a wicked man destroys his neighbor; but through knowledge shall the righteous be strengthened. [Lamsa Bible]
Dishonest people use gossip to destroy their neighbors; good people are protected by their own good sense. [Contemporary English Version]
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mouth: peh 6310 (Hebrew) fig., speech, by extension, character; the visible gateway of life, speech, eating, and breath. As OT perspective views the person as a whole, the mouth represent the doorway to the heart, and spoken words create binding realities.
hypocrite: chaneph 2611 (Hebrew) godless, impious, soiled, profane; a person outwardly associated with the covenant community yet inwardly warped by irreverence, moral compromise and practical atheism, lacking real piety but possessing a counterfeit substitute. This person is associated with short-lived prosperity and inevitable judgment for his weaponized tongue, of which scoffing is a hallmark of his inward rebellion and hidden impiety which causes social havoc.
destroy: shachath 7843 (Hebrew) corrupt, batter, spill, mar, decay, perish; the idea of 1) moral corruption or depravity, 2) physical ruin or devastation, 3) the spoiling or marring of objects, persons,or plans, and 4) the finality of destruction from God’s judgment on sin.
neighbor: rea` 7453 (Hebrew) brother, companion, friend, associate, a life-relationship; mutual trust and cooperation in community; genuine steadfast self-sacrificing friendship built on truth. Right speech, financial integrity, & empathy safeguard the fabric of community life, but grievous consequences of treachery that collapse neighborly relations cause social unraveling and incur divine judgment.
knowledge: daath 1847 (Hebrew) truth, skill, aware, concern; an experiential, covenantal grasp of truth that unites correct information with relational loyalty, encompassing God’s perfect understanding, His insight imparted to His people, and practical discernment that guides daily living to produce ordered, fruitful lives.
deliver: chalats 2502 (Hebrew) rescue, strengthen, equip, pull off, prepare; the idea of setting free from impediments, danger, oppression or death and achieving military readiness whether with information, training, or arms.
I hold you,
safe in my dreams,
no one can touch you there,
no one can hurt you there ..
Kevin PeltonDec 11, 2025, 08:50 AM ET
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