If you love the Gods, They will love you…

satsekhem:

thetwistedrope:

lovely-sphinx:

I feel this is important… many fear the Gods will “not like them” or “not accept them”, for a plethora of reasons… but the Gods are not as trivial as humans… If you open your heart to them, they will accept your offering. For love is the purest and most powerful offering that can be given.

Okay I feel like an asshole saying this, but I feel like it needs to be said.

This type of mentality, imo, can be dangerous.

The gods aren’t under any requirements to like you. They aren’t required to accept your offerings no matter how pure your intentions or sincere your love for them. They aren’t required to love you, and gods can be hella trite.

Now, I do agree that many people worry waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much about whether the gods will like them or not. All in all, most of the gods seem pretty chill, and don’t seem to be too terribly picky about things. Normally, if you are respectful, they are respectful back and everything is good. (bolding because I want to make sure that people see this and know that I recognize this because I promise I’m not trying to crush people’s dreams or what have you)

However, assuming that love will cure all can also open you up to potentially being dicked over by Unseen entities, which is why discernment and being judicious with your trust is important. So while I can appreciate the sentiment (love is a great offering, when given in the right circumstances), I’m also uncomfortable with the idea that gods can’t be petty like humans, and that gods can’t be jerks like humans. Cuz they can. I’ve seen it happen to other devotees, and its no fun when it happens.

Plus, no one should be obligated to accept love that they don’t want- humans, gods, or otherwise.

Sooo, uh, yeah. >.>;;

Thank you for saying this.

I underlined/italicized the above part because I think that needs emphasis, as well. I went into this with my heart wide open and my eyes firmly snapped shut. I got hurt beyond belief because of this and I’m still picking up the pieces many moons later.

I’m still here; I’m still doing this so I’m not saying it isn’t possible to recover. What I am saying is that going in with your eyes wide open is safer in the long run.

(I also agree that people seem far too worried about how the gods feel about them. I was like that, too, and it’s probably just like part of the learning curve. But honestly, the emphasis shouldn’t be so much on their reactions to us and what we do for them, but on our reactions to them and what we do for them.)