You Can Have Me: by Sidewalk Prophets

If I saw You on the street
And You said come and follow me
But I had to give up everything
All I once held dear and all of my dreams
Would I love You enough to let go
Or would my love run dry
When You asked for my life
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me
If You’re all You claim to be
Then I’m not losing anything
So I will crawl upon my knees
Just to know the joy of suffering
I will love You enough to let go
Lord, I give you my life
I give you my life
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me
I want to be where You are
I’m running into Your arms
And I will never look back
So Jesus, here is my heart
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me
When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
My Father, my love
You can have me

Twice: by Christina Rossetti

I took my heart in my hand
(O my love, O my love),
I said: Let me fall or stand,
Let me live or die,
But this once hear me speak-
(O my love, O my love)-
Yet a woman's words are weak;
You should speak, not I.

You took my heart in your hand
With a friendly smile,
With a critical eye you scanned,
Then set it down,
And said: It is still unripe,
Better wait a while;
Wait while the skylarks pipe,
Till the corn grows brown

As you set it down it broke-
Broke, but I did not wince;
I smiled at the speech you spoke,
At your judgment that I heard:
But I have not often smiled
Since then, nor questioned since,
Nor cared for corn-flowers wild,
Nor sung with the singing bird.

I take my heart in my hand,
O my God, O my God,
My broken heart in my hand:
Thou hast seen, judge Thou
My hope was written on sand,
O my God, O my God:
Now let Thy judgment stand-
Yea, judge me now

This contemned of a man,
This marred one heedless day,
This heart take Thou to scan
Both within and without:
Refine with fire its gold,
Purge Thou its dross away-
Yea, hold it in Thy hold,
Whence none can pluck it out.

I take my heart in my hand-
I shall not die, but live-
Before Thy face I stand;
I, for Thou callest such:
All that I have I bring,
All that I am I give,
Smile Thou and I shall sing,
But shall not question much.

Surgery update #5

Hey guys,

As you all should know (those that have read my blog) from my last surgery update, my upper jaw surgery was cancelled because my family's health insurance refused to agree to pay for the surgery. Well the insurance company finally agreed to pay for my surgery, and it is now scheduled on December 27th after the college semester is over. And for those who haven't read my blog, I'm going to have my upper jaw fixed because my bite is slightly out of place. You can read more about the surgery on update #3(June 30th blog entry). Thank you all of those who prayed, I really appreciate it!! :)

Tabitha

Surgery Update # 4: Bad News :(

Hi everyone! My last surgery update I said that I was going to have surgery on my upper jaw on August 23rd--well there is'nt going to be a surgery comming up, they moved it. We couldn't have an agreement from my family's health insurance to pay for the surgery. The insurance company wants more information about my surgery; so we'll find out if they agreed upon paying for my surgery, and; when my surgery is going to take place on next Monday. Well keep praying guys, my family and I really do appreciate your prayers. Thank you!!! :)

Beloved-by Tenth Avenue North

Love of my life
Look deep in my eyes
There you will find what you need

Give me your life
The lust and the lies
And the past you're afraid I might see
You've been running away from me

You're my beloved lover
I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we'll be
My love it unites us and it binds you to me
It's a mystery

Love of my life
Look deep in my eyes
There you will find what you need

I'm the giver of life
I'll clothe you in white
My immaculate bride you will be
Come running home to me

You're my beloved lover
I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we'll be
My love it unites us and it binds you to me

You've been a mistress, my wife
Chasing lovers that won't satisfy
Won't you let me make you my bride
You will drink of my lips and you'll taste new life

You're my beloved lover
I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we'll be
My love it unites us and it binds you to me
It's a mystery

A Story of Ones Passion to Glorify God Through Art

Forgiven: by Lance  Brown

" To try to understand the real significance of what the great artist  the serious masters tell us in their masterpieces, that leads to God. One man has written or told it in a book, another in a picture." -Vincent van Gogh

I've recently met a little-known Christian painter who deserves some recognition. Lance Brown is ministering to people everywhere using the spiritual gifts that God has blessed him with and if you haven’t seen his work, I highly recommend viewing his website and learning more about him.

Lance graduated from The Art Institute of Dallas with honors and a degree in Visual Communications. He started his career as a graphic designer for Dr. Pepper, where he primarily did print graphics and packaging designs for about a year and a half. During this time, he decided that he wanted to try his hand at painting. He started with a beginners painting kit, and began painting pictures that he wanted to hang on his walls such as Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” and Thomas Kinkade’s “Aspen Chapel.” He doesn’t like to admit that he has experienced some struggles while painting. It is a little-known fact that Lance is partially color blind and has been dealing with it his entire life. Lance genetically inherited Color Vision Deficiency (CVD) from his mother, but he refused to let that hinder his love for painting.
 

Over the last 10 years Lance has worked for several high-profile companies in Texas as a Web Designer and Art Director, all while freelance designing regularly and painting from time to time. He had established a very solid career for himself and a steady paycheck to support his wife and two children (#3 is due mid September 2010!). It would seem that all the pieces were in place for a long and happy life, but he wasn't quite satisfied.

Lance was recently laid off and he felt like God was leading him into ministry. He started Painted Christ immediately and has not looked back. Lance's goals in this new endeavor are to glorify God with his Jesus paintings, minister to people by sharing the gospel of Christ, and to support his wife and 3 children. God confirmed Lance’s new found purpose when he received a phone call about his website, www.paintedchrist.com, asking him if he would be willing to perform at a youth camp in Oklahoma the following weekend. Lance will tell you that he encountered God on another level while on that trip and had a very powerful worship experience like no other time in his life. Amen!

His paintings of Jesus connect, move and inspire his audience as they begin to feel a longing and deeper desire to know and experience an intimate relationship with their Creator. Lance's portraits are visual stories that will take you on a journey through the life and experiences of Jesus Christ. They are painted on huge canvases, and they consist of  2 or 3 scenes from the life of Christ. As you watch Lance perform, I feel that his paintings will lead you in complete adoration of our Lord as they do with me!!

Learn more about Lance by viewing his website at www.PaintedChrist.com

My Favourite Lord of The Rings Quotes

Frodo: I can't do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?
Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.

-The Two Towers (LOTR)

Frodo: "How do pick up on old life? How do you move on, when in your heart you begin to to understand there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend, some things that go too deep that have taken a hold."

-Return of The King (LOTR)

"I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened!" (Frodo)
"So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo besides evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring, in which case you also were meant to have it, and that is an encouraging thought!" (Gandalf)

-The Fellowship of The Ring (LOTR)

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadow shall spring.
Renewed shall be blade that was broken;
The crownless again shall be king.

-Return of The King (Arwen about Aragon)

Aragorn: Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!*

-Return of The King

"A thing is about to happen, that has not happened since the elder days. The ents are going to wake up, and find that they are strong."

 — Gandalf (The Two Towers)

 "It is dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door--You step into the road and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."

 -Bilbo Baggins

"Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends."

— Gandalf (Fellowship of The Ring)

"But do you remember Gandalf's words: Even Gollum may have something yet to do? But for him, Sam, I could not have destroyed the Ring. The Quest would have been in vain, even at the bitter end. So let us forgive him! For the Quest is achieved and now all is over. I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam."

― J.R.R., The Lord of The Rings, The Return of The King, "Mount Doom"

Who I am

I am a wandering vagabond
Looking for something I can't find
I keep my eyes to the eastern sky
hoping to find you there
Where are you?
Can you tell me who I really am?

I am an amature lover
Looking for a lover I cannot see
I am wanting to be accepted as well
By others
Will they accept me as who I am?
Will you accept me as who I've been?

I am longing to be beautiful
Longing to be loved and cherished
To be wanted and accepted
To be a pure virgin bride
Waiting to be swept off her feet
To taste true loves first kiss

I am young at heart
A wild mustang longing to be free
To explore and find myself
I want to see what others see in me
What do you see in me?

I want to be admired
To inspire-to ignite a fire
I want to leave a legacy
To be remembered as being different
I want to be your humble servant
And follow wherever you go
And I would go anywhere
If you lead me

When I see you face to face in heaven
I hope you would be proud
I long to hear you say:
"Well done good and faithful servant"
You have won the race and have not given up
You have touched the hearts of many
And made a difference in my name...
O' I long for that day to see your face
You know that I've tried my best to please you Lord
To do your will
I know that I am not perfect
But I pray Lord Make me more like you
Lord, make me who you want me to be

With Arms Wide Open-by Misty Edwards

“What does love look like?” is the question I’ve been pondering
“What does love look like?”
“What does love look like?” is the question I’ve been asking of You

I once believed that love was romance, just a chance
I even thought that love was for the lucky and the beautiful
I once believed that love was a momentary bliss
But love is more than this
All You ever wanted was my attention
All You ever wanted was love from me
All You ever wanted was my affections, to sit here at Your feet

Then I sat down, a little frustrated and confused
If all of life comes down to love
Then love has to be more than sentiment
More than selfishness and selfish gain

And then I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me
I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me
He was looking at me, looking at Him, staring through me
I could not escape those beautiful eyes
And I began to weep and weep

He had arms wide open, a heart exposed
Arms wide open; He was bleeding, bleeding

Love’s definition, love’s definition was looking at me
Looking at Him, hanging on a tree
I began to weep and weep and weep and weep

This is how I know what love is, this is how I know what love is

And as I sat there weeping, crying
Those beautiful eyes, full of desire and love

He said to me, “You shall love Me, You shall love Me
You shall love Me, You shall love Me”

With arms wide open, a heart exposed
With arms wide open, bleeding, sometimes bleeding

If anybody’s looking for love in all the wrong places
If you’ve been searching for love, come to Me, come to Me
Take up your cross, deny yourself
Forget your father’s house and run, run with Me
You were made for abandonment, wholeheartedness
You were made for someone greater, someone bigger, so follow Me
And You’ll come alive when you learn to die

Surgery date

Hey everyone, we finally have a date for my surgery!!! My Surgery is going to take place on the 23rd of August. Keep praying, my family and I really do appreciate your prayers.
Love,
Tabitha :)

Jean-Francois Millet

The Angelus

The Goose Girl at Gruchy

Spring at Barbizon

Narcissi and Violets

A Young Shephardess

Take what you want from me, it means nothing now...

Yet when I Surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. -Ecclesiastes 2:11

Today's blog title came from a line of one of anberlin's new songs called "Impossible". Though I am not going to write about the song, but I do advise you to check anberlin out. They have a new cd coming out soon, called "Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place". They are an awesome band, and I hope you enjoy their music just as much as I do.

Have you ever felt that your life is meaningless, something hard to comprehend? Well I felt that way, thats why I can relate to King Solomon when he says that everything seems meaningless like the passing of the wind. The book of Ecclesiastes may be a sad-depressing book of the Bible, but it tells a story of a king and how he have come to realize that nothing in this world can satisfy him but Elohim, God our Creator.

I felt that way because it seems to me that my whole life my family and I have been going through a spiritual battle. I mentioned in one of my latest blogs (*fin #2) that my mother has an mental illness and that we still don't know yet what is wrong with her. She is still not allowing any help from family, and it is hard for us family to cope with that. My sister and I struggle alot with depression, and we both struggle with our doubts. If any of you are reading this, I do appreciate your prayers, thank you.

I believe God has taught me alot about Surrender, like for an example we were talking alittle about surrender in church today. Surrender takes total trust in God, which is very hard when it feels like God seems soooo faraway. But it says in Proverbs 3:5-6 to "trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, and He will make your paths straight". That means trust God with your heart, mind, soul, and all your strength, and don't rely upon how you feel or what the world says, because God is the truth, and when he says that He'll never leave you nor forsake you...He means that.

Have you ever heard the song "Our God" by Chris Tomlin? The song says: "If our God is for us, who can be against? If our God is with us who can stand against us?" I sometimes struggle with comprehending that. Have you wondered if the devil can touch us? I mean were "Christians", the devil can't hurt us, right? In Job it says that God allowed satan to take everything from Job, even his children. God also allowed the devil to make Job ill, but you know what? Despite the fact that his own wife tells him to curse God and die, he yet still praises God in the midst of his agony. Now who does that? Who gets beaten up sooo badly and yet remain joyful? You know what I would do? I would doubt God, and ask him: "Why have you abandoned me?", "Where are you?", "I thought you would make this right?" "I thought you would fight beside me?"...I would feel so defeated, and I do feel that way at times.

But God never said that life would be easy, but He does promise that we won't have to face our trials alone. In 1 Corinthians 10:13 it says: "And God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand-up under it." God provides a way out!! God understands that we doubt Him, but I'm learning that God wants us to trust Him with our fears, our doubt, our sorrow, and even our dreams, and our plans for the future.

I find trusting God with all that I am hard to grasp, don't you? You might be sitting here asking yourself, "But Tabitha, you mean I have to surrender all my fears? My doubts? My sorrows? Even all my dreams? And my plans for my future?"
Yes, I know it is hard, believe me...it is hard for me too. Surrender is not easy for me, nor any of us, but God loves you sooo much...you weren't meant to carry this loud alone. That why Jesus took all our fears, our doubts, our sorrows...everything upon himself when he died for us on the cross. So this is what I choose, and I hope you choose the same...Jesus, Take all you want from me, I give you EVERYTHING!!!!

The Old Beaten-up Box

This summer I started on a project. My dad had given me a box that he made when he was eight years-old, and I decided to clean it up and put wood stain on it. The box was worn out and dirty from being in our garage to long. My dad had used it as a tool box, where he kept his old tools. But the box hadn't been used in a long while, and so I asked my dad if I could have the box. So he let me have the box, and then I started cleaning it up and polishing it. I finished the box today and now it is in my room. I was going to use it to keep treasure,things that meant a lot me.

To me the old beaten-up box was a piece of treasure itself. It was a work of art, made by my father when he was a child, and cleaned up and polished by me. It says in Genesis 1:1 that, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"; and in Genesis 1:26 God said, "let us create man in our own image..." To God we are a work of art something that's "fearfully and wonderfully made" (psalms 139: 14)! Isn't that amazing!!!

Though, the only difference is that we weren't a beaten-up dirty box. Then again, we were, 'cause when you think of it this way... when man sinned and turned away from God, sin separated us from God. And that made us beaten-up and dirty from our own sins. But Christ died while we were still sinners. In Isaiah 1:18 it says "Come now and let us reason together", says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." God made us CLEAN!!! By Christ dying for us on the cross, we were made clean and our sins were tossed on the ocean floor. He did that for us while we were still sinners, but through Jesus Christ we are made righteous!!

I thank God my Creator for making me fearfully and wonderfully made, and I also thank Jesus Christ for dying for my sins and making me clean. God can make you clean too if you let him. He loves you sooo much!! All you have to do is confess that He is God and believe that Christ died and rose from the dead, and ask Him to forgive your sins. And he will make you clean. But that doesn't mean you can go back to your old ways, God calls us to be set apart from the world, to reflect Christ in all that we do. Though there is going to be trials and tribulations, but God gives us the strength to overcome through Victory in Christ.

Something to think about

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves." -Philippians 2:3

How can you "consider others better than yourself" without developing a low self esteem?

Vincent and The Doctor

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Surgery Update #3

Hey guys, I don't know whose reading this, but I thought I'd announce that my next surgery is coming up soon. Those who know me and those who have read my latest updates on my blog, know that I've had alot of surgeries do to my birth defect. I was born with a cleft lip and palate. And I had alot of surgeries on my lip, palate, nose, and Jaw.

Well I'm going to have another surgery on my jaw. I've had a jaw surgery before, but the last jaw surgery was to pull my upper jaw forward because it was a little to far back. This jaw surgery is going to be also on my upper jaw, but this time they are going to try to fix my bite because my bite is out of place, and they wanted to correct that. I wont be wearing a halo like I did on my last jaw surgery, so that is good.

My surgery is going to take place at the Arnold Palmer Hospital. My parents have scheduled a surgery, though we don't know when the surgery is going to take place, we're still waiting for a call from the surgeon. We are trying to Schedule the surgery in early August so that way I won't have to miss to many days that I have to go to college which starts at the end of August. I'll be staying in the hospital one day, and then I'll get to go home. I'll have to be on a liquid diet for about to weeks, then I'll be able to go back to a solid diet.

If any of you have any questions or concerns you are free to leave a comment or email me. And to those who prayed for me on my last surgery, I want to thank you--my family and I really appreciate your prayers. Thank you!!

Tabitha Reilly

Hope will find away

When hope seems to fade away
Don't give in
No don't give in
When all you do is stumble in fall
Don't give up
Hope will find away

When life is too much to bear alone
Keep living--hold on
It will get easier
Just you wait

When pain is to much to bare
You are not alone
I feel the pain you feel
Let love heal your wounds

I'm sorry I can't wipe your tears away
I wish I can make the pain just go away
But hope will find away
Love will break through wash the slate clean
Just hold on
Hangin there
I'll help you through

The river is deep
The waves crash and they drown you
But reach up
Let love lift you up
I'm sorry I'm breaking now
It's just I can't be the one to pull you out
I am not that strong enough to with stand both of us
But I can walk with you through the fire
You don't have to go this alone
'Cause hope will find away
Hope will carry us through
Some how

I want see a change in me ( To be different some how)

Change is not always easy to become
Is it supposed to get easier?
Life tells you that it's not gonna be easy
It's harder each time you fall
But some how you have to get back up
Some how I got to get back

Everyone is going to expect you to be different
Take up your role in this life
To fight for whats right
But it is not easy isn't it?
It will get easier some how
Some how

Sometimes you think you fail hard
And you just want to give up
Whats the use?
You're going to fall again?
Is there hope?
There is hope some how
some how

When I see my world around
They know how self centered I am
They see a glimpse of who I really am
I'm needy, I'm scared to be alone
Just trust me I'm scared

I want to see a change in me
I want the world to see
That I am different some how
I want to see a change in me
I want to see my father proud
Yeah I want to be different some how

Responsibility it is hard to grasp
To be a leader you have to take up your role
And fight for whats right
To be a humble servant
Willing to answer the call of Christ
You have to be willing to first die
I will make a change
though it is not easy
But I'll let begin in me

The world will see I'm different some how

It will get easier

You said, If you just trust me
It will get easier
Let me calm your sea
Let me fight by your side
And give you strength to overcome
Life is hard I know
But you don't have to fight alone
Just trust me

And I find it hard to surrender
Surrender doesn't come naturally to me
To trust in someone I can't see
Would be so Crazy
It would be easier to give up
To give up all my dreams
But what would it make me?

You said don't be afraid
I have plans for
Not to hurt you but to give you hope
To give you strength to press on
Don't look back but look straight ahead
For you have a future yet to come
Waiting for you to take hold of your prize
Hold on to your goal and keep running the race
Oh don't give up
keep your eyes on the goal

Who does that?
Who gets beat down over and over again?
Who just gets back up and keep running?
Who fails but brushes the dust off they're feet and press on?
But I have come to realize that when you fail
And don't try, and just give in and through away the prize
You won't learn from you mistakes
But you continue to fail
And it leaves you empty...you have nothing
You are nothing

But if you falter and yet press on
Your flame will burn out bright
When you hold your torch high
So I'll keep running the race
No matter what the cost
I will win my prize
And just maybe...
I realize it will get easier

You're Never Alone-Saosin

It's just like him
To wander off in the evergreen park
Slowly searching
For any sign of the ones he used to love
He says he's got nothing left to live for
(He says he's got nothing left)
And this time I think you'll know

You're not alone
There is more to this I know
You can make it out
You will live to tell

She's just like him
Spoiled rotten, confused by the lies shes been fed
She's searching for no one (but herself)
Her eyes turn to green and she seems to be happy that she is here
And this time I think you'll know

You're not alone
There is more to this I know
You can make it out
You will live to tell

You're not alone
There is more to this I know
You can make it out

(There is more to know)

We're not alone
There is more to this I know
You can make it out
You will live to tell

(So tell them)

You're not alone
There is more to this I know
You can make it out (make it out)
You will live to tell (live to tell)

You're not alone
There is more to this I know (and I know)
You can make it out
You will live to tell [ x2 ]

You are not alone
You're not, you're not alone

Hosana

Oh the silent night of Bethlehem
The stars are shining brightly in the dark blue sky
Making way for the young Messiah
Here the angels singing softly:
O' come all ye children, let us sing adoration
And lift him high above the nations
He is born to Virgin Mary
Come to die, and take the curse of men

Hosanna, Hosanna
Come to bring us Redemption
Hosanna, Hosanna
We lift up our tambourines
And dance before Him
For he alone, is our salvation

And one day he will take his last breath
On a cross of Calvary
Where his blood shed on the whole universe
He will take the curse of men upon Himself
And die to take our place, so we may live
But He will arise again
We shall have victory over the evil one
We will break off our chains and sing:
Hallelujah, Jesus Christ saved us
From Satan's chains
And the whole earth will sing:

This is a song I wrote called Hosanna, I hope you enjoy it. Happy Easter Everyone!!! Jesus is Alive!!!:)

Tabitha Reilly

Ireland Forever!!

Happy St Patrick's Day Everyone!!!
Tabitha :)

Riddles in The Dark: by JRR Tolkien

The meaning behind the "Riddles in The Dark" (from The Hobbit):

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?

The answer is "Mountain" because if you think about it, logic tells you that a mountain is something that never grows and that is taller than a tree. The part that says "what has roots as nobody see"... I don't know for sure, but I think it is referring to the formation the mountain has layers of rock that forms into a mountain

Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.

The answer to the second riddle is "Teeth", the author is comparing teeth to horses when they walk; but when you think about it, when you chew your food it is almost sounds like champing and stamping, but we call it chewing or munching.

Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.

The answer to the third riddle is "Wind". To understand this riddle you have to think of it as someone telling you a ghost story, because the wind is like a ghost crying in the silence of the night. The line that says "wingless flutters", is referring to the trees, grass, flowers, and other things in nature that blows in the wind. And the line that says "toothless bites", it could be referring to frost bites in a winter storm, then again I'm not sure.

An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
'That eye is like to this eye'
Said the first eye,
'But in low place,
Not in high place.'

The answer to the fourth riddle is "Sun on the daisies". The eye on the blue face is the sun, and the face is the sky. And the eye on the green face is the daises, and the face is referring to grass. When you think about it the sun is looking down upon the daises on the grass or shining down.

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, Kills laughter.

The answer to the fifth riddle is "Dark". The rest of the riddle is easy to understand, but you might be confused when you hear the last line, ..."ends life, kills laughter"... To understand what this last line is talking about you have to look in mythology's point of view. In alot of mythical stories like the "Lord of The Rings", the darkness is portrayed as something evil, that kills and brings upon sorrow. It could also relate to a verse in the Bible that says " Sorrow may last in the night but joy will come in the morning", it is referring to how sometimes we would have a bad day, but we always wake up to a new day, it is like a chance to start again. This is one of my favorite riddles out of the 8.

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

The answer to the sixth riddle is "Egg". The author made it difficult to figure out, by comparing an egg to a box. You might of guest a treasure chest. But The clue that is not mentioned is the shape of the box, the box has an oval shape. The treasure is the yoke.

Alive with out breathe,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.

The answer to the seventh riddle is "fish". The riddle is referring to a fish living under water. Many of us should know that fish are cold blooded, and breathe underwater. The last line, "all in mail never clinking" is referring to the fish's scales.

This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays kings, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.

The answer to the last riddle is "Time". This riddle is a little bit harder to understand, but I think it is referring to how every activity takes a whole lot of time; it takes time for birds to travel across the sky to the next destination, it takes time for beasts to hunt for their food, and it takes time for trees and flowers to grow. In time all people die, even kings; but some of us get to live in heaven with God in eternity, and tragically some don't. This is also my favorite riddle, 'cause it could be used as a reminder to not take life for granted, to spend our time wisely, and to encourage us to make the right choice that we won't later on regret.

No Subject

Hey Guys, this post is mainly for "to write love on her arms". I am sure many of you are wondering why I put you off of my friends list on facebook...well I want you to know that I don't have anything against you, and my choice is not your fault. I want to apologize if my choice hurt you guys, please know that I didn't mean to hurt anyone. Being involved with "to write love on her arms" was too much for me, and I had to get away. It wasn't helping me with my emotional health, I am going through alot with my family. My mom has a mental illness, and dealing with your hurt was a little to much that I can handle. I hope I'm not offending you, I don't want to, but I want you to know that I understand your hurting, and I encourage you to seek help from someone who is stronger and more experienced.

Again, I am truely sorry, I have to confess that deleting you guys off my friends list wasn't the right approach, but I so overwelmed...and I thought that deleting you off my list would be the only way out of this situation...but I want you to know that I was wrong, and I am really sorry. Know that I am praying for you...and God loves you soooo much!!!

Tabitha

Before The Morning: by Josh Wilson

Do you wonder why you have to
Feel the things that hurt you
If there’s a God who loves you where is He now

Maybe there are things you can’t see
And all those things are happening
To bring a better ending

Someday somehow you’ll see you’ll see

Would you dare would you dare to believe
That you still have a reason to sing
Cause the pain that you’ve been feeling
It can’t compare to the joy that’s coming
So hold on you gotta wait for the light
Press on and just fight the good fight
Cause the pain that you’ve been feeling
It’s just the dark before the morning

My friend you know how this all ends
You know where you’re going
You just don’t know how you’ll get there
So say a prayer

And hold on cause there’s good for those who love God
But life is not a snapshot
It might take a little time but you’ll see the bigger picture

Once you feel the weight of glory
All your pain will fade to memory

It’s just the hurt before the healing
Oh the pain that you’ve been feeling
It’s just the dark before the morning

Hey guys this song is such an amazing song, it puts a smile on my face whenever I hear it. I hope you enjoy this song as much as I did, and I hope God touches your heart through this song also like he did mine.

Tabitha

To Be Or Not To Be That Is The Question!?

"to be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd."

What Hamlet is musing on is the comparison between the pain of life, which he sees as inevitable (the sea of troubles - the slings and arrows - the heart-ache - the thousand natural shocks) and the fear of the uncertainty of death and of possible damnation of suicide.

Hamlet's dilemma is that although he is dissatisfied with life and lists its many torments, he is unsure what death may bring (the dread of something after death). He can't be sure what death has in store; it may be sleep but in perchance to dream he is speculating that it is perhaps an experience worse than life. Death is called the undiscover'd country from which no traveller returns. In saying that Hamlet is acknowledging that, not only does each living person discover death for themselves, as no one can return from it to describe it, but also that suicide os a one-way ticket. If you get the judgment call wrong, there's no way back.

The whole speech is tinged with the Christian prohibition of suicide, although it isn't mentioned explicitly. The dread of something after death would have been well understood by a Tudor audience to mean the fires of Hell.

The speech is a subtle and profound examining of what is more crudely expressed in the phrase out of the frying pan into the fire. - in essence 'life is bad, but death might be worse'.

Surgery Update #2

Hey guys, many of you all should know from my last blog I wrote I told you guys that I was going to have surgery on my eyes on March 4th. I only had surgery on my right eye thus far, if my eye still continues to have problems, we are going to possibly see about having surgery on my left eye. I am feeling alot better now since my surgery, my eye is really read and watery, but other than that I am doing alot better. I am taking these I drops called Tobramycin and Dexamethasone Ophthalmic, it is an antibiotic that prevents any infection in my eye. Yesterday I rested alot, and now I'm up and doing things.Though I shouldn't say that I'm quite ready to do my school work and any other normal activities, my eyes is still very watery and is a little blury. I think I'll wait awhile before I start my normal activities. So anyways, I just want to thank you for all who read this blog and prayed for me, I really appreciated your prayers...thank you. I love you all!!! :)

Tabitha

My Surgery Update

For those who know me and for those whom it may concern, I have surgery on my eyes on March 4th. I was diagnosed with Ocular torticollis. When I tilt my head one eye looks straight, while the other eye looks the other way. To correct this, I tilt my head so both of my eyes are lined up correctly. But now I am going to have surgery on my eyes, so I don't have to tilt my head anymore. The surgery is going to correct that,and I also have strabismus, which is a condition where the eye muscle is too strong causing my other eye to turn, and my surgery is going to correct that as well.

For those who don't know me, I was born with an Cleft lip and Cleft palate. I had many surgeries before since I was a baby and up till now. I had recent surgeries on my lip, nose, and jaw. The most recent one was the jaw; my orthodontist thinks that I would need another surgery on my jaw though, because my bite isn't straight, and they need that corrected so he can do more orthodontic work. So I might have another Jaw surgery, coming up (which there be update on that soon).

My family and I would really appreciate it if you keep us in your prayers!! Pray that my surgery would go well, and that Gods hand will be on us through out this time, and of course pray for my upcoming surgeries as well.

Tabitha Reilly

Ps. Please, leave some comments on my blog, you can comment on what your thoughts are about my blog or leave some instructive criticism about what you think I would need to change, or some idea's of some other topics you would like me to discuss. Thank you!!!

At Your Feet: by Casting Crowns

Monica Bellucci stars as Mary Magdalene in Mel Gibson’s latest drama The Passion of Christ - 2004 Photos

Here at Your feet, I lay my past down
My wanderings, all my mistakes down
And I am free

Here at Your feet, I lay this day down
Not in my strength, but in Yours I've found
All I need, You're all I need

Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
Oh, to dwell and never leave
Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
There is nowhere else for me
There is nowhere else for me

Here at Your feet, I lay my future down
All of my dreams, I give to You now
And I find peace, I find peace
Here at Your feet, I lay my life down
For You my King, You're all I want now
And my soul sings…

‘Cause I am free (here at Your feet)
All I need (is at Your feet)
I find peace
We're at Your feet
We're at Your feet

And I am free (here at Your feet)
All I need (is at Your feet)
I find peace
We're at Your feet
We're at Your feet
We're at Your feet
We're at Your feet

Here at Your feet
I lay my life down

Some Will Seek Forgiveness While Others Escape: by Underoath

This is an amazing song, the music video has pictures from the Passion of Christ video. When ever I see the crucifixion, it makes me want to cry; sometimes and can't even look upon seeing my savior being crucified, even though it is just an actor acting out the role of His crucifixion. It is amazing what God did on the cross...it still breaks me...

Who ever is reading this...please don't, DON'T take what God did for you on Calvary for granted. I'm serious guys, what He did, we don't deserve, but he loved us sooo much that He just had to do it, there was no other way...but you know what? He is alive, He is sooo very much alive!!! And He conquered sin and death for us...who are we to doubt His love for us??

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to condemn you...I am guilty of this too, I have doubted God so many times...some times I get sooo mad God that I wish that "He and the devil would just leave me alone..." but He won't...He is not like that...He is not the one to just leave and forsake you, He is waiting for you to notice Him. His arm are still open wide...

The Jesus Painter

This is a video of another artist, he is a painter known as the Jesus Painter. He is an amazing painter, I saw him live at church once. He painted a picture, though I don't remember what it was called. I think it is amazing how people could use art to glorify God, I love that!!! I want to live my life to glorify God, I hope He would use my future career to be a nurse to glorify Him. I want to encourage anyone who would be reading this to glorify God in everything you do, whether it is small like just simply doing your homework, or being active in school by reaching out to students for Christ; or big things like being on a mission field in an other country or just starting a ministry here in America.



You can go see some of his painting at his website: http://www.jesuspainter.com

A Portrait of Jesus

The gentleman who drew this is Joe Castillo. He went to Asbury Theological Seminary.

He did this during a chapel service. It was fascinating - he told the Gospel story - each part of Jesus' life - and he was drawing the story as he told the story.
We didn't realize until the end what the entire picture was..
A rare talent!

The 'longer' you look at this picture, the 'more' you see..




Look at the lines the artist used to draw this picture of Christ...
It is of scenes from Christ's life.

Beautiful Scars

You're beautiful scars are many
Your hands made them bleed
They tell a story of painful memories
That seem to never end
And I wish I could make the pain stop
But only time it will mend
You have to fight...
You have to try...
Oh I know you are strong
Please don't let them win
Don't give in

I wish I could heal the pain that you feeling now
But it is too much I can bear
To see your Beautiful scars
Is like watching you die
I wish I can tell you everything is going to be alright
But I know it is not...
And all I can do is to tell you to fight...
'Cause the pain in side is tearing you apart
It beats you down...
But you have to remain strong
You can overcome this bitter rain
Victory is yours in the One
Could I make you see that...
He is the mender of all wounded hearts

His heart was pierced by a sword
Blood and water flows out
His battle cry is the ending of his life
But when he rises
The dead will see...
And they shall live...

Will you pick up your sword and fight?
Please don't be scared
I know it is hard...
But it will get easier I promise
'Cause I am a lesser known
Who fought her fight
And is fighting now...
'Cause I'm not giving in...
I'm not giving up
Come pick up your sword...
Don't give in...
Your beautiful scars
Are reminders of Him
And He will carry you through
If you trust Him to...


This is a poem I dedicated to a dear friend of mine. She was a girl I was ministering to, when I was involved in the group "to write love on her arms". I'm not part of the group anymore, I found out that I needed to help myself, before I could take part in a big ministry like that. I found out that I wasn't ready to be apart of an ministry right now, because I had to take care of my own emotional needs and it was also getting in the way of my focus on my studies. Cadence (though it is not her real name) is the girl in this poem, she is a girl who cuts herself because she is hurting so bad. She tells me that her family doesn't care for her and that her father abuses her. And she doesn't believe in God because, he hasn't answered her prayers or delivered her from this pain, nor has she sought help from other professionals.

But this poem is me telling her to be strong and fight, to not give up...and to trust in God, because even though He may be silent, I believe that somehow...in a strange way God used me to tell her that he is still there and is still fighting for her. Though, I wouldn't say God wanted me to be a part of a ministry like "to write love on her arms", because he said in his word that he wouldn't let us go through something that he knew that we couldn't handle, and right now I couldn't handle taking part of a ministry like "to write love on her arms", at least not now.

Maybe if God willing he would let me return to this ministry or take part of another ministry, in the future. But right now I think God wants me to read in his word and to continue strengthening my own relationship with him. When I was involved in "to write love on her arms", the pain of the girls I was ministering to was overwhelming, and I couldn't take it in, I was still experiencing pain from my own family problems; though my family is doing alot better now, I still sometimes find it hard to let go of the pain...and that's why I couldn't be apart of this ministry. I have to let go of my own pain and heal, before I begin to minister to other wounded girls, 'cause if I stayed, my emotions would get in the way and I wouldn't be able to help them. These girls need professional help, people that would help them get through this pain and heal, and I feel I was just getting in the way. I am still ministering to Cadence though, but I am not going to be too much involved, I'm just going to be a friend and be there for her and encourage her to seek help. I think that is what God wants me to do right now.

Whoever reads this I would really appreciate it if you keep Cadence and the other girls in your prayers. And if you are a girl like Cadence, I encourage you to seek help, check out the ministry "to write love on her arms" () there are alot of caring people that are involved who would love to help you. I also encourage you to not give up and to keep fighting, you are strong, and you don't have to suffer this life alone. I love you guys!!

Lonley Wheel: by The Almost

In that room where you sit,
Where you live,
I know it's good to you
God, i know it's good to you
In your fear where you lay,
Where you think
It eases all the pain
All the pain of what you made

One last night at the lonely wheel
One last taste of the sin we feel
One hope in the fear that drives us on
One last drink to kill the pain
One last breath, before i say your name

I'm giving into you
I'm giving into you
If you could see in me
There is all you want
There is all you want

If you would just give in
It will get easier
It will get easier
(if you'd just give in it would get...)

One last night at the lonely wheel
One last taste of the sin we feel
One hope in the fear that drives us on
One last drink just to kill the pain
One last breath before we say your name

I'm giving into you
I'm giving into you
I get it, i need to fall
I get it, i need to call
Me and who i am are so in the way
Me and who i am, we are so in the way


One last night at the lonely wheel
One last taste of the sin we feel
One hope in the fear that drives us on
One last drink just to kill the pain
One last breath before we say your name

I'm giving into you
I'm giving into you

One last night at the lonely wheel
One last breath before we say your name

I'm giving into you
I'm giving into you...

Aaron Gillespie Amazing Testimony

Beautiful Ending: by Barlowgirl

Oh, tragedy
Has taken so many
Love lost cause they all
Forgot who You were
And it scares me to think
That I would choose
My life over You
Oh, my selfish heart
Divides me from You
It tears us apart

So tell me
What is our ending?
Will it be beautiful
So beautiful?

Oh, why do I
Let myself let go
Of Hands that painted the stars
And hold tears that fall?
And the pride of my heart
Makes me forget
It's not me but You
Who makes the heart beat
I'm lost without You
And dying from me

So tell me
What is our ending?
Will it be beautiful
So beautiful?

Will my life
Find me by Your side?
Your love is beautiful
So beautiful

At the end of it all
I wanna be in Your arms
At the end of it all
I wanna be in Your arms
At the end of it all
I wanna be in Your arms
At the end of it all
I wanna be in Your arms

So tell me
What is our ending?
Will it be beautiful
So beautiful?
Will my life
Find me by Your side?
'Cause Your love is beautiful
So beautiful

Even though I walk through the fires of hell I will not be afraid...

Psalms 23:4
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid for thou art with me..."

When I wander through this life
I will not be afraid
Because your light will make my path straight
You shine in my deepest darkest valley's
You are like the the stars that brighten the night sky

When I stumble and I fail to get back up
I know your strength will raise me up again
Because my faith may be weak
But you O'God are the lifter of my head

When the storm shall rise above the crashing sea
I will not look away from thy face
Because through the smallest amount of faith
I will walk on waters
And I will not drown because I trust you to catch
me if I shall fall

And where the fires of hell I shall tread
I will not go through it all alone
Because you O'God are with me
And if my heart shall falter
And I shall go astray
I know your love will lead me back to you

And if my heart shall break
Lord Jesus you will make me whole again
If I shall die fighting in battle
You my healer will raise me back from the dead

But I will walk through hell if you want me too
Because in the end I know you'll see me through
I will not complain nor curse thy name
'cause through these fires I will sing for joy
'Cause even though the fires of hell shall drag me down to the ashes
I will not be afraid as long as I am with you

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First Steps

Restaurant de la Sirene

The Bridge at Asnieres

Iris' of Saint Remy

Cafe Terrace at Night

Starry Night Over The Rhone

Starry Night