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?