Christmas CD from Blood-water Missions

Furthermore-by Jars of Clay Playlist

Acrobat-by U2

The Fray - Heartbeat

I love this music video and this song!! It is Awesome!!! You guys should check it out--It is the band, The Fray's new song "Heartbeat". :D

GRAIL Launch

"I Lift My Hands To Believe Again" music video by Chris Tomlin

This is a song off of Chris Tomlin's new album "IF Our God is For us". It is about wanting to believe and trust God despite all the problems and situations you face in life that may cause you to doubt in him. It is the realization and confession that God is faithful and able to help us in our time need. For me, this song is a cry for desperation to believe in God amongst a whirl wind of my doubts and disbelief. This song has been my cry for God in my struggles throughout life, and I hope this song ministers to you as it did me.

Shuttle Atlantis Final Landing

 

Shuttle Atlantis' Final Launch

 

Death In His Grave - With Paint from Fielder Road Baptist Church on Vimeo.

Hey Everyone,
here is a video from the artist, Lance Brown (aka Painted Christ)painting his portrait titled forgiven. The song that is being sung in the background is called "Death in His Grave". I wrote a blog about him earlier, if you haven't read it, the blog is called " A Story of Ones Passion to Glorify God Through Art", posted on Friday, August 06, 2010. I hope you all enjoy this beautiful video and be blessed!! :D

Breathing by lifehouse

I'm finding my way back to sanity again
Though I don't really know what I'm gonna do when I get there
And take a breath and hold on tight
Spin around one more time
And gracefully fall back to the arms of grace

Cause I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you don't want to speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
Cause I want nothing more than
To sit outside Heaven's door
And listen to you breathing
Is where I wanna be yeah

I'm looking past the shadows in my mind into the truth and I'm
Trying to identify the voices in my head
God which one's you
Let me feel one more time what it
Feels like to feel and
Break these calluses off of me
One more time

Cause I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you don't wanna speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
Cause I want nothing more than
To sit outside your door
And listen to your breathing
Is where I wanna be yeah
Where I wanna be

I don't want a thing from you
Bet you're tired of me
Waiting for the scraps to fall off of your table to the ground
Cause I just want to be here now

Cause I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you don't wanna speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
Cause I want nothing more than
To sit outside Heaven's door
And listen to your breathing
Is where I wanna be yeah

Cause I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you don't wanna speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
Cause I want nothing more than
To sit outside Heaven's door
And listen to you breathing
Is where I wanna be yeah
Where I wanna be
Where I wanna be

The Skeptical Saint

The Skeptical Saint

One Dark night
I Saw my Saviour crucified on a tree
His cold, beaten up body was hanging there
Starring back at me
Tears of blood falling from his agonized face
And His frail body full of bloodied scars
He did not look like himself
He did not even look human
I hardly could recognize him
With His dying breath
He cried "it is Finished"
I knew He had died

As my eyes swelled up with tears
I closed them in despair
I could remember His warning
He said
One day I will give up my body as a living sacrifice
For the world to see and know
That I am their one and only true Messiah
I will die a death so horrible to imagine
But it is you that I will redeem
And I will arise again
More valiant than before
And the whole world will tremble before me'...

It was then, I could not believe that he would die
I thought to myself
He cannot die for He is the son of the most high God
Who will deliver us, if He is dead?
But now that He is dead
Sorrow overwhelmed me
We are defeated
I said in my heart
Who will save us now?
Hopelessness clouded my heart
As I trembled in fear

Then one bright morning
The Virgin Mary and Mary of Magdalene
Ran up to us as we wept for the death of our Messiah
They cried aloud with such joy
Our Savior is Alive
He has risen from dead
I stumbled into the shadows
Again I thought to myself
How can the son of man arise from the dead?
Then I reasoned with myself saying
No, once a man is dead he cannot come back to life again

But then
A bright light appeared
The light blinded my vision
I could only see a shining figure
That stood before us
My whole body began to tremble
As I heard a voice call out to me
Thomas! Why do you doubt me?
Come see my hands and my feet
And believe'

As I trembled before Him
I touched His hands
And placed my fingers in his side
And I wept
For I was ashamed that I had doubted Him
He then lifted up my head
And smiled
Thomas, do you now believe
I looked up and gazed at His brilliant face
And said
Yes, I do believe!
You are alive!
And I thank you for saving me

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