New Memories

Inspired today. Been thinking about dreams lately. I think the hardest thing about being a young widow is reevaluating your dreams. I shared dreams, they died when he left... And crumbles of confusion were left for me alone. What do I still dream for? Since God has blessed with me with new love, along come new dreams. My old memories were once freshly planted and will forever spring up reminding me. But God gives us new seeds, new dreams. Life keeps going, God keeps showing & hope is growing. Don't let disappointment of old dreams keep you from moving on. Use the flowers from yesterday to give you strength along the way.

Illustrated Inspiration

 

Mercy Me, Rain

If you ask me what my FAVORITE thing to do is...

I will tell you that I love listening to my music and creating for my Creator.

This is how i imagine Heaven. 

I see it as a place where we listen to the angels sing and work with a joyful heart for our Father.

Only in Heaven I will have a wider variety of colors on my palette. 

I could sit for an eternity outside in pretty weather, listening to J.J. Heller, Mercy Me, or Kari Jobe. 

Music drives me to inspiration. I linger on the words and let them settle into my spirit, then they leak through my fingers to my pencils and onto paper.

My wonderful Hubby, Shannon Seaton, passed away 4 months ago.

I have been going through stages of emotions like a roller coaster.

This past week has been the worst! I just feel so alone and useless and as though I have nothing to look forward to. Everyone keeps telling me, "Live in the Moment!", but my moment is lonely. So, that makes me lonelier. I work all day doing art with middle schoolers, come home to my two wonderful but needy little girls, looking forward to night time alone after I struggle to get them to bed... then sit in bed wishing I had a companion to talk to. 

I have noticed if I am just sitting around idle worrying about my future and what I cannot control, 

I fall in a deep pit of selfishness, insecurity, and fear. 

God is lovingly keeping me in suspense of what my future holds, but I know it is going to be good. 

I just have to wait on His perfect timing for my dreams. 

But I can't stand sitting still! I need to move! 

So, a great friend noticed me in a pit and told me that i really need to find something positive to do. 

I told her about all of these cool inspirational posters on Pinterest that I look at to cheer up.

One of them said, 

"Life is like riding a Bicycle. In order to keep your balance you must keep moving"

MY INSPIRATION TO INSPIRE

It's contagious!

This was created by Jessica from Volume Twenty Five, 

it is exactly what I needed!

I need to move! Or else I will fall because of lack of balance. 

Just cause I am waiting on Him doesn't mean I have to 

SIT AND WAIT.

SO, i listen to my music, record the words that speak to me and create! 

Here it is...

What I do while I wait. 

Working on my Jamie Grace, Lead Me On design...

No, I am not "picking my nose" I am sharpening my pencil,

with my nifty nose sharpener... DUH!

Jamie Grace , Lead Me On

 J.J. Heller, Come Home

Jamie Grace, Beautiful Day (1)

Jamie Grace, Beautiful Day (2)

Jamie Grace, Beautiful Day (3)

 

God Girl, Jamie Grace

Speak Life, Toby Mac

                                                                Steal My Show, Toby Mac

 

 

Ginny Owens

 

Mercy Me

Rain

 

J.J Heller

Only Love Remains

 

J.J. Heller

Only Love Remains

Bible Verse Illustration (in my own words)

 

Sanctus Real FORGIVEN

 

Ginny Owens  

Illustrated Bible Verses

 

Maisy, my 6 year old daughter's illustration

 

My Illustration and Interpretation of 

Exodus 14:14

My Illustration of 1 Thessalonians 5:15

"A Happy Heart makes the Face Cheerful".

Proverbs 15:13

 

 

Just a thought about how Fatih is believeing in what we cannot see,

and that Faith the size of a tiny mustard seed can move mountains.

We look to what our eyes see and believe, but it is really what our heart sees that lasts.

For it is what we cannot see that will be eternal!

Wind moves the Mill...

R U the Real You?

I have loved this quote by Lauryn Hill since the first time I heard it on her

Interlude 5.

I struggled as a youth with my own identity and would sometimes sacrifice my true self in order to fit in with other people. This left me even more confused. But, as I grew older I found out more that it is always better to just be yourself all the time. It may mean that you fit in less with the mass, but you will be happier in the end. As I grew older my faith grew with me. As I became closer to Christ, I realized that I began to reveal parts of myself at the same time. Things that had happened to me throughout my life began to make sense. Questions I had about why I had to go through things that I did were answered. They were all used by Christ in some way to mold my character and personality today. 

The closer I grow to my Creator, the closer I grow to understanding how I was created.

He uses all my flaws, all my bumps, all my bruises for a greater purpose. 

The things that others did not understand about me, or that set me apart from what was popular 

are some of this things I love best about myself.

They are what makes me unique.

So,  listen to the voice of your creator, 

as Lauren Hill said, "that voice, the right one", and let it tell you who you are. 

The things you think are wrong might be the very things He uses to make you a better person.

FYI, I created this picture and post after my pity party post.

It was what came from God cleaning the frosting from my guilty fat cheeks and making me see what was really real...

Read all about it here...

http://thelostsocklife.blogspot.com/2013/05/pity-pie-deny-deny-deny.html

Also, find out how beautiful you really are...

no, really, you are beautiful,

just admit it and click here!

http://thelostsocklife.blogspot.com/2013/05/you-are-beautiful-masterpiece-created.html