Light & Salvation by Tabitha Seaton

I cannot get rid of this image in my head the last week. It is of a strong bold and colorful flower growing toward the sun. It gravitates towards the source of it's strength as if it is only think that matters. Although the other flowers around it are growing a different way, it is not concerned with it's surroundings. The only thing that matters in this landscape is that the flower and "Son" are one. They are beyond the physical realm and exist in the spirit. The "Son" is the Light where the flower is drawn to for strength and the blood is the nourishing Salvation.

Since my life has been drastically changed by circumstance, I feel as though I am this flower. Hard rains may beat me down here, but it's moisture makes me stronger. I am aware there is a season for all things in order to make His will work. In the seasons of storms, I learn to lean on a higher power beyond my own. I am here on earth, knowing it is His plan for me... But my gaze is upward, my heart is His, my hope is Heaven, and my desire to to point others to Him. The more I grow towards the Spirit, the more the things around me become only silhouettes on the horizon. My gaze is higher as I gain a new perspective.

 

 I used the same image here in a lesson example for my students 

while studying Henri Matisse's paper cut out methods.

 

Read more about Matisse Paper Cut-outs here...

 http://thelostsocklife.blogspot.com/2014/04/matisse-paper-cut-outs.html

and how to teach the technique to students here..

http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2014/04/matisse-inspired-lessons.html

Let Him Lead...

Most of the time my art is a reflection of my heart. My emotions are like a roller coaster lately so the best thing for me to do in my grief is be cath"ART"ic!

I feel... I think... I spew! It keeps me sane. 

I have a horrible habit of overthinking things & letting little things become HUGE things after running through my imagination. My mind is always making "movies" of my life & future that do nothing but lead to false hopes and dreams. Call me crazy or out of control, it's the curse of a creative spirit I guess. My mind is always on the move. But, knowing my flaws well, I choose to switch the track over and get it right in a more positive & productive direction. 

I am disillusioned to believe that my dead-end hopes and dreams will go anywhere under my control. Nothing I envision alone ever turns put how I imagined! So why do I do it? Cause it is entertaining temporarily, but eventually painful. 

So, like I repeat to myself DAILY... 

let Him Lead!!!

I know this! But it sure is hard. But  once I have been let down by my own reality enough times, I realize if I relinquish my dreams to His plan... He has something better planned that is beyond my wildest dreams! I just have to let go of the steering and trust His breath & light to blow my sail & light my way. 

Her Healing HeART...

My journey of faith would not be as smooth or peaceful

If I did not have the gifts God gave me.

I am so greatful that He has entrusted me with creativity and all I want to do is honor Him with what I create. I have found that His gift for me is greatly needed in times of storms. He shows me how to use my art to guide me through times when life is just too much. I can take all that is inside of me and let it out in a way that is glorifying His name. I work through whatever it is I am facing with Him holding my hand. I look into HIs face and say, "Let's do this," as he hands me the tools to begin my work. I meditate on His teaching and love and dive into a place unseen. I work through His Spirit as I spin these works into life. None of these would be possible without His gifts and presence.

Each part of my journey is documented in a spiritual self portrait.

Looking back on these from the past 5 years, my life seems to be puzzling together into a clearer picture. All the pain, loss, and grief has led me to hope, peace, and life.

I know God is in control of every part of my suffering and that it will all be used to bring me closer to Him. In the end, down the path of my life, waiting there is the same Man that was there in the beginning.

Revalation 22:13 says,

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."

Psalm 139:13-14 says,

 "ForYou formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.…

 

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These are documentations through my life (in order) that show places I have been spiritually.

At the beginning of my new walk with Christ,

I felt so resuced from my past.

All the lies that I believed from what I was before were burried with mud.

His light disinntegrated my sin.

 

Here I documented my feeling of knowing better than God...

It was all about MY plans, MY ideas, My way...

But, no matter how hard we pull at this tug-o-war with HIM,

We will never win, only grow tired till we humbly fall in defeat.

He will be there to help us up.

 

Hurt and Healer collide...

Just freshly cut from a painful truth of a marital fault,

I was given pure peace and healing while holding my baby in my arms.

Her sleeping breath was a gift of music to my heart.

From the moment this idea was born, it took an entire year to come to a spot brave enough to create from the pain. But once I knew how much peace and comfort came from creating from the hurt,

the Healing Came.

He cries for us too, and tears of blue bring life and hope to flowers new.

http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2012/04/healing-through-hurt.html

 

After healing from hurt in relationships, Satan continues to make us believe that we never truly forgave. LIke a vulture he waits for us to sink hopeless and believe him...

But God is our hope... The sky falling to pieces is not really so terrible if it brings in truth and light.

 

Very interesting story. The Lord showed me this image before my husband Shannon had passed.

He was showing me his leaving even before he left.

Read Here...

http://thelostsocklife.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-lord-is-our-compass.html

 

 

Finding that faith is an everday effort.

Just as weeds grow in our gardens, so they do in our hearts.

The are unwelcomed and harmful to God's plans for us...

See here...

Part ONe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWQnHqeIPfg

Part Two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD9ybyqXd2s

 

 

 

I am unstoppable for Him...

I will create in all parts of my ilfe, the valleys, the hills, and right in the middle,

Keeping it all inside is a dangerous way to go.

We were not meant to bottle up anything.

I will Create for my Creator, Make for my Maker

as long as I have life within me.

 

THis is a page from the autobiographical testimony comic of my life...

so far... but much more to come.

http://thelostsocklife.blogspot.com/2013/03/supertab-autobiographical-comic-of-my.html