Power of Music

Isn't it so cool what music can do to your emotions? 

It can motivate you, change your spirit, make you fall in love, make you feel understood, and make you feel alive. 

Even the most monotonous chore can be so much bearable with music. 

Collisions 3:16 "Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, 

singing to God with gratitude in your hearts."

Ephesians 5:19

"Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your heart to the Lord.”

James 5:13

"Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.”

Psalm 150

"Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord

 

1Samuel 16:23  Whenever the evil spirit from God bothered Saul, David would play his harp. Saul would relax and feel better, and the evil spirit would go away.

 

He is my Souce of Strength & Joy...

 

If I live without plugging in to His word and His presence everyday, 

I wither away. 

The thing is, as a Christian, we are not lost. 

We know the plug is there, sometimes we just choose not to use it. 

In fact, I think we know the power we CAN have... but we are afraid to use it.

We are afraid of the POWER and the SHOCK, afraid that we cannot hold it. 

So, we just live without it.

Romans 8:11

"And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you."

PLUG IT IN AND SHINE OUT!!!

We cannot shine bright in this world and show His light if we do not connect with Him 

and everyday charge our power.

Matthew 5:14-16 

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

John 8:12

"Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

I love my chord. It charges my battery, gives me strength to face another day, keeps me focused on Heaven and it's perspective, and gives me inspiration and motivation. It helps me see the good in others and encourage them. I struggle to plug in sometimes, like everyone. 

But, plug in into HIm is my life!

" True intimacy is my desire...to catch your whisper, to carry your fire.. 
it's my ambition, my soul's true mission, my destination. More than living, more than breathing, it's the reason my heart's beating.There's nothing greater than knowing it,"

Words from True Intimacy from Rend Collective Experiment. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMBjVZ8pJHY

I'm blessed to be different from the world... I stand out, shine bright, point to Him. 

 

This artwork uses simple symbols to communicate my ideas.

This idea was used by Keith Haring and his art holds a special place in my heart. 

SYMBOLIC MEANING

Plug- The True Source, God

X eyes- Supernatural Senses closed

Smile eyes- Supernatural senses opened

Heart- The possibility of the Truest Love

Plug- The spiritual umbilical chord to our Spirit Father. 

LIght- His power shining through His connected child

I teach my kids to use semiotics, like Keith Haring, to communicate their views on life in my classroom. See the lesson here...

http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2012/04/keith-haring-semiotics-posters.html

We Can Do It! Art Encouragement...

 

For those of you that read my blog

(my current zero followers, boo hooo hooo)

that may not know, 

I teach Middle School Art. 

I do not consider it a "job" because I enjoy every moment of it 

(well mostly every one moment).

I felt like the kids around my art classroom needed a little boost of encouragement. 

They make such amazing things and don't realize that this is a gift from above. 

They get discouraged when the compare their work to others that may be more advanced around them in the room. But, I have learned as a regular 2nd place B Team kinda girl, that you just do YOUR PERSONAL best. Comparing yourself to others will do nothing but bring your down. I have discovered in my closer walk with Him, that when I get down on how I was created, I am INSULTING MY MAKER! That is the last thing I want to do is offend my Creator. 

I passed by another teacher's classroom one day and saw the "We Can Do It" poster in her room. I have seen it many times before but never really hit me as anything personal. I love the era it represents, the design and the colors, but I really do not consider myself a feminist of sorts. .I thought that the poster was more of an "In You Face Stinky Boys!" kind of hateful message, rather than what it really is. I thought that was what the poster was about, but I was naive.

When I really researched the picture itself, I realized it's original purpose and was very please with my discovery. 

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Do_It!

Did you know the lady in the poster was

Geraldine Hoff, not Rosie the Riveter...?

                                            

 

So, just like the Geraldine Hoff's image encouraged the Westinghouse workers to work to their own personal best capabilities, I want to also encourage myself and my students to work their best in the art room. In case you did not notice, I changed my patch on my collar to represent my faith and art. I was nudged by Christ to start an after school program at the school to aid students in ""Creating for their Creator". We decided to call it Art With a Purpose (AWAP). This badge signifies my allegiance to the idea of a higher power being the backbone of my creative success. I did not create myself, so I cannot take credit for anything that I make. I own all my success and power to the One that strengthens me...

Philippians 4"13