Welcome to our humble blog! Our names are Micah, Tabitha and Renee and we've known each other for as long as we can remember. We're best of friends, though we're more like sisters. :) Feel free to browse around our blog to learn more about us, and in what ways we express our love of music! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:25:00 -0600 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:25:00 -0600 Hey everyone, We will be taking a break from now until after New Year's to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, NEW YEAR'S, etc., not to mention the most important birthday, JESUS!!! Be sure to leave us lots of comments and private messages so we'll have plenty to catch up on when we get back!! Have a wonderful Christmas season and God bless! ~The weheartmusic team ♦♫♦ http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/753304/ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:25:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/753304/ They won't show up for a while, though. Anyway; hey, everyone!! So, how to introduce this entry...when in doubt, tell the truth. These songs are all on my iPod (or will be soon). I've been planning on using present-day music in my story for a while now, and I picked these four out of the 108 Christian contemporary and 24 pop songs currently occupying my iTunes library. (I also have 103 classical songs, 1 music video, two choir concert CDs and my vocal practice stuff. Total: 346. I sure hope I get iTunes money for Christmas!! *hint, hint, nudge, nudge, PUSH, PUSH* RENEE ;) Anyhoo... You've already seen me mention I Am, by Mark Schultz. Here are more songs I intend to use. Four songs, three artists: Jeremy Camp, Tenth Avenue North, and Gavin Rossdale (and if I feel generous, maybe I'll give you a bonus ☺). The first song is Let It Fade, by Jeremy Camp. It's a great theme for the story; let your old life crumble, let this new life offered be your saving grace (excerpt from the chorus). Matt, and later Ariana, will be listening to this song a lot. Great job, speedsk8r4God08, with the background! You should also check out the official music video; what a great storyline for the song! This next song is This Man, also by Jeremy Camp. It's about Jesus' sacrifice for us on the cross; and it questions if we "would take the place of this man". What an amazing song...Jesus is the Reason for the Season, people. And it's the reason we do what we do. Everyone should listen to this song at least once a day, not just the characters in my story. SoldierBelow, you did awesome! I can read the words clearly and everything!   The next song is By Your Side, by Tenth Avenue North. It's pretty self-explanatory, don't you love how music does that? Ariana gets Matt to listen to this song later in the story, when...I don't know, I'll come up with something. I LOVE your pictures, giulianoaugusto! And the lyrics you missed I couldn't figure out either (until I looked it up haha). This song (Love Remains The Same, Gavin Rossdale) isn't Christian. It's just cool. That's all. I fell in love with this song a while ago, which resulted in me singing nothing else for a week. I wanted someone to use it for something, so I'm using it for one of the only romantic scenes I'll put in this story. I blocked it last night, I'd better write it before I forget! Anyhoo...enjoy! It's SO cute...I meant the scene that goes with it. Thanks for the video and the very accurate lyrics, lyricsboii! I am feeling generous, so...BONUS SONG!! Wahoo!! There Will Be A Day, by Jeremy Camp. Whenever you feel like you can't take life on earth anymore, just remember...there will be a day...(great job, MusicforHISMission!) PLEASE tell me what you think of my choices!! In Him, ~MoRiSaKi ♥☺♪ http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/752472/ Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:30:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/752472/ Hey, everyone! Morisaki here! I'm scared for this part. I wrote it, I rewrote it, I've agonized over it because it sets up the rest of the entire story. I've been so incredibly worried; been delaying this as long as possible, but finally yesterday Jacob said "Put it up!" and I decided he was right. So here goes *gulp*: ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ “Hold on, Matt. Help is on the way.” The voice --- Nathan’s voice --- seemed to come from very far away. It was telling him to hold on.… To what?? Matt wondered glumly. I’ve already lost…control of myself?? How can I be thinking?? I thought people who fainted were unconscious. “They are,” he thought he heard. OK, this was just getting weirder. “What’s going on?” He was past caring how he did anything now. “Well, I could tell you, but I don’t think you can handle it.” said the voice again. It sounded very small, and if a voice could weigh anything, he’d say it was almost featherweight. Something clicked in his mind. He remembered something his mother had told him before he found…Darrell. “God doesn’t tell us what he’s doing sometimes.” “Why not?”  he’d queried. “It would make life so much easier.” “I know, Matt.”  He’d never figured out how she could remain so calm. “But if God told us what he was doing, there’s no way we’d survive. Remember, his ways are not our ways. We couldn’t handle the knowledge.” That did it. “God?”  said Matt nervously. He couldn’t see Him, but he didn’t want to. “I AM. You were brave to call me after all this time.” Matt thought of Mark Schultz’s song “I Am”. “And when you cry I AM, The Savior and Redeemer of all the sin of man, The Author and Perfecter, Beginning and the End. Yes, I AM.” He must have sung, because God said, “Mark Schultz is a great artist, isn’t he? Most of his songs glorify Me.” “He’s one of my favorites, sir.” Matt was completely bewildered, which made him even more tongue-tied than usual, and that was saying a lot. “I didn’t know what else to do. I was so scared… but You must have many other more important things to do besides listen to me.” “You are more important to me than anything. Remember everything you learned in AWANA?” And Matt did, the lessons flocking back to him like so many sheep. God made us to glorify Him…God made us to rule the earth…We are his people, the sheep of his pasture…I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are your works, and that my soul knows very well. “I remember, Lord.” Matt breathed a sigh of relief. He still knew how to talk to God. And he thought he knew what God wanted from him. “Listen, I know I haven’t talked to You in a long time. And I haven’t listened to You, or even acknowledged Your existence.” He stopped, unsure. “Go on.” God’s voice was kind. “I lost my dog. I couldn’t find him for two weeks. My family had given up, but I was trusting You and believing to find him again. I did.…” Matt choked up. “He was dead. Darrell meant the world over to me. I loved him so much, I ---” Matt stopped again. He hadn‘t mentioned his dog‘s death since it happened. “Keep on. You will feel better for it.” Even kinder now. Matt forced back a sob. “It was hard. I was so disappointed in You, I thought you weren’t for me.” ‘But now you know, right?” God was always right. But… “won’t it take time? I mean, well…” “The best things take time. Do you remember 1 John 1:9?” Matt swallowed his tears. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” “And do you believe that?” Matt couldn’t answer. It was all too wonderful. Yes, he thought. God was satisfied. “Ask Nathan to help you. I’ve already given him the instructions.” “One more thing, Lord. My piece? You’ll help with that too?” “Do you remember Hebrews 13:5?” Matt recited that, too. “Let your conduct be without covetousness, and be content with such things as you have.  For He himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ ” “That’s right. Remember…” His voice faded away. But Matt knew it would be alright. He fell asleep again, satisfied. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Oh, boy. There you have it. I think I'm justified. I mean, God can do anything, right? And he'll do whatever it takes to get through to us, right? So why not have this? I don't think God minds me manipulating him a little for my story; trust me, I've prayed about it so much. Now to see what y'all think: Please comment! In Him, ~MoRiSaKi ♥☺♪ EDIT: This is the last part I have saved on my computer, so there won't be any more for a little while. I'm working on getting the rest of the first chapter on my word processor. As soon as I get through with that, there will be more on here, I promise! In the meantime, anticipation!! ☺  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/752109/ Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:03:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/752109/ Don't you hate it when those two words are used in the same sentence? ...Especially the day before your two-page story is due? *sighs* Unfortunately, I am experiencing this dreadful problem right now. It's a disease beyond all others. Your creativity and imagination are cut off, expelling you from a life of happiness, while you simply sit and wait for an idea to come to you -- your patience is tried, and your self control is tested.   Who decided to call it writer's block, anyway? It makes me think of a butcher, taking all of his anger out on his meat.   Maybe it's just me, but I feel alot like that butcher right now... I just feel like punching something, and so that's what I'm doing. I'm punching the keys in hopes of getting my brain thinking of a topic to write about... a story that happened to me... a true story. Now that's the hard part. I could whip up a two-page fictional story in no time, but my life is just so boring... Maybe I'll write about the symphony concert and Amy's Ice Cream afterward... I don't know. Creativity has slipped between my fingers, and I am only capable of dwelling on my misfortune.   Thanks for letting me vent... ~Renee http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/751821/ Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:58:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/751821/ Hey, y'all!! My Bible club leader has comissioned our club to read Hebrews 11, otherwise known as the Faith Hall of Fame. SO I figured, why not share it with the world-wide web?? Here goes: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed be the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks. By faith Enoch was translated so that he did not see death, "and was not found because God had translated him"; for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude --- innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them. By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called," accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months be his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's command. By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king, for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace. And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented --- of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. Wow. "And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise..." My leader said that meant that they did not have a Savior or the Holy Spirit, like we do, because all of these people were Old Testament people. So they did all these things without the Holy Spirit as a guide. We have that, and without Him I would sin so much more. But the fact that they did all this without that; isn't it amazing?? "...God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us." We have the Savior and the Holy Spirit, so we can "be holy, for I am holy" (1 Peter 1:16) Isn't God amazing?? Blessings, ~Tabby ♥♫ http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/751723/ Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:03:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/751723/ 17 has been my favorite number for quite some time now. I recently asked myself why 17 is my favorite number, but I was unable to answer that question until yesterday.   2009 (the year Obama was elected president) +   4 (how long Obama's term lasts) -------- =2013 (the year Obama's term ends) -1996 (the year I was born) -------- =  17  (how old I'll be when Obama's term is up!!)   There you have it, all spelled out in mathematical terms for you left-brained people like myself. God bless, ~Renee http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/751000/ Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:58:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/751000/ Here's more!! (I did pretty good, huh alizona?) Did y'all know that Morisaki means purple in Japanese?? My username in another book is MorisakiPsychic, that's why I write by Morisaki. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ “All right, Matthew, let’s hear your piece.” He nodded and started to set up his music. He took a deep breath. Nathan did too. Matt’s lesson had gone well so far. So well, in fact, that he’d had quickly forgotten his fears and was soon completely at home. Their teacher, Mr. Wood, was in a jovial mood as always, and he had even let himself laugh. Nathan had watched his friend with pride and grinned at the sky, which was clearing faster, it seemed, the more Matt relaxed. But he knew that it all came down to this. As soon as their teacher said those dreaded words, Matt visibly tensed up. Nathan, beginning to grow worried, took another glance at the sky. It had stopped clearing, but it didn’t get darker. He took this as a sign of help from God. No matter what happened....He never finished his thought. As Matt stumbled he took another glance at the sky. The sun, which he had not seen for days, was just coming out, and he could see the ‘rays’ that looked like healing spreading over the area. Healing! Hold on, Matt, Nathan grinned as he hurried to his friend’s side. Help is on the way. Matt, however, had been feeling no such assurance. He'd thought his fears were gone, but they'd come flooding back. He'd been so nervous he thought he would be sick. His brain was on overload. His legs, no longer his to control, collapsed under him, landing him in a nearby chair, light-headed, losing air every second. And suddenly a blackness seemed to come over him from all sides, out of nowhere, just coming. He was too weak to do anything but give in and let it take over. And at last he realized, as he was fading away, that prayer was the only tack he hadn’t tried, and dimly that it was the only thing left to do, so he sent up a mental cry for help before his brain shut down. God, I know you’re out there. Help me, please! I know I don’t deserve it, but please… The last words faded on the head of the blackness. He had completely shut down. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Wow. I credit that to be the best cliffhanger I've ever written. I bet you were so into it that you didn't realize how bad my writing was. It's epic. ;) And he DIDN'T faint because he was nervous. I'll explain later. Alright, I'll stop tantalizing you. Please comment, I'd love to hear what you think!! In Him, ~MoRiSaKi ♥☺♪ P.S. Renee, recognize Mr. Wood? It's Mr. F___! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/750845/ Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:55:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/750845/ ...I was... ...or am...   ...I'm not a doctor, so I can't really say... ...but at least I'm feeling better!...   I've had a lazy morning so far because my stomach hurt so bad. I did get a couple of things accomplished this morning, though.   1. I finished "Evil Genius" by Catherine Jinks (the story was really good, though there was some language) 2. I heard I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas on the radio. :) 3. I started "Bridge to Terabithia" (I've already read it twice, but it's so good that I have to read it again!) 4. I practice my recital pieces for Saturday's recital   ...Even with all of that said, it still wasn't a very productive day. I hate just sitting around. :(   Also, I found this website -- http://www.wordle.net/ Here's my creation...   {click to enlarge]   God bless, ~Renee http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/750774/ Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:23:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/750774/ ...in honor of E.C. Segard's (a.k.a. Popeye's creator) birthday...   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/750617/ Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:22:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/750617/ Today…December 7th  Outside my window…someone's pool. ;-) I am thinking…that we need to get my display board for my science fair project. I am thankful for… my Savior I am wearing...Jeans and a purple top that has black flowers on it  I am reading…Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks I am creating…(soon to be, anyway) a science fair project display board. One of my favorite things…my kittens. For education this week… Algebra 1, Biology, history, etc... A keeper at home skill I am using/learning …cleaning. A spiritual lesson I’m learning... patience A godly character trait I plan to work on...patience Scripture I am memorizing…Philippians 3:7-11 "But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. 10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead." (it'll probably take me a while...) I am praying for…my friend to come to church. For the rest of the week…I am extremely busy with music. :)  A picture I’d like to share… http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/750149/ Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:44:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/750149/