To All Mothers...

For Mother's Day, I wanted to do something special to thank ALL mothers for being who they are. (and especially mine...) So I "stole" a poem that you all have probably heard and transposed it for mothers instead of nanny's.

 Wanted... A Mother for Ten Adorable Children

If you want this choice position
Have a cheery disposition
Rosy cheeks, no warts!
Play games, all sorts

You must be kind, you must be witty
Very sweet and fairly pretty
Take us on outings, give us treats
Sing songs, bring sweets

Never be cross or cruel
Never give us castor oil or gruel
Love us as sons and daughters
And never smell of barley waters

If you won't scold and dominate us
We will never give you cause to hate us
We won't hide your spectacles
So you can't see
Put toads in your bed
Or pepper in your tea
Hurry, Mother!
Many thanks
Sincerely,

All us Eddy kids.

And yes, that poem does describe my mother...although, upon second thought, she does try to feed us oatmeal sometimes...which kid of counts as gruel, wouldn't you say? :P

Wishing a Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there! (But of course, especially mine...)

Love you Mom!!! :)

By the way, before I forget again...my favorite Star Wars character is Obi-wan Kenobi, or, as he was affectionately called by Luke Skywalker, "Old Ben"... and yes, I like both the young, and the old. :) In my opinion he is the most mature character in all the episodes excepting perhaps the first one...besides Yoda.


The young...

...and the old

And the Winners Are... #2!

Oh man...you guys are so good! I had another tough time coming up with my favorite top four. But anyways...here are the winners, listed from first place to honorable mention. Thank you all so much for participating! I really enjoy seeing all your wonderful pictures! I hope you had a fun time entering, even if you don't win! :) Keep it up, and there's always next time... :P

Ok. After a long, hard struggle with myself, I decided to award first place to Jesseca Dawn for her beautiful picture of trees reflected in water. It looked so peaceful and serene, and I thought it was a great representation of the word "creation". Thank you Jesseca, and congratulations! :)

First Place

Second place I decided to give to Bethany R. for her gorgeous picture of a field of flowers...so beautiful as well, and reminded me of the verses in Matthew. (Matthew 6: 28-30). Thanks so much for the picture, Bethany, and congratulations! :)

Second Place

Third place goes to Abigail. She put a different spin then most of the pictures I got. While a lot of you sent in pictures of flowers, Abigail sent in a picture of some animals. Thanks for your picture. It was very original! I love it! Congratulations!

Third Place

The final award, honorable mention, I decided was a three way tie. Faith P., Keplie, and Blessing Counter all sent in beautiful flower pictures. Honestly, I really could not choose my favorite! :) They are all pretty! So, one after another, in no particular order, here are the flower pictures that made a three way tie.

Kelpie's picture

Blessing Counter's picture

Faith P.'s picture

Again, I can't tell you how hard it was to choose. You're all winners in my eyes and in everyone's eyes who sees these pictures! You all did a great job capturing the spirit of the word I gave you. Congratulations, once more, to you all!! :D

May the 4th Be With You!/Photo Contest #2

Yeah, I'm doubling up on posts. I thought I would do this post in two separate posts, but decided I'd cram it all in one instead. :)

Guess which my favorite Star Wars character is...
Hint: It's none of the bad guys... (go figure) ;P

So, today is national Star Wars day, and I thought it would be fun to make a post on it. I'm not a huge Star Wars fan, but I do admire some of the characters, and as an author I appreciate the originality of the story line. Our family is pretty strict about what movies we watch/don't watch, and I was the youngest in our family allowed to watch these movies. Even so, I admit to closing my eyes and plugging my ears for some of it. I totally respect those of you who haven't been allowed to watch it, but for those who have, I thought I'd post on this day anyways, just for the fun of it. :P

Ok, now for the second half of my post. I decided to do my next Photo Contest today. Here's the rules as a refresher:

1: I'll post a word and an example picture.
2: You'll then come up with a picture of your own (not from the internet, you'll have to take it yourself) that you think represents the word best.
3: You'll send them to my e-mail: 4rmeddy@excite.com4: I'll choose my top three favorites and an honorable mention and post them on my blog.

The word is...*pauses for dramatic effect*: Creation

Here's the example photo:

 

Any pictures you have or take of anything God created will be fine. This contest will be a little more general picture wise, so I'll be keeping my eyes on photo quality and originality. (Just thought I'd warn you all... :P)
Have fun taking pictures of God's creation! :D

And May the Fourth be with You! ;P

God Bless!

And the Winners Are...

Oh, WOW! I got a lot of really good pictures. It was SO hard to choose my favorites, and in the end I thought everybody deserved first place...however, I knew you wouldn't really want me to give everybody first place, so I did choose a winner.

After a long and hard struggle, I decided to give first place to Bethany R. Her picture of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming is absolutely stunning! Great job, and congratulations, Bethany! I loved your pictures!

First Place

Second Place is awarded to Faith Potts with this beautiful snow scene. It really took my breath away when I saw it. Well done Faith, and congratulations! :)

Second Place

Third place goes to Jesseca Dawn and her gorgeous picture of a lightning bolt during a storm. This photo really sent shivers up and down my spine. What a wonderful picture, Jesseca! Congratulations!

Third Place

And last, but DEFINITLY not least, honorable mention is awarded to Blessings Counter for her picture of trees in front of a blue sky. It is so pretty, and like I said before, it was hard to put your picture last Blessings Counter, I really loved it.

Honorable Mention

 

 So, there are the pictures I chose. I loved them all, and I want to thank you all who gave me your pictures. I'll be posting the next Photo Contest...probably early next week. Come back with more pictures! I can't wait to see them! :)

Photo Contest #1: Majestic

Alrighty...as promised, here is the contest post! :) As a refresher, I'll post the rules:

1: I'll post a word and an example picture.
2: You'll then come up with a picture of your own (not from the internet, you'll have to take it yourself) that you think represents the word best.
3: You'll send them to my e-mail: 4rmeddy@excite.com 
4: I'll choose my top three favorites and an honorable mention and post them on my blog.

The word is... *drum roll*...: Majestic

I didn't have a super good example picture...but hopefully it will suffice. :)

Now it's your turn! Again, my picture is only an example...don't feel obligated to get a picture of a mountain... Anything around your area that gives you a  sense of awe is fine. :)
Try to get the picture to me by next Wednesday. I'll judge them all then and post the top four on my blog Thursday or Friday depending on how busy I am those days. :)

Photo Shoot

We had a beautiful sunny day.

So happy that Spring is here! :)

Beautiful flowers...

The beginnings of an apple.

One of my favorite photos



I love the cheerful color of these flowers. It's like they're always smiling. :)

Mess around enough on editing and you can make the sky turn pink. :P

I had a little too much fun photographing flowers in our family's yard, and while I edited them on the computer, a thought popped into my mind: Hey, this is fun! I should make a blog post with these! And then, another: Wouldn't it be fun to make a competition of sorts with other pictures and invite my followers to participate?
Let me jot down the rules real quick:

1: I'll post a word and an example picture.
2: You'll then come up with a picture of your own (not from the internet, you'll have to take it yourself) that you think represents the word best.
3: You'll send them to my e-mail: 4rmeddy@excite.com 
4: I'll choose my top three favorites and an honorable mention and post them on my blog.

So...what do you think? Does this sound like a fun idea? Let me know if you would be willing to participate in a comment. Also, if you have any questions.

I hope you enjoyed my pictures!

Q&A Session w/ Me! :)

Jesseca Dawn gave me these questions in her Liebester Award post, so I'm going to answer them as well, simply because I enjoy answering questions and hopefully y'all will enjoy reading my quirky answers. ;P So, here you go:

1. What type of books do you like reading the most? (i.e fiction, non-fiction)
I read fiction more...but I enjoy reading both. Though, that reminds me...I really ought to get some NON-fiction read during this summer...

2. Do you enjoy writing? If so, what do you like to write about?

Umm...YES!!!! I write about pretty much everything, but all my stories involve either siblings or friends saving something from something. More or less. :P I do like writing about girls and their horses... (surprise) :)

 

3. You've suddenly been transported back in time.  Where do you choose to go?

It'd be really neat to meet Jesus...but I'd also enjoy going back the medieval times and meet real knights and princesses... :)

 

 

4. What is your favorite kind of weather?

SUNSHINE!!! Not too hot, but sunshine none the less.

 

5. What is your favorite chore?

This is gonna sound a little weird, but my favorite chore is washing dishes... I know, I'm a bit odd that way. :P

 

6. If you could go back in history and change something, what would it be?

I'd want to keep our nation from going away from its Christian Heritage.

 

 

7. Someone just handed you a plane ticket to wherever you've been longing to go. Where are you going?

The British Isles! (aka: Scotland, Ireland, and England)

 

8. What is your favorite Bible verse?

Can I have more than one favorite verse? Job 39:19-25 is my favorite passage. Look it up and you'll see why. :)

 

 

9. You're scheduled to speak before a large crowd. What are you speaking about?

Horses in the Bible! I've even already got notes on that one! :P

 

10. You're handed a piece of sheet music, given a piano and asked to play without any practice. What do you do?

Let everyone know that I'm terrible at sight-reading, then do the best I can. Probably by plunking out the main melody or doing just the right hand.

11. Jeans or skirts?

It all depends on the occasion. If I'm going somewhere where I want to look my best, I'll wear a skirt, but if I'm planning on doing some activity where a skirt would be inappropriate, I'd wear jeans. I feel a lot more comfortable in skirts, and I wear skirts a lot more than jeans...but there are times when wearing a skirt is even immodest!

Occasion calls for skirt. :)

So...there you have it. Hope you enjoyed reading my answers! :D

The Liebester Award...Take Two

 

Thank you to Calamity Rene...or actually, I should say, Emily McConnell of The Imaginary World of Emily McConnell (and the real one too). My blog must be popular...or maybe it's just "what goes around, comes around"... well anyways, here's the rules, and I hope you enjoy reading my post! :)

 



 

The rules:

1. Link back to the blogger that nominated you

2. Answer the 11 new questions

3. Nominate other bloggers (however many or few as you'd like)

4. Create 11 new questions

5. Notify the new nominees of their award 

 

 

1: You have one day to live. What are you going to do that day?

Say goodbye to all my friends and family, pray, make a will, and prepare myself for going to see Jesus!

 

2: You discover that you accidently brought all of your book characters from a book you’ve written/all the characters from your favorite book you’ve read, to life. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
I'd love to have that happen! Granted, the bad guys would make life interesting...but hey, when you write/read a book, the good guys always win anyways right, so what's the worry, right? :P So, the answer to the question is yes, it would be a good thing. :)

3: Cherries or peaches?
Cherries. Without any hesitation.

4:If Jesus came back tonight, would you be ready for Him?
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!

 

 

5: What is your favorite Christian non-fiction book (besides the Bible)?
Probably a tie between "The Hiding Place" and "If I Perish". Both wonderful reads, although sad in parts...

 

 

6: Biographies or instruction books?
Biographies. Hands down. Actually, I take part of that back. If it's an instruction book on how to care/buy/own a horse, I enjoy those too. :)

 

 

7: If given the chance, who is the one Bible character (besides Jesus) you’d want to meet?
Hoo boy, that's a tough question. Probably it's a tie between any of the disciples and/or Paul.

 

 

8: You’re walking down the road and see a child being bullied. What do you do?
Pray to God and ask Him to give me courage to face the bully down.

 

 

9: If given the chance, who is the one fictional character (your books or books you’ve read) that you’d want to meet?
Probably any of the character's I made up that are myself in the books, or my various "heroes" of my stories. None of the bad guys though, they give me the shivers. Do the animals count as characters? Because, in that case, I'd definitely want to meet my "dream horse" Lightning.

10: You’ve been asked to perform a song/instrument at a huge arena with four thousand people attending. Would you go or would you hide?
I would. With fear and trembling I'm sure, but I'd hate to disappoint them all by hiding! ;P Hopefully I would have an awesome piece prepared that would stun and amaze them all. ;)

11: Without warning, you’re thrown back in time to a different era, where Christians are being persecuted. Would you try to find a way back home, help them first and then try to find a way home, or accept your fate and decide to live among them and help them?
Help them first, then get back home. :)


Here's my 11 questions that I came up with!:

1: Who is the most influential person in your life? (Outside of family: parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.) 
2: What's your favorite animal?
3: What is your favorite mythical creature?
4: Who is your favorite Bible character? (Other than Jesus)
5: What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
6: Which school subject is/was your favorite?
7: Which school subject is/was a challenge for you?
8: Have you written a book? If so, what was it about?
9: Which time period is your favorite to study?
10: If you did get a job, what would it be?
11: If you were stuck on a mountain for a night, but knew that help was coming the next day, what would you do first?

And last, but not least, here are who I chose to nominate:

Rebekah of Rebekah's Reading Room
Madison of Once Lost, Now Found
Sarah & Margaret Eddy of Where Are You Reading?
Bethany of Bethany's Blog
Jesseca of Whimsical Writings/A Kansas Wind
Andrew Eddy of Sola Scriptura
Carl Gray of Carl Gray's Journal

That was all I could come up with...oh well.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this post! Hopefully I'll be back with another one soon! ;)

Happy Easter!

Praise the Lord, He is risen, just as He said! Sometimes I just get so excited and joyful over what Jesus did for me! I love my Savior so, so, SO much!
This Easter, as you walk through stores filled to overflowing with chocolate bunnies and plastic, candy-filled eggs, remember what Easter is REALLY about. 
I wrote this poem a couple weeks ago, after reading all the gospels, one after another, in my Bible reading for the year. I was feeling a little overwhelmed with how great His sacrifice and love for us was. So I captured my thoughts and wrote them down in verse. Hope you enjoy the following poem, celebrating how free we are in Christ:

What Easter is REALLY About

The crowds gather as He’s nailed to the cross,

But all He sees is how much they are lost.

On that cross He’s covered by my sin,

And Satan’s certain that he will win.

With one last sigh He bows His head to pray,

“Father please forgive them all that they say.”

Clouds roll in, and cover up the skies.

The whole creation trembles as He dies.

But three days later the stone is rolled away,

As promised, Jesus raises from the grave!

Praise and honor Lord I give to You,

Salvation is earned by nothing that I do.

Because Your Son took away my sin,

Your perfect heaven I can enter in.

So I will sing of what You’ve done for me,

Your precious Son died to make me free.

 ~Rebekah Eddy

What to Write...

This should not be a problem. Especially for me... I LOVE writing and do it whenever I have free time, but I'm having a difficult time knowing what to make a blog post about. This is BAD! :P This post is going to be a little random in other words. Go figure. Now you know why I almost called my blog "Rebekah's Random Remarks" because I KNEW this was going to happen. A lot.
So anyways, I felt bad not giving y'all a post for such a long time...and the last post was kinda random too...so this post is going to be a chapter from Psalms with fitting pictures from the internet. Hopefully you'll be encouraged as much as I was when I read it this month. :)

Psalms 66

Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
 ² Sing out the honor of His name;

Make His praise glorious.
³ Say to God,
“How awesome are Your works!
Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.

 

 

⁴ All the earth shall worship You
And sing praises to You;
They shall sing praises to Your name.” Selah

⁵ Come and see the works of God;

He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.

⁶ He turned the sea into dry land;
They went through the river on foot.
There we will rejoice in Him.
⁷ He rules by His power forever;
His eyes observe the nations;
Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

⁸ Oh, bless our God, you peoples!

And make the voice of His praise to be heard,

⁹ Who keeps our soul among the living,

And does not allow our feet to be moved.

¹⁰ For You, O God, have tested us;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
¹¹ You brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on our backs.
¹² You have caused men to ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water;
But You brought us out to rich fulfillment.

¹³ I will go into Your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay You my vows,
¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered
And my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.
¹⁵ I will offer You burnt sacrifices of fat animals,
With the sweet aroma of rams;
I will offer bulls with goats. Selah

¹⁶ Come and hear, all you who fear God,
And I will declare what He has done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to Him with my mouth,
And He was extolled with my tongue.
¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart,
The Lord will not hear.
¹⁹ But certainly God has heard me;
He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
 

²⁰ Blessed be God,
Who has not turned away my prayer,
Nor His mercy from me!

God bless you all! I hope you have a blessed Easter!

My Personality: ESFP

I'm a natural poser, as you can see. ;)

Just for fun, I thought I'd give you a picture of my personality. By taking a test, and being given information from various siblings that this IS my personality, it was decided that I am an ESFP.
E = extravert, S = sensing, F = feeling, P = perceiver. I got this information from a site called 16 Personalities.

Here are some facts about my personality, including some of the strengths and weaknesses:

If anyone is to be found spontaneously breaking into song and dance, it is the ESFP personality type. ESFPs get caught up in the excitement of the moment, and want everyone else to feel that way, too. No other personality type is as generous with their time and energy as ESFPs when it comes to encouraging others, and no other personality type does it with such irresistible style.

ESFP Strengths

• Bold - ESFPs aren't known for holding back. Wanting to experience everything there is to experience, people with the ESFP personality type don't mind stepping out of their comfort zones when no one else is willing.
• Original - Traditions and expectations are secondary to ESFPs, if a consideration at all. ESFP personalities love to experiment with new styles, and constantly find new ways to stick out in the crowd.
• Aesthetics and Showmanship - Not stopping at mere outfits, ESFPs inject artistic creativity into their words and actions, too. Every day is a performance, and ESFPs love to put on a show.
• Practical - To ESFPs, the world is meant to be felt and experienced. Truth is stranger than fiction, and ESFPs prefer to see and do than to wax philosophical about "what-ifs".
• Observant - With all this focus on the here and now, on doing and acting, it makes sense that ESFPs are naturals when it comes to noticing real, tangible things and changes.
• Excellent People Skills - More so than things though, ESFPs love to pay attention to people. They are talkative, witty, and almost never run out of things to discuss. For people with this personality type, happiness and satisfaction stem from the time they spend with the people they enjoy being with.

ESFP Weaknesses

• Sensitive - ESFPs (especially Turbulent ones) are strongly emotional, and very vulnerable to criticism - they can feel like they've been backed into a corner, sometimes reacting badly. This is probably ESFPs' greatest weakness, because it makes it so hard to address any other weaknesses brought to light.
• Conflict-Averse - ESFPs sometimes ignore and avoid conflict entirely. They tend to say and do what's needed to get out of such situations, then move on to something more fun.
• Poor Long-Term Planners - In fact, ESFP personalities rarely make detailed plans for the future. To them, things come as they come, and they rarely bother with taking the time to lay out steps and consequences, with the belief that they could change at any moment - even with things that can be planned.
• Unfocused - Anything that requires long-term dedication and focus is a particular challenge for ESFPs. In academics, dense, unchanging subjects like Classic Literature are much more difficult than more dynamic, relatable subjects like psychology. The trick for ESFPs is to find day-to-day joy in broader goals, and to tough it out with those tedious things that must be done.

So what do you think? What's YOUR personality?