CFFC: Size Comparison of Objects-“The size doesn’t matter, All about the sizes of heart’s matter.” ~Mohammed Tariq
CMMC – April Close Up or Macro-out on my bike today, up close & personal
One-Liner Wednesday-could you give your parrot to the town gossip?
“A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip”. ~ Billy Graham
Very profound, I had to think could I myself do this. Such a strong statement of a believer.
https://lindaghill.com/2021/04/07/one-liner-wednesday-spring-is-sprung-2/
CFFC: Rusty or Decayed-“[The decay of Logic results from an] untroubled assumption that the particular is real and the universal is not.”– C. S. Lewis
CMMC – Bright Rectangles
One-Liner Wednesday-it isn’t worth your soul
“This world isn’t worth your soul” ~Toby Mac
What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? ~Matthew 16:26
https://lindaghill.com/2021/03/31/one-liner-wednesday-had-to-run/
CBWC: Triangles, Diamonds or Squares-“I’ve decided to get into shape, and the shape I’ve selected is a triangle” ~Howie Mandel
CBWC: Anything that Flight-God took my very broken wings and gave me flight…
One-Liner Wednesday-not a believer in luck
“I don’t believe in luck, I believe in grace”. “As well I believe everything happens for a reason”
https://lindaghill.com/2021/03/17/one-liner-wednesday-nothing-lasts-forever/
CBWC: Things Found in the Kitchen-life is better with the tiniest water in hand
CMMC – March Color – Orange
Welcome to my new challenge Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC). The color topic is Color – Orange This includes all greens, blues, teals and turquoise colors.
https://ceenphotography.com/2021/03/10/cmmc-march-color-orange/
One-Liner Wednesday
“If I have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love. I AM NOTHING”. ~1 Corinthians 13:2
https://lindaghill.com/2021/03/10/one-liner-wednesday-thief/#like-15392
CFFC: Hole or Whole- I’m not whole if I feel I have a hole in my life today
CBWC: Pairs-“one is the the loneliest number that you’ll ever do”…
One-Liner Wednesday
“It is costs you your peace it is too expensive”. ~ Toby Mac
CFFC: Ate or Eight-I’ve got a goldfish date with my 24 year old daughter
Don’t give up before the Miracle happens
As I write this my beautiful daughter Brie Faith is on a plane bound from Orlando Florida to Spokane Washington. I haven’t seen my almost 25 year old daughter in 6 1/2 years. Yet here we are in just about 10 hours she will be at my doorstep.
These are the promises I get “one day at time” by working the solution of recovery into my life. My loving God meets me in a daily reprieve, usually multiple times over throughout my day. It is “thy will not my will be done”.
There is a saying I have heard often in the rooms. It is referring to the promises, “fulfilled among us-sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly”. I kept coming back just to hear the stories of restoration of the “family afterward”. I then entrusted this to God’s timing. Even if it meant I might never see my daughter again. I trusted God knew what was best for me. He always has my best at heart, even when I can’t always see it.
I caused a lot of heartache, and damage to my children’s hearts. Some might think how outre for her to even get to be in their lives today. God is so much bigger than all of that, and me. So with a lot of patience which is a virtue I learned in the rooms of A.A. the day has arrived.
She is in route to Spokane International Airport as I write this. That is why I can never forget where I come from, and must maintain a very clean spiritual house. It is progress rather perfection, thank God. I am so far from perfect. I do know that for me to drink is to die, and lose all these amazing gifts that have been gifted to me ten-fold working the steps as well principles in my life to the very best of my ability. This is all by the grace of God, I am just a willing participant in this journey of recovery. I am amazed at the miracles that have surfaced in my life since trading the bottle for the solution.
So this mom is one happy mom, and that is why my tag line on my blog is entitled “don’t give up before the miracle happens”. 6 1/2 years since I have not hugged, seen, felt, and been in the same room with my beautiful first born baby girl. So to say God doesn’t do for us what we can’t do for ourselves, well here’s the proof! My God has prepped us both for what will be in just hours. We serve such a mighty gracious God!
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2021/03/02/outre/
CBWC: Bigger than a Bread Box-just loafing around with some of my top picks of pics
One-Liner Wednesday-fear of what other people think
“One of the greatest prisons people live in is the fear of what other people think”. ~Toby Mac
You don’t have to be imprisoned any longer, let God set you free. He will remove all the shackles that hold you captive. Whatever fear you have allow him unlock the door, and walk out a free man today! For it is by His grace we get to live in His mercy! Don’t let the world define you, let God define you. For what profit is there for man to gain the whole world, and lose his soul!
CBWC: Steps or Ladders-“Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. …
The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Feb. 20, 2021-off to see a lady about a tattoo, how about you?!?
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “nerve.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!
Off to see a lady about about a tattoo. I am so absolutely excited! This is the start of my weekend birthday celebration. A memorial tattoo of my daddy, who took his life in 1982. I have all the nerve I need for this event, in fact I have always liked it.
Then from there we are to Greenbrier to stay the night, and then Wolf Lodge Steakhouse for dinner with our best friends who is also celebrating 55 years of life this next Wednesday. Feeling slightly spoiled, and blessed with the best! Can’t wait, let the birthday celebration commence!
https://lindaghill.com/2021/02/19/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-feb-20-2021/
CMMC – February Pick a Topic from my Photo-the writings on the wall, and all around. Look up!
Pick Your Topic from My Photo below.
Possible topics can be: landscape, forest, trees, trailer, outhouses, porta potty, wheels, green, red, construction cone, light brown, plastic containers, gardening tools, tools, etc. What else can you come up with?
https://ceenphotography.com/2021/02/17/cmmc-february-pick-a-topic-from-my-photo/
One-liner Wednesday-every breath is a gift
“Every breath is a gift from the giver of life”. ~S.Graves
I wake up with gratitude to my Lord and Savior for 47 years of the precious breath of life. Countless times God has sparred me when I was spiritually sick in my active alcoholism. As well this last year with my diagnosis of breast cancer.
He gives life, and He takes it away. God isn’t done with me yet, and for that today I celebrate the day He chose me to be part in this world February 17, 1974. May I be used by Him, May I be the difference today with the Holy Spirit which resides in me.
CBWC: Lost or Left Behind-left Valentine’s weekend in CouerD’Alene Idaho behind, but the love was not lost we took it with us
https://ceenphotography.com/2021/02/11/cbwc-lost-or-left-behind/
CFFC: Reed, Read or Red- The last one read something that is red, our bench
God is no fantasy
You can chose to have God be a fantasy, or a reality. You can chose to look around, and see His beauty written all over the canvas of our earth. Or you can chose to see it as some sort of happenstance. Blind faith can be hard, like believing in a Santa Claus.
I choose to believe, as I have seen God do miracles in circles around my life. God doesn’t just show up today, He shows off. He has saved me from the depths of myself countless times over. His grace, and mercies saved a wretch like me. He saved a fallen down drunk, that had freely given away every ounce of sanity that I once had. He restored me to sanity, He gifted me life free in Him.
God is no fairytale, or tall tale. He is the creator of the universe. If we come to belief that He sent His one, and only son to die the most brutal death so that we might have life, we in turn get an eternal retirement plan that is out of this world. God is my everything today. I can’t imagine still living, and self loathing in the bottom of that dead cold bottle. I smelled of deaths door, and now I have the fragrance of the most beautiful flowers, watered daily by Father’s hand. I chose life today in Him.
Fantasy no, life at its realest most raw as well vulnerable. Absolutely! The best thing I have done in my 47 years next week, here on earth is turn my will and my life over to the care of God. He is my reality. I have to walk with Him daily in order to have the life I have today. With this comes a life beyond my wildest dreams. His plans for me are far better than any I could have ever dreamt for myself. I choose, and chose God! Give me Jesus!
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/21/02/11/fantasy
CBWC: Numbers-we don’t graduate from recovery, but he passed with 30 years of sobriety. I would say by the grace of God he indeed graduated.
One-Liner Wednesday-a smile can make all the difference in your day
“Your day will go the way the corners of your mouth turn”.
https://lindaghill.com/2021/02/10/one-liner-wednesday-drive-slowly/
CFFC: Non Alive Animals – carvings, stuffed, lawn ornaments, etc.—made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions–it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:5
One-Liner Wednesday – it’s all going to turn out okay
“I’ve read the last page of the Bible. It’s all going to turn out all right.” ~Billy Graham
For much hope resides here, and I just keep my eyes on the prize. I rest at the foot of the cross. I know that today is where I reside with God, and His will be done. Peace and serenity can be found in an instant of surrendering my will to Him.
https://lindaghill.com/2021/02/03/one-liner-wednesday-is-time-ever-wasted/
CBWC: All Things Farm Related- “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” Luke 10:2
The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2021 Daily Prompt – Jan. 30th-the coffee is on
Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “the beginning, the end.” Write about the beginning of something and the end of something. Bonus points if your first sentence contains “the end” and your last sentence contains “the beginning.” <– Read that again. Have fun!
The end of my pot of coffee is here oh dear. I sip it all through out my day to wake me, and warm me. The taste lingers in my mouth, and the aroma permeates through my house. There is nothing better to wake to. A new day is here. A new horizon to peer out into.
Morning excitement as my senses are aroused with the smell of fresh brewed beans. I am keen to the smell. Then comes the early morning sound of the peculating of my pot. What is the end of my pot now was hours ago a new beginning.
https://lindaghill.com/2021/01/29/the-friday-reminder-for-socs-jusjojan-2021-daily-prompt-jan-30th/
CFFC: Stacked or Piled Up-piles of turtles, and stacked up wood
One-Liner Wednesday/JusJoJan the 27th, 2021-prayer changes me
“Prayer doesn’t CHANGE GOD it changes me”. ~
https://lindaghill.com/2021/01/27/one-liner-wednesday-jusjojan-the-27th-2021-vampires/
CMMC – January Pick a Topic from my Photo- “I think every person has their own identity and beauty. Everyone being different is what is really beautiful. If we were all the same, it would be boring.” – Tila Tequila
Possible topics can be: landscape, industrial, water, rocks, retaining walls, trees, orange, yellow, white, geometrical shapes, old building, sky, clouds, etc. What else can you come up with?
My photo: Downtown Spokane Wa. Old buildings, water, shapes, sky, clouds, retaining wall, green, white, landscape, and dam
This is Cee’s photo.
400 awesome followers, and I am more than grateful
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton
With the utmost sincerity I thank all of my followers today. 400, and going. I have found a true form of self expression inside WP. I have much respect for so many of the people I follow, and their creative attributes either in writing or photography. I as well have gained some genuine friendships.
With all that said I am grateful I have a safe platform to be me. For this I say THANK YOU! God bless you all…
Sincerely, Lisa Marie Boyd ✌️☺️
CBWC: Vanishing Point-Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again~Henri Cartier-Bresson
One-Liner Wednesday/JusJoJan the 20th, 2021-Faith over fear
“Faith tells me no matter what lies ahead of me, God is already there.”
This especially on this day of great change Inauguration Day. No matter who is President God is King!
https://lindaghill.com/2021/01/20/one-liner-wednesday-jusjojan-the-20th-2021-defeat/
CFFC: Patterns in Nature-In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks. ~ John Muir
CFFC: Urban Erosion-dog days of summer, white elephants of 75 years, and tagged trains all make for great urban banter
The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2021 Daily Prompt – Jan. 16th-first thing
Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “first thing.” Start your post with the words, “first thing” and go from there. Bonus points if you end your post with the last thing. Have fun!
First thing in the morning with my coffee in hand I head to the couch where there I begin my day with prayer.
I have to go to God before I enter into my day. It is my morning quiet time with God. It is where my heart, and spirit sync up with God’s will for my day. I usually begin by thanking God for another day. For we are never promised our tomorrow. I always thank Him for another day of sobriety.
My husband, and I as well read together. Then we pray together as well. We lift up family, friends, anyone who has asked us to pray for them. This has been every morning of our marriage. It doesn’t matter if we are on vacation, or we are just hanging around the house. 7 days a week I start my day with prayer, and reading.
“Thy will not mine be done”. That is that last thing I always say. Then I can feel confident in God to begin my day His way.
http://lindaghill.com/2021/01/15/the-friday-reminder-for-socs-jusjojan-2021-daily-prompt-jan-16th/
He said it best, there I shall find rest
I cling to this today, in a world of uncertainty I find myself in prayer. I shall not live in fear, letting go of all at the cross on Calvary.
I find solace in the throne room right at my Father’s feet. I know without a doubt I can trust my unknown future to a very known God. The world may seem crazed, I just have to keep my focus on praising Him in His name! Father “thy will be done”.
This new world order is what must be for you to fulfill things I can not see. I am on bended knee, with faith over fear. You always have our best at heart, you have it down to an art. Even though we can not see the whole picture, you are holding the finished masterpiece in the palm of your hand! On this your truth I stand!
CMMC – January Color – Pink-“Anything is possible with a little bit of sunshine and pink”.
You have true grit…you my son are simply dazzling
It is the perseverance that you carry, and the smile that you wear. Your heart of gold. You are bold beyond your years
You got up with all you could muster, life had sucked you dry. No tears left to cry. Tired of handing over all of your paychecks with not even a bed to lay your weary hard working bones. No food to keep you fed
You walked out the door, shut the door tight. No key leaving the chaotic ruins behind. Never looked back, as your heart had already took quite a beating. You were always on the back burner, you turned inward words were missed. Personality unknown to them in your home
Clothed in courage you drove miles in change of your life. Yours is an uphill climb. Nothing has come easy. You walk a step behind, but yet you still dig your toes in and begin
You have true grit, and dreams to unfold. Perseverance in your pockets, and a locket of courage around your neck. Watching you change I am truly amazed at your want for only healthy in your life
You are witty, charming, and sarcastic no doubt. I believe in you, as I have seen your once crushed spirit strutting its new self. Showing a real smile from ear to ear, here and there
Yep even through the sarcasm as your mom I see it shine, and you my son are mine. You have true grit. You got up, with perseverance as your friend, and courage as your new shoes. You have made a life brand new. Most could not will to do
Finding yourself, and who you are. Looking past the scars of your your youth. Not playing the victim. Like a cowboy takes the reigns of his horse headed for his course. You too took reign of your life. True grit
I am proud of you, and God has you! Look up, and you shall see the courage comes from above, and He is there. Your life is in the making. It is yours for the taking. God is giving you freedoms pass. True grit in all you do. Perseverance, and free at last. God is rewriting your life. In Him take take up refuge. Never be weary for a place to lay your head again
He will give you billows of peace as you continue on. I see your smile, you can’t fool me. It is the darn cutest thing I ever have seen. Makes your mama’s heart sing
True grit..I see in you Elias my son. Best life you have had in years. Laughter, and sarcasm bringing tears. 19, and you stood up stood and your ground and never turned back around…
Your whole life is in front of you, True Grit in God will carry you through. 22 college student 3.2 G.P.A. you’re dazzling son. Let no one steal your thunder! You have proved to them all bets were off, you stood up to your life beating the odds
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2020/13/01/dazzling
One-Liner Wednesday/JusJoJan the 13th, 2021-Raging windstorm in effect, howling winds you bet! Loss of power, God protect our people blue collar!
“It’s a Windsday Wednesday out there”. Be careful out there today Eastern Washington.
https://lindaghill.com/2021/01/13/one-liner-wednesday-jusjojan-the-13th-2021-snow-carolers/
CFFC: Bridges- like a bridge over troubled water
JusJoJan 9 & #SoCS –-How great my Father’s love for me
Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: skys the limit. Write about something that has or seems to have no end. Enjoy!
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6
This one thing I know undoubtedly in my heart today. There is no greater love known to man than of my savior Jesus Christ. My life as long as I walk with Him, and my heart is right before Him is limitless. I can have the beautiful life when I say “thy will not mine be done”. It doesn’t mean that my life is easy nor does not have pain, grief, or even sorrow. It means that His love for me is limitless, and with that love I can get through the storms that this life brings. It is not all rainbows, butterflies, and Cotton Candy. Yet it is so divine.
He can help me dance in the rain, turn ashes to beauty, and lift my hands in praise in the mist of my pain.
Limitless unconditional love for me, and He is faithful to complete the work He started in me. I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t imagine not signing up for such a thing in my life today. Heck yeah, I signed up! Please God help me to keep my end of the deal. I love living my life today in peace that surpasses all understanding, and without chaos. A mind of clarity viewed through God’s lens for my heart. The beauty of simplicity.
And this my friend is just the start because His love is indeed limitless beyond all comprehension to that of man. It is hard to understand. He does miracles in, and around my life. He shows up, and He even shows off. His love for me is real! Surreal! Sovereignty, my heart is no longer bankrupt. Poverty no more. Jesus shines!
https://lindaghill.com/2021/01/08/the-friday-reminder-for-socs-jusjojan-2021-daily-prompt-jan-9th/
CBWC: Hot or Cold Things- coffee art, and cold starts
This Too Shall Pass
My son and his girlfriend were on a walk yesterday in Seattle. Their downtown was quiet. My city of Spokane has many Trump supporters, and it was not so quiet.
It was not in state such as our nations capital. He was reassuring me that it was safe there. Then he came across one of my all time favorite sayings, “this too shall pass”. He knew at that moment with all my eyes, and heart had seen I needed this sent to me.
So for all of you who may be wiping your eyes in disbelief, and having a hard time holding onto hope…my hope is not in our government or president whom ever it be. It is in Jesus my King. For He has ALL authority.
So this is for all of us, because it is absolute truth. This is God’s country, and He will purpose yesterday for His good. He is moving in His land, He trying to wake up His people! Instead being angry, or with no hope…pray! Pray for our nation!
Look up, and look into the word of God which is mesmerizing of the heart. If you take hold of the truth, and live by it it changes the lens you see all of this through. You will see how God is in control. Even when things seem so misconstrued. I wake, and say “thy will be done not mine today”.
In short I am saying people here will always fail us, and none will meet our every expectation. There is one power, and that one is God. He is all encompassing with love, and unconditional at that. He trying to get all of His people to fall to their knees. Plead to Jesus we need you. Indeed our country needs God! Our people need God, and hope needs to be restored in something eternal not temporal.
“This too shall pass”! Hang on, and persevere. Keep on keeping on! Look up, and keep praying for your heart. You can’t imagine how beautiful a life can be when you give your heart to the one who created you.
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2021/01/07/mesmerizing
One-Liner Wednesday/JusJoJan the 6th, 2021 – 6 days in, hope is smiling
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come. Whispering it will be happier”. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
https://lindaghill.com/2021/01/06/one-liner-wednesday-jusjojan-the-6th-2021-icy-fingers/
CBWC: Smaller than a Bread Box or Bread Bin-“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together”.~Vincent Van Gogh
CMMC – April Color – Light Green or Neon Green-“When you’re 25 or 30, you know, you can’t wear lime-green eye shadow anymore”….~Taylor Swift
https://ceenphotography.com/2021/04/14/cmmc-april-color-light-green-or-neon-green/
One-Liner Wednesday-overcoming suffering
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full of also the overcoming of it.” ~Helen Keller
I chose this on this morning one year ago as I was at the hospital in the very beginning of Covid being prepped for my double mastectomy. My breast cancer journey began on April 14, 2020. I am in awe of God, and His gracious hand. He is the ultimate surgeon. I am more than grateful my husband was there as my caretaker when I came home with 8 drain tubes, and in immense physical as well mental discomfort. 4 months ago in a couple days was my last, and final surgery. I with God have overcome the suffering. I am a survivor. All glory to God!
I had many hard days full of grief, and lots of tears. I have had many days of meltdowns, that without God I could not have endured. I have learned what grief, and acceptance are in this medical crisis that came my way. This was not just something I went through alone. My husband has had his own emotions, and struggles through it all too. We persevered with strength in our loving God. For He is good, and He will not put us through anything we can’t get through. So I overcame. We overcame, and today 1 year later I am breast cancer free. I am getting back to what is my normal slowly, but surely. God truly is the ultimate surgeon, of the body and soul!
https://lindaghill.com/2021/04/14/one-liner-wednesday-ive-been-shot/
CFFC: Textures-“It was an odd friendship, but the oddnesses of friendships are a frequent guarantee of their lasting texture.”~Ford Madox Ford
CBWC: Beginning with the Letters B or W-“the wheels on the bus go round and round”.
It was as if no time had passed, I longed for my Brie…finally here in the flesh. I passed the test of time..
I longed, and prayed for the day to see you again. Many years had passed, it was finally coming to an end. I would soon see you again
I longed, and prayed for the day to feel you in my arms so tight. It had to be just right
I longed for healing for both you, and I. For the past to be put to rest. God I knew knows best
I longed to know what your favorite color was. Music too. All the things that you were now into
I longed for the day I would see you again. Something promised to me if I just kept going. My skin with goosebumps, as the plans were be made. Hanging up the phone singing praise in Jesus’s name
I longed for the day a mother, and daughter would be reunited. Laughter, and overwhelming joy would be the way. No tears they had already rotted away your youth. Truth
The time came, and it was miraculous. All the promises that God had said were kept, and seeds of healing spread
The time came, we laughed. We sat side by side. It felt there had never been a lapse in time. Oh the selfies, the great faces too. I made sure after all of our time playing catch up, you knew you always had a family here. You could call on us day or night. No drunken stupor that would avoid the ring. We were here, and would be through it all. Just call
I longed for the time I could share this heart felt story. I waited patiently almost 7 years to see my beautiful first born Brie Faith. At times it killed me inside, but God always spoke through. “Keep going Lisa, this time too shall pass”. “You will see her again
This is a testament of a lady, this lady being me. I was once so spiritually sick. Lost in a bottle, I thought it was my fix. Just get licked. With that intoxication came a coma induced state, and years were up for the take. Then the time came where I had done so much damage, her heart could not bare to talk to me. She went from a teenager to a brilliant beautiful young woman. Me just patiently waiting, waiting, and waiting
This is testament of healing, and growth. That God does indeed give back the years I allowed the locusts to eat away. All because I rose above the bottle, full throttle. Worked on my daily reprieve on bended knee, keeping that bottle at bay. Working, and living in the solution of a new way of life. Without all chaos, and strife
This is a testament that with God all things are possible. I had to realize I powerless, and my life was so unmanageable. Alcohol was not my friend. Turn my will over to Him, and know that if not it would be my end. God has helped me see with so much clarity. This solution offers me serenity. As well the story of relationships renewed. Experience, strength, and hope! My life is so worth every moment spent living in the now. I longed to see her, and see her I did. Promised by God, I saw my kid
And now we make plans for the next time, and it couldn’t be soon enough. Man Brie you’re so tough, courageous, and absolutely radiant inside and out. Perseverance as my friend I got through this until what was the end, and finally saw you again. Amen
“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten– the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm — my great army that I sent among you. ~Joel 2:25
CBWC: Things found on a Picnic Table or in a Park-seeing all the kids it felt like life for a minute was back to normal, beautiful…
