CBWC: Smaller than a Bread Box or Bread Bin-“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together”.~Vincent Van Gogh
Author: Lisa M. Boyd
Don’t give up before the miracle happens! Smile lots, forgive quickly, and never take life for granted!
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”.
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
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
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/
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…
