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2025 Words for Thought #60: 20 May
Tag: Think About It Tuesday
2025 Words for Thought #59: 05.06
Set Your Mind
On Things Above …
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes… including you.”
—Anne Lamott
Take time to get outside, unplug, let go of your worries, trust God and rest in the promises that Everything will work out.
Photo Credit: © 2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion Camera
Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2025 Words for Thought #58: 04.29
God always has something to say. Be encouraged by His Word as you spend some time in biblical meditation and hear His heart for you.
The Beauty of God’s Creations are all around us. Be thankful for God’s many blessings and the beauty he has created in you.
“Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.”
—Mary Oliver
Photo Credit: © 2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens
Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2025 Words for Thought #58: 04.01
“Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.”
—Oswald Chambers
May You always be guided by knowledge of God’s Word. We may not always understand the path set before us, but we can always trust His plan is better than anything we can plan ourselves. May You have Strength to follow as He directs your steps.
Photo Credit: © 2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: The Centennial Center; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2025 Words for Thought #57: 03.25
“Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.”
—John Ortberg
Turn off Distractions and Keep Your Eyes Focused on Jesus, Trusting Him in all aspects of Your Life.
Photo Credit: © 2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL Filter attachments
Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2025 Words for Thought #56: 03.17
“May the raindrops fall lightly on your brow.
Irish Blessing
May the soft winds freshen your spirit.
May the sunshine brighten your heart.
May the burdens of the day rest lightly upon you.
And may God enfold you in His love.”
Photo Credit: © 2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Settings: f/1.8 • 1/1642 • 6.76mm • ISO64
Location: Sky Above City Church Amphitheater; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2025 Words for Thought #55: 03.11
Show Me the Way
Photo Credit: © 2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.
Settings: f/11 • 1/320s • 55mm • ISO100
Location: South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2025 Words for Thought #54: 03.04
Think Faith & Grow
“Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.”
—Corrie ten Boom
Photo Credit: © 2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Settings: f/1.8 • 1/2232 • 6.76mm • ISO100
Location:Rock Branch Park Trail; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2025 Words for Thought #53: 02.25
Trust God’s Guidance
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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250 lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.
Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2025 Words for Thought #52: 02.18
Faith • Hope • Conviction • Love
“Open your hearts to the love God instills . . . God loves you tenderly. What He gives you is not to be kept under lock and key, but to be shared.”
—Mother Teresa
Photo Credit: © 2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2025 Words for Thought #51: 02.11
Call • Listen • Trust
“God’s guidance is always available, but it often requires us to pause, listen, and trust in His timing.”
—Elisabeth Elliot
Photo Credit: © 2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2025 Words for Thought #50: 01.14
Love Each Other
—Agnes Sanford
“The impulse of love that leads us to the doorway of a friend is the voice of God within and we need not be afraid to follow it.”
Photo Credit: © 2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & Star filter attachment.
Location:Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2025 Words for Thought #49: 01.07
God’s Loving Mercy
Riverside Park and Greenway
— Max Lucado
“God’s love never ceases. Never… God doesn’t love us less if we fail or more if we succeed. God’s love never ceases.”
Photo Credit: © 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & Star filter attachment.
Location:South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Words for Thought #48: 12.31
All Praise to God
Photo Credit: © 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura CPL filter attachment.
Location: Off Cramerton Mountain Road; Near Baltimore Fishing Pier; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Words for Thought #47: 12.24
Advent Week Four — Love
Taken in 1976 for their 25th Anniversary If they were alive today, it’d be their 73rd. Love lasts a lifetime and into eternity.
May God’s hope, peace, joy, and love surround you this Advent season.
Photo Credit: © 1976 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Location: Allied Gardens Community; San Diego, California, USA
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2024 Words for Thought #46: 12.17
Joy
Sing for Joy to the Lord as the Shepherds did celebrating the birth of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. — Psalm 95:1
Photo Credit: © 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Cramer Memorial United Methodist Church; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Words for Thought #45: 12.10
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #249
Photo Credit: © 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Words for Thought #44: 12.04
Advent Week One: Hope
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #248
Photo Credit: © 2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: Caribbean Sea; Gulf of Mexico; Enchantment of the Sea; Caribbean Cruise Ship
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2024 Words for Thought #43: 11.26
The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters. Psalm 23:1–2 (NIV)
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #247
Photo Credit: © 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Words for Thought #42: 11.19
Praise Him!
Praise Him even when your hands are full.
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #246
Photo Credit: © 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Words for Thought #41: 11.12
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Old Town; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Words for Thought #40: 10.29
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #243
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2024 Words for Thought #39 — 10.15
Sing from your Heart
Give Thanks for Everything
Japanese Garden
Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.
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2024 Words for Thought #38 — 10.08
Create – Renew – Restore
Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.
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2024 Words for Thought #37 — 10.01
Rejoice in the Lord Always
Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #239
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Words for Thought #36: 09.24
Love ❤️ One Another
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA
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Words for Thought #35: 09.17
Don’t Worry … God’s Got It.
He Cares for You!
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Words for Thought #34: 09.10
Photo Credit: ©️1979 Nornal H. Waters ( My dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Location: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens; San Marino, California, USA
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Words for Thought #33: 08.27
Be Flourishing —
Be Resilient —
— Be Tenacious
Cee’s Flower of the Day (Sorry, no bloom, just beautiful gigantic trees).
Photo Credit: ©️1979 Nornal H. Waters ( My dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Location: Sequoia National Forest; Tulare County, California, USA
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Words for Thought #32: 08.20
Rooted & Grounded in Love
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Russ Adair ( My cousin ) … All Rights Reserved.
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Words for Thought #31
Numbers 33:2
We are all at different stages of our journey of life. We have differences and similarities in our journeys. Just as Moses recorded the stages in the Israelites Journeys, so we record, in our blogs, our journeys through our various stages in our lives for ourselves. We share our thoughts we have recorded regarding our experiences along our journey with each of you, our blogging community, with our friends, and those we love and care about deeply.
Photo Credit: ©️1978 Nornal H. Waters ( My dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm
Converter: Wolverine Digital Converter
Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park (now known as San Diego Zoo Safari Park); Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
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Words for Thought #30
1 John 3:18 (NIV)
at
San Diego
Wild Animal Park
Photo Credit: ©️1978 Nornal H. Waters ( My dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm
Converter: Wolverine Digital Converter
Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park (now known as San Diego Zoo Safari Park); Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
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Words for Thought #29
Psalm 75:6-7 (NIV)
at
San Diego Wild Animal Park
Photo Credit: ©️1978 Nornal H. Waters ( My dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm
Converter: Wolverine Digital Converter
Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park (now known as San Diego Zoo Safari Park); Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
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Words for Thought #28
Rudbeckia
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Words for Thought #27
Cee’s Flower of the Day
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Words for Thought #26
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Words for Thought #25
Charlotte, North Carolina
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Photo Credit ©️1978 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: Huntersville Oaks; Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
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Words for Thought #24
—- Romans 8:32 (NIV)
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Words for Thought #23
— 1 Thessalonians 5:11
New International Version (NIV)
Photo Credit: ©️1979 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Location: Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument; Hearst Ranch; San Simeon, California, USA
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Words for Thought #22
GOOD News Translation (GNTD)
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #223
Photo Credit: ©️1979 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: Eastern San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge; Pacific Ocean; San Francisco, California, USA
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Words for Thought #21
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
Photo Credit: ©️1972 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: Land of Oz; Beech Mountain, North Carolina, USA
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Words for Thought #20
Photo Credit: ©️1972 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: Alex Marina; Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, USA
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Words for Thought #19
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Patterson Pond; Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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Words for Thought #18
Exceptional Equestrians Program
Established in 1983 and
renamed in memory of Sylvia,
a loyal supporter of the
Anne Springs Close Greenway
from its inception.
Photo Credit: (c) 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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Words for Thought #17
AKA Silverberry, Russian-olive
Photo Credit: (c) 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens
Location: Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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