Abby Legge Photography

Lover of Christ, life, and the beauty of an unscripted moment.

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Finally got back in the saddle again for the first time since surgery. The sky couldn't have been any more brilliant as if God painted the sky to say, "welcome back". I only cruised around the block, but it felt good to have the air blow through my curls and Wrigley running beside me. #sunset #palmtrees #FL #beautifulsky #godscreation #thegoodfight #backinthesaddleagain #nofilter #rcnocrop (at Fort Myers Villas, Florida)

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@orlando0517 bringing a good word about sadness Thursday. "Sadness is the feeling that speaks to how much we value what is missed, what is gone, what is lost." (#voiceoftheheart) Growing up in a legalistic "Christian home", I was inappropriately taught that I needed to stuff my feelings, be stoic, and always put on a happy face. No one ever validated my need to practice healthy sadness. I was a religious zombie. Since joining #recovery @summitswfl, I've intimately experienced restoration and liberation through the grace of Jesus Christ as if I were finally coming up for fresh air after almost drowning in a sea of apathy! Like many, I've experienced great loss and heartache (some by the hands of others, and other times by my own brokenness). So, after 31 years, to experience firsthand the radical grace-filled acceptance of God after I taking that terrifying first step of admitting to God, friends, and even myself the true condition of my heart... Well it's unlike anything I've ever experienced! "Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made glad"(Eccles 7:3) #rcnocrop #instascript #sadness #feelings #themessage #liveauthentic #SWFL #inspiration #jesus #grace #thegoodfight #@chipdodd (at Summit Church)

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Happy bday @cody_cl may you have many more great adventures yet to come. #surf #swell #wave #costarica @playagrande #Oleaje #rcnocrop #instasurf #instawave @csmnj @costarica #puravida @christiansurfersunitedstates @ridenature @vscogood #liveauthentic #beachlife #igdaily #boardsports #watersports #surfsup #blue #nikon #ALP #abbyleggephotography

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Ok, one more! I really enjoyed my cuddle time with this birthday boy last weekend. #birthdayboy #cuddlesarepriceless #naptime (at Marco Island Beach, Florida)

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🎉HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY LIL'MAN! Aunt Abby loves ya very much! #adorable #elephanttowel #cutiepie #happybday #vscogood #rcnocrop #storytime

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Good morning! It seems I have a yoga buddy poolside this morning. She a bit of a mat hog and some reason she keeps on doing downward facing dog. #yoga #goodmorning #poolside #vizsla #wrigley #FLwinters #TT #sunshine #rcnocrop #igdaily (at poolside)

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I'm ready for my knee to heal so I can get behind the lens again. #TB #dreadhead #photoshoot #skateboard #surf #portfolio #beachlife @ridenature @thepursuitcollective @thehouseofridenature @vsco #vscogood @ftmyerssanibel @scottytang123 #FL #nikon #50mm #rcnocrop (at Fort Myers Beach Pier)

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Spoiled much?! #WHPoutofplace @instagram #vizsla #chilln #ftmyerssanibel #beachchair #igdaily #beachdog #rcnocrop #vsco #mybuddy #wrigley (at Estero Island; Ft Myers Beach, Fl)

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I'll save you a seat! Ultimate beach chair for the Instagram weekend contest. #WHPoutofplace #beachchair #beachlife #vscogood #random #FL #rcnocrop @ftmyerssanibel @us_traveldiary (at Ft. Myers Beach, FL)

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I'm found when I admit I'm lost I'm forgiven when I admit my sin I'm healed when I admit my pain I'm filled when I admit my emptiness I'm overjoyed when I admit my sorrow For when I am weak, my God is strong in my stead. #jouofthelordismystrength #freedom #grace #leadtheway #compasstat #vscogood #nikon #CouchSurfing @novascotia #canada #fieldofdreams #rcnocrop

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We had the privilege of staying with a wonderful #CouchSurfing host Alexandra in Halifax, NS. If you're going to travel, I highly recommend couch surfing. It's a wonderful, cost effective way to travel. A great way to meet the locals and experience the true hidden joys of the town instead of just the touristy things. #liveauthentic #canada #novascotia #naturalbeauty #vsco #profile #nikon #50mm

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Stoked about my new #coffeepress and #corncobpipe! Thank you Chandlers (@vickilchandler) for your authenticity and wonderful friendship! It's a privilege to walk along side you through this crazy-beautiful (and often messy😉) life! #liveauthentic #life #coffee @instcoffee #vscogood #simplethings #earthtones #upcycle #campfire

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Wrigley is always finding new friends to play frisbee with on the beach. This lil cutie-pie played with her until the very last ray of light. It was just one of those effortlessly joyful life moments. #vizslafun #beachlife #silhouette #storyboard #FLwinters #FMB #sunset #liveauthentic #socality #newfriends (at The Island)

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He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. {‭Job‬ ‭26‬:‭10‬} #shereadstruth #joy #advent #sunset #vizsla #vsco #QT (at The Island)

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"God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other. That is why it is just no good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about religion. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there." #CSLewis #imageofGod #mattchandler #joy #whoiam #advent #truth #liveauthentic #socality #vsco #over #perspective

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🎶coconuts roasting on an open fire...🎶 According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer. In an effort to "stay cool by thinking cool" #FLchristmas #islandlife #merrychristmastoyou #natkingcole #wheninrome #coconut #fireplace #FMB (at The Island)

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I'm grateful for my Wednesday mornings where I get to meet with a great friend over coffee followed by some quiet time and a good read on this beautiful florida morning! God is showing me the importance of healthy quality relationships. Life is way too hard to go at it alone. We are meant to be in community with others, to walk along side one another; not in codependency, but to live transparently with one another and freely acknowledging the fact that we are imperfect people constantly in need of the grace of Jesus! That way when (not if) we struggle and stumble, we have the opportunity to lovingly remind each other not about our own opinions but rather back to the only thing that truly heals and satisfies our hurts- Gods truth! But to live transparently requires vulnerability and honesty; To take the first step to admit my powerlessness to God, myself and another human being and that my life has become unmanageable is not easy for me. It's easy for me to hold on to my pain and sorrow. It's takes real courage and act of faith to take my security blanket of heartache and lay it down at the feet of Jesus. Until I can do that, no amount of peep talks over coffee with friends, self help books, exercise, thinking positively, money, spouses, the church, or any other substitute will ever heal and fill the painful void we try so desperately to hide. I pray 2 Cor:12 for myself and you and that God will help us truly understand and be open to this good and perfect truth: "Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." #friendship #godstruth #dailyinspiration #igdaily #liveauthentic #instascripture #theword #coffee @instcoffee #humpday #my2cents (at Kate's Kafe)