Don’t listen to them, they have no clout… Damn voices inside my head! Telling me this, telling my that Filling my heart with dread. “You’re no good.” “Did you think you could?” Reverberates my mind. “Hush now…” it says, “You know you should…” Negatives of EVERY kind! “You lie!” I say. “I can do it!!” In…
Month: August 2016
Obvious Mercy
A Conversation with God 8/25/16 Me: Well God, I woke up this morning to three big piles and a puddle. Had to steam mop the floors-of which- I finished the living room, kitchen, dining room, and hallway-ALL- before 7:30 this morning! God: Some days are definitely better than others, but… Me: Yeah, and some nights are…
A Seed of Faith
A Conversation with God 8/24/16 Me: Hello God. Are you there? Are you really there? God: (silence) Me: Do you, really, hear me, or are my words like dandelion seeds, dangling in the air? God: (silence) Me: God? God: (silence) Me: Do you hear when I pray? God: (silence) Me: You…
A Quiet Place
A Conversation with God 8/18/16 Me: God, my world is too noisy…sometimes I just want to go to the moon! God: You don’t have to go all the way to the moon…just rest in your quiet place, it’s always waiting for you. Me: I would but I don’t know the way. God: Well, that’s the…
Outside Looking In
A Conversation with God 8/16/16 Me: God, I’ve been thinking about those who’ve shunned me. Sometimes I feel all alone. I feel their world is going on without me, and I’m on the outside looking in. I have this visual of a dirtied hungry child, hands and nose pressed to a store’s window, watching shoppers…
Depression Really Sucks
A Conversation with God 8/13/2016 God: God morning Lisa. Me: Good morning Lord. God: How are you feeling today? Me: Well, Lord…you know I’ve this “depression” thing going on and sometimes it’s almost more than I can bare. Depression really sucks… God: So, are you depressed today? Me: Not so much today…although I do awake…
Yes Lord…but…I’m Gay
A Conversation with God 8/11/2016 Me: God, as I tarried in your garden, I heard the words of a verse that has given me comfort for many years. God: And what words are they, my child? Me: They go something like this… “…everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and those who come…
Maybe the Third Cup’s the Charm!
A Conversation with God 8/10/2016 Me: Good morning, Lord. God: Good morning, Lisa. How are you feeling today? Me: Well, I’m on my second cup of coffee so I’m feeling better. I was a bit stressed at first. God: Tell me about it. Me: Well, Gracie woke me up at 3 am needing to pee…which…
Celebrate Life with Kindness
A Conversation with God 8/9/2016 Me: Lord, the cicadas sure have been loud this year. God: Yes they have…and do you know why? Me: No, Lord. Why? God: Well, you see, in 1999, a brood of cicadas hatched and burrowed beneath the ground to feast upon root tissue. It took 17 years but finally they…
The Luxury of His Power
A Conversation with God 8/8/2016 Me: God, I’m so tired of looking fat. God: Talk to me about it. Me: Well, most of the time I feel okay about it and then I catch a reflection of myself in a mirror or a store-front glass…I see myself as others must see me… and then,…
Redhead Reflections 