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,…
Upon Dragonfly Wings
A Conversation with God 8/6/2016 Me: Good morning, Lord. God: Good morning, Lisa. Did you sleep well? Me: Yes, Lord…thank you for watching me through the night. God: I’ll never leave you. For just as I told Moses and my children many years ago, “I am the eternal God and I will be your refuge and…
In the Garden
A Conversation with God in the Garden 8/01/16 God: Why the troubled look, my child? Me: This world scares me. I feel as if I’m waiting for the next bad thing to happen. God: Come away from the world for a few moments and listen to my word. Me: Okay, Lord. God: Walk with…
Against the Wind
A Conversation with God 7/29/16 Me: God, I’m confused. God: About what, my child? Me: Well, how can Christians, who are filled with the same Holy Spirit, perceive the world so differently? God: Different…how? Me: For example…refugees. Some think we should turn them away in order to protect what is rightfully ours. Then others, who also…
Unstoppable Love
A Conversation with God 7/28/16 Me: God, I’m so tired. God: Come to me and rest. Me: It’s just this world is getting me down. I’m so tired of hateful, mean-spirited judgement. So tired of the poor being downtrodden so the rich and arrogant can gain. I’m tired of people being mistreated because of the color of…
A Conversation with God 7/27/16
[Me:] God, why can’t puppies be born with bigger bladders? [God:] Puppies have been born for some 65 million years, give or take a million or two, why the need for bigger bladders now? [Me:] Well, Lord this morning I stepped in her piddle-puddle…barefoot and before coffee; and I have to say it wasn’t a…
A Conversation with God 7/26/16
(Many seem to find God elusive, but I talk to Him everyday) [Me:] Lord, will there be front porches in heaven? [God:] Why would you need a front porch? [Me:] Well, it was on a front porch where I first learned to shell butter beans. I remember sitting with mama, shelling beans from a big old metal…
A Conversation With God 7/25/16
[God]: There is no limit to the variety of ways I can communicate with you. [Me]: My part is to be attentive to your messages. [God]: Listen to the birds calling one another. [Me]: As I listen I hear your love calling to me. [God]: Find me in the tragedies and see me in the…
…With us Among the Thorns
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart… And none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. Psalms 34:18,22 (Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge)
Redhead Reflections 