Not the Damn Expert!

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…