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,…

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…

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…

…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)

Summer’s Breeze

Shhhh…listen…can you hear…  Summer’s breeze…God is near. Never in the storm or quake…  But gentle breaths that kiss the lake. Still and quiet incline your ear Shhhhh… listen… the Lord is near. __ Lisa Hardy  “I caress you with a gentle breeze that refreshes and delights you.  I speak softly in the depths of your spirit, where…

May I Be You

Jesus, this one thing I seek to do…May I love others as you have loved me.  Break my heart for your people…may I see them as you see them.  May I be you today.  Amen “This is My commandment, that you love and unselfishly seek the best for one another, just as I have loved you.”…

Walking Through Psalms: Focus

When my glasses become smudged, I’m forced to read words through a haze.  Many times I’ve taken them off my nose and used my shirt to wipe away the haze; however, it only creates a greater murkiness in which to navigate the letters upon the page.  This is frustrating.  Why doesn’t the shirt work?  Shirts are…