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…
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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…
Make America Truly Love Again
Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad. (Proverbs 12:25 NKJV) When I have my morning coffee, I often read and today I read Proverbs 12:25. Once it was read, I had to stop, because it dawned on me that I didn’t agree with it. True enough, anxiety…
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…
Redhead Reflections 