August 7, 2022

Holding Tentacles With 10,000 Octopi/Recognizing Despair/Job Chapter 6:2-3

August 7, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Maybe Mr. Rogers was wrong about something. Maybe even, he was wrong about everything. He lived in a world of make-believe, and he told children, “Whenever you are in a scary situation, always look for those who are helping.” (paraphrase of how I remember it…I suppose I don’t always need to read the news to see scary situations). Furthermore, I also may be wrong that I perceived when we reach to someone we think might help alay our fears, and...

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And This Will Be My Reply to Violence…

August 5, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Violences come in all forms. There are violences much deeper than those that inflict physical wounding. These word violences and other forms of human and demonic assaults, as I now see it, that exist in the spiritual realm, are quite piercing. The unseen battles, as I see them, are quite real. Pilate asked Jesus, “What is truth?” We all have our own truth, in some ways, and then there is…the truth. From where I stand, this one single picture represents...

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I Think Jesus is in Love With Me!!!

August 5, 2022
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Short Stories/Creative Writing

Yes, Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so! I do believe He’s in love with me…and…He’s in love with you all, too! And I’m not even jealous!!! Did you know that Jesus walks around in my field with me here? He does!!! We walk and talk as good friends should and do! We hold hands and laugh together – it’s so loud it scares my chickens! Jesus and I walk through lots of colors! He...

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If My Master Had a Blog, Would He Disable Comments?

August 4, 2022
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Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Absolutely not. I think of the life of Jesus, Job, Stephen, Paul…Old Testament figures such as Joseph, Moses and others… Sometimes the responses to the main story tell the story better than the story itself, in some sense… Of course, we are not Jesus, who though He was publicly slandered with numerous lies and twistings about what He did or did not say or do, by so many, in the moment of His ordeal, opened not His mouth. The ultimate...

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I Want This More Than Wanting to Hold My Grandbabies

August 3, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

This piece is really pretty simple. More than wanting to hold my grandbabies, I want to see the sweet, grown, sensitive, loving and kind beautiful face of my son, Jonathan, holding his children....

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The Work of Becoming a Woman

August 3, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

We often hear phrases like, “Be a man.” But I don’t think we as often hear, “Be a woman.” Or especially…keep becoming a man…or keep becoming a woman. This carries with it the idea of ever-evolving, transforming and growing into all that it means to be a man or to be a woman. And I find this very relatable. When we hear something like, “Be a man about this…or that…,” we seem to mostly understand what that means or implies....

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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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