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Hell Came Calling This Morning…

November 16, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Writings

I know the title is shocking, perhaps, but my intention is far from profanity. The word “hell” was on the lips of Jesus Himself, a few times in scripture. Technically, it was another word in Aramaic that came to us translated as such. I seem to be regularly moving through a number of ongoing difficult and hellish situations. No day is one-hundred percent difficult, or one-hundred percent of anything. As CS Lewis noted, something along the lines of “we never...

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Yes, Those Are Two Piles of Bloody, Severed Breasts

November 6, 2022
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My Poetry, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Yes, those are two piles of bloody, severed breasts. Yes, that is a symbolic image of some type of demonic force standing in between the two piles – some dark, demonic priest, paying homage to the almighty dollar. Yes, those are compliant worshippers, speaking the specifically crafted words that echo into this world like incense to a false god in the name of honoring pronouns. Yes, in the distance is a simple representation of Life and the Garden, of sorts…indicating...

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Repentance, Fifty Shades of Black and Fifty Shades of White

October 16, 2022
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Repentance. It’s a loaded word, and one that seems particular in most ways to Judeo-Christian thought. A word that from various sermons I’ve heard over the years means along the lines of making a 180 degree turn. A word that is defined by the Oxford Dictionary in the following way: re·pent·ance noun the action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse. “each person who turns to God in genuine repentance and faith will be saved” Similar: remorse-contrition-contriteness-penitence-sorrow-sorrowfulness-regret-ruefulness-remorsefulness-pangs of conscience-prickings of conscience-shame-guilt—self-reproach—self-condemnation-compunction-conversion-rue-sorriness...

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The One True God Who Sees (Job 7)

September 28, 2022
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Thoughts on the Book of Job, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Like every morning in the intensity of the entirety of my overall spiritual and personal battles – now going in full swing for what seems to be at least five years now but unidentifiable per se – I awake to spiritual, mental and emotional hedgehogs I must get past in order to even resume where I left off the previous day’s and last night’s pre-sleep-time evening battles… It is some form of Omaha Beach, every morning, simply to get to...

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Untethered Excursions

September 26, 2022
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Personal Writings, Writings

When I lived in Alabama I yearly attended and volunteered at a large hot-air balloon festival. There, I learned what a tethered balloon ride was and took one, maybe once or twice. Once a hot-air balloon lifts off the ground and the tethering rope is no longer keeping it within certain parameters from the ground, safe navigation is dependent upon the skill of the balloon pilot but also upon other variable conditions such as wind. On occasion, there are balloon...

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An Arsenal of Butterfly Wings

September 9, 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

Be Thou My Vision. The early Church responding to adversities. The Butterfly Effect. What do all three of these things have in common? Yesterday, I was listening to Be Thou My Vision. I thought about some things. I thought about spiritual battles. I wrestled with navigating proper response, not simply reaction. I thought about Jesus’ call to non-violence…I thought about His silences…and I thought about His speaking. I thought about the book of Ecclesiastes…a time to be silent and a...

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While My Enemies Watch (Feeding Sheep During Darkness)

August 30, 2022
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Personal Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

I continue to be spiritually horrified by the nature and roots of what I discern as nothing short of demonically-fueled spiritual personal assaults to my own self and faith. The most recent flaming arrow (surely prompted by Satan himself) arrived in my email inbox at 4:10 pm this afternoon. Menacing words not only today but in increasing form, format and progression involve mockery of my faith, my personal journey, slander of my character and so much more. These weaponized words...

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Finding Ourselves in the Story: Lamentations Style Poetry

August 16, 2022
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My Poetry, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Tonight as I reflect upon the various aspects of my difficult day, after difficult yesterday and the difficult day before and the day before and the days before those days feel difficult and I anticipate tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and the day after the day after tomorrow and all the days that will follow those will likely be…difficult…I think of three particular things. The first thing I think on is how diamonds are formed under a slow, constant...

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Names, Naming, YAHWEH and YAHWEH Children

August 10, 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

Awhile back a visiting guest had some fun giving my four cats “secret names.” After interacting with each cat, a quirky and fun name was assigned to each as the kitty’s “secret name” – different from that which each cat had already been named. This memory came into my mind last week and I started writing some thoughts in a draft here, and felt led to finish it up and refine/edit my initial thoughts, today. I will leave parts from...

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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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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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