Image by Jacek Yerka, Between Heaven and Hell
I have always imagined God as a woman;
and though She is timeless,
She looks to be
(to me)
in her middle-sixties.
I picture Her with
short, salt and pepper hair
and sparkling eyes –
not unlike my undergraduate adviser
Margaret Odegard,
who would throw back her head
and laugh a magnificent laugh if she knew.
(And so would God, because
I’m quite sure She has
an outstanding sense of humor.)
Though God does not wear tweed, like Dr. O.
In my mind She dresses in sunbeams, starlight,
clouds, hemp and linen.
And sensible shoes.
God did NOT create high heels.
And most assuredly God would have a cat in Her kitchen.
And rows and rows of pots and crocks and jars
filled with darkness and light and creeping things,
and baskets of stars,
and bushels of peaches,
and a huge stoppered bottle
full of annoying people,
and another with mosquitoes
and large bin of dinosaurs and sea monsters
all mixed up together.
Then She created the Earth and saw that it was good.
But She knew She could do better…
particularly if She went easier on
the obnoxious people and the mosquitoes;
so She keeps trying.
And in spite of Genesis,
I think God spends
every Sunday afternoon
cooking up new worlds.
So that’s where She can be found,
in Her wonderfully cluttered kitchen.
And by the way, you’re always welcome in
for a chat and a cuppa.’
Great writing and wonderful imagination. It is quite plausible too.
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Thank you Susie. I am counting on God having a very good sense of humor, lol.
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The things that happen to me on a daily basis- I am convinced that God is having a good laugh over my reactions to the events he sends my way.
And when we pray our Father who art in heaven, we might change it to :
Our grandmother —.
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Once upon a time… (lol). I too wrote a she-God once. It was a short story for a creative writing class. The instructor got so amazed by the idea that immediately chose to view the story as a feminist manifesto (and almost missed the point of it). He wouldn’t have missed your point. I would have liked a cuppa’ with this God 🙂
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It’s too bad your instructor missed your point. I just love the idea of a cozy kitchen and mixing up new worlds the way we would try to improve a recipe for…baked goods or something. And I imagine God as having a very good sense of humor. :o)
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Great writing my friend. You made me smile.
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I’m (belatedly) glad, Ayala! Thank you!
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Super charming, Mary. Your image of God is very friendly– she reminds me a bit of the old ladies in a wrinkle in time, nice to contemplate. K.
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Oh, I loved Wrinkle in Time, but never thought about it when writing this. (I haven’t read it in ages.) Thanks K!
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