A lady friend of many years died of cancer. Every Thursday I’d relieve her husband, sit by her sofa and we talked. She told me she had no fear because she knew she would be with God. I wanted to write something as a memorial. This is it. She was too weak to read it asking me to. When I finished she said, “I like it.” At her request the family reprinted it into a hand-out pamphlet at her funeral Easter Sunday, 2006.
Judy’s First Conversation with God
God Hi Judy. Have a coffee mug!
Judy Who are you?
God God.
Judy Is that your real name?
God I’m called many names.
Judy If this is heaven, it’s just as I dreamed it would be.
God “The plans of the heart belong to man…” Ptoverbs 16.1.
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Judy Is there a hell?
God As you choose.
Judy Is there a nothing?
God Nothing does not exist.
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Judy How old are you?
God Same as you.
Judy Why do people die?
God All living organisms have a shelf life.
God Next? Give me a hard one.
Judy Okay. Are you married?
God Was my only begotten son born out of wedlock?
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Judy Why am I here?
God Your record shows that other than the pack of Wrigley's Spearmint you stole in the third grade, you were honest. You made things more better. You lied only when the truth would hurt someone. Your love was pure, never strayed.
Judy I listened to that little voice in the pit of my stomach.
Judy Why are you laughing?
God That little voice was from your soul.
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Judy How can eternity be continuous?
God It’s a circle.
Judy Did your divine hand write the Bible?
God What do you think?
Judy Which religion is the best?
God Sunshine or rain, pick one.
Judy Why are there so many?
God Faith, belief and acceptance are free to everyone.
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Judy I think you’re taking the 5th.
God Not at all. Concepts of heavens and the spirit worlds are custom made by their owners, free will, and held dear.…streets paved with gold?, chandeliers imported from Italy? “Answers about the ethereal are the same for all peoples,”as they hope them to be.
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God Here, look in the mirror.
Judy It’s you and me.
God “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you.” 1 Corinthians 6:19
God You believed in me and helped others without asking anything in return. Except for one itty-bitty difference, we are one in the same.
Judy Do I get another coffee mug?
God One per customer.
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God The soul is born here, in the sight of God. In the mantle of Man, it fulfills its destiny, returns home, leaving behind its temporary earthly form as a forever reminder of its one-time presence.
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Judy Why all the bad stuff?
God Free will.
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Judy You make all of this sound so simple.
God It is. Man makes it complicated. Too many cooks ruin the stew.
God Bottom line, Judy…”Omne quod creditis, fuit, est et in aeternum erit” ”All is as ye believe…was...is…and forever will be.”
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God So, look around. I understand your old friends have a welcome home party waiting in the wings. Speaking of wings, you must see our remodeled wings kiosk. We have the traditional flappy-flappy ones with seven new colors, including a soft and delicate pastel. The fixed wing wings are for soaring only. Blaze orange.
Locator beacon.
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Judy One last question. Earlier you said that You and I are the same except for one itty-bitty difference. What is it?
“I’m the one who gives out the coffee mugs.”
