The Lord Loves Me

E Barnes
The Haven
Published in
Dec 15, 2023

The Lord loves me even though I don’t love myself.

Not every day goes great. But when I pray, I pray for joy and happiness.

The wife comes and yells. “Your lazy butt still sitting in that darn chair?”

“Just talkin’ to the Lord for a moment.”

A bolt of lightning makes us both jump and her fall to her knees.

“No, David,” she yells. “Not a storm. We need the tomatoes to bloom, you old fool.”

The second bolt of lightning enters the house and her skull.

I smile, realizing even the weather listens when I talk to God.

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E Barnes
The Haven

My Flash Fiction collection, “Flash Crazy” is available at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097486PFJ. Many of the stories first published here at Medium.