The next day, I had been lurking again, for quite a while, by the solar panels, anxiously hoping, and wondering…Now?...when was Now?...had I been dreaming?…hallucinating?…when the new kid on the block materialized behind me. Having been again awake most of the night wondering about our vivid, though dreamlike, encounters, I was eager to talk and came across perhaps a bit rude in pressing urgently… “God…tell me about your god…”
“What mean your god…God...your god…my god…everbodygod … god of everthink, everwho…you not knowing…?
“Er uh…I guess…I guess not…I mean…I…uh…I don’t…I thought…um…it’s just that it surprised me when you spoke of God’s gifts…I mean how could…Interrupting gently, he said simply, “how could not… be…god… everwhere…god in everthink…airs…you…stars…me…clouds…trees (very enjoy hugs)…waters …god IS…! After a pause for consideration… I asked, “what about the Church and the Bible and Presbyterians?”
“Oh, God there too, but, more hard find... fancy outfits, fancy talkin’…God there, maybe shy when bigmouthguys tell god stories…too much fancy, too much loud… God in there somewhere, but more hard find…don’t happy too loud…God more quiet outsydoors type… no like fancy…prefer 100% natural.” After giving me a moment to chew on these words, my friend continued…“Now you tell, why it is carefulhaircutguys loudtalk god allatime?…say, ‘god their side’…they maybe daze and dumbest, yes? …if god their side, why they need talk fraidyscared alla time?…god not preferring … god all sides, everwhere… god in church even…but more better find god THERE,” he said, gesturing toward the pond behind me. As if on cue, a cloud courteously shifted to allow sunshine to shimmer brilliantly on the reflected sky and trees, now rippled by a gentle breeze. Flickery flecks and specks of sparkle brighter than diamonds danced on the surface. I may have felt a whisper of reflective warmth on my cheek…
“God?”
“I be back”…
I turned, mouth open, fingers to my face, speechless…the little guy had already begun to fade…
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