Team Meeting (07/01/2025)

It’s a well-known fact; I am a bit odd. Perhaps the oddest thing about me observed by others is that I have conversations when it appears I am alone. It’s not a new phenomenon in my life; I have behaved this way since I was a child. Recently, however, I found a magnet in a boutique that I had to have because it addressed this issue. It states: “If you see me talking to myself, just move along…we are having a team meeting.”

There are days when I talk to myself. Sometimes, I find myself doing things I should not be doing like using a knife to extract the avocado pit. And I will say to myself mid-task, “Girl, what are you doing?” Other times, I will find myself struggling with things, and I will be the cheerleader and say, “You got this, girl.” But the majority of the time when you witness me seemingly talking to myself, nothing is farther from the truth. You see, I am talking to the LORD.

I remember well the day that Sister Michael Anthony taught us that the LORD, our God, is omnipresent – present everywhere at the same time. That’s when it started - that very day. I have always been a bit of a skeptic. And so, when I was alone, I tried it out. I talked to the LORD. And the most wonderful thing happened. I felt heard. I didn’t hear an answer out loud, but I felt heard. I felt seen. And over time, time and time again, I found that what I spoke to the LORD about did occur, my needs fell in line, or I changed through the LORD’s guidance and gifts and grace. And over time, a lot of time, I might add, I have grown into one of the LORD’s most frequent callers. In fact, I can’t remember the last day the LORD and I didn’t have at least one “team meeting.”

People say that we can talk to the LORD anytime. And I have found that they are right. The LORD is present to us. The LORD is accessible. The LORD is present. I’d like to add to that understanding by sharing something I’ve learned along the way. We should talk to the LORD all the time!

Think about it. If you were in a room with me and I never acknowledged you, would you think me rude? Would you think me odd?  Would you think me arrogant? Well, the LORD is omnipresent – the LORD is with us every moment of every day. Shouldn’t we acknowledge that?

The thing I loved about the magnet that made me have to have it was the term “team meeting.” I think that is the most wonderful thing that has come out of my talking to the LORD out loud most of the time. I have come to realize that the LORD and I are a team. I realize I am not the coach. I realize I am not in charge. But I also realize that we want the same things – we are a team. The LORD and I both want love to be the marker and the victor. The LORD and I both want me to unwrap all my gifts and use them for His glory and for love of Him and all my sisters and brothers. The LORD and I both want me to do no harm and to leave this world better than I found it. The LORD and I both want me to have life and have it in abundance. The LORD and I both want me to bring Him to others and others to Him. Yep, we’re a team.

And a team needs to communicate. And communicate we do. He’s with me morning and night. He’s with me as I set out on my day with faith, hope and love, and He’s with me as I reflect upon my day and give thanks for what has been good and seek forgiveness for those moments when I failed. And the LORD is with me throughout the day. How do I know? Because we talk.

And so, if you happen to spy me in the grocery store aisle speaking to myself or in my car alone carrying on a conversation, it could be me talking to myself. But it also could be a “team meeting.”

Until tomorrow, let us all love well.