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God is hiding in the closet. I know this because I can hear him giggle. He’s a terrible hider,
always gives himself away. I’m in a good mood, so I pretend to not hear him and enter the room;
go about my business of picking up this and that, and putting clothes from the basket to the drawer.
I hear him snort – God always snorts when he tries hard not to laugh. I pick up one of your ironed
shirts and head for the closet. I swear I can hear him squirm now, ready to pop out. I grab
the handle and pull quick ... poof ... the closet is empty.
ohhh that God – what a joker.

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Cate,

I always love reading your stuff. I remember when I read the Bible that my impression of God was that he was an omnipotent toddler. I, of course, was annoyed, but you've taken the childish God and made him a jokester.

I love that God is a terrible hider - always gives himself away. I think it's something that people who spend their lives searching (give me a sign, God!) would like to hear.

I also kind of wonder if you wrote this about a real child and then thought, "Hmm, this would be so much more interesting if I put 'God' everywhere 'Timmy' is."

<3 <3 <3
manna

Cate wrote:God always snorts when he tries hard not to laugh.

Perfect

Love this. And it gives an interesting twist to "coming out of the closet.

Thank you Abby and Rags!

Hi Manna, I always love reading your stuff as well.

I also kind of wonder if you wrote this about a real child

It started with the image of god hiding in a closet
a memory of my son was definitely fussed in though. Once, when he was much younger, I opened the closet door where he was hiding and saw that he had his eyes closed, so I pretended that I could not to see him and continued my search.

xx

Still perfect