Talks with the Comforter

By Danalee Rollins McConkey

Have you ever dared to be fully honest?

With brutal candor, the author holds nothing back in her poetic exchanges with God. As she asks some of life's hardest questions and reveals her deepest pains, curiosities, and vulnerabilities, God responds as a dear friend and loving Father in words beaming with comfort, kindness, encouragement, and at times, gentle correction.

The poems collected in Talks with the Comforter will reassure and encourage anyone willing to admit they have wrestled with difficult questions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
• Release date: Feb 26, 2024
• ISBN: 9781662944307

Book preview

1

You are difficult

To understand

Help me

Lead the way

Write down

Every day

What you think

And what I say

2

I’m lost and confused

Don’t leave me here

Don’t let me go

I’m with you

Don’t worry

Take My hand and I’ll show

The water isn’t

As deep

As you think

You’re not drowning

I’m teaching you

How not to sink

Until you can learn

To stand

On your feet

Stand up

Stand up

I Am the ground beneath

When you’re calm

You can hear Me

Over the waves

Trust Me

Stay with Me

I’ll show you the Way

3

I’m done with this marriage thing

It’s too hard – I’m leaving

I’ve done all I can

I’m spent and I’m empty

This isn’t at all

How I thought it would be

No one prepared me

For the hardship it’d bring

I realize it isn’t

Ideal to split

But I never should’ve gotten

Myself into this

Before you go making

A rash decision

Allow Me to give you

A quick explanation

Regardless of the circumstances

You find yourself in

If you’re not careful you’ll continue

To put blame on them

For causing you pain

For ruining your life

Making you angry

Causing much strife

I know how you’ve been wronged

I’ve seen the burdens you’ve carried

I know the depth of the pain

But it wasn’t a mistake to get married

Listen, My child

Your focus is off

You’re focused on the problem

You’ve forgotten My love

What you’re looking for isn’t out there

You won’t find it, you won’t heal

You’re experiencing what all do

You don’t want to feel

The pain that comes with

Never finding what you crave

There’s only One Answer

It’s Me – I save

It’s mercy you need

And grace to receive

The Love that I Am

I alone can give peace

When you receive these

When you let Me love you

You can pour it out

On those around you

No matter the person

No matter the problem

Love covers all

Completely dissolves them

Let Me love you as you walk

With the one of your youth

I’ll show you what Love is

You’ll show others the Truth

That Love stays, it is hopeful

It gives mercy and grace

It is patient and kind

And always forgives

I Am here waiting

To satisfy your needs

You were made to let Me love you

Come now, be with Me

Then you can love

This is the key

Your sins have been forgiven

Now go forgive freely

4

There are holes in the sand

What are these holes in the sand?

That’s where clams are hiding

They’re afraid of the land

They don’t know that