Cheshire Kitty … Meow 🐾✨

Cheshire Kitty … Meow 🐾✨

originally written on June 15, 2017

Cheshire Cat ~ Mood of the Day

The devil has been playing with me lately.

There is a reason, but he won’t win.

First thing every morning, I talk to God about love. Yet for days I’ve felt so empty even though He keeps sending His angels and people to fill my tank. Maybe I’ve been running on unleaded fuel when my soul requires diesel.

I fight hard, on my way to meet my King, because He knows exactly what my soul needs. I’m on my way, Jesus. ✝️

Craving Good Love ❤️

I’ve been thinking about it, missing it, craving it “Good love,” the kind of love that is real and unconditional.

Love without strings.

Love that accepts you just as you are.

But when I close myself off, when I reject the love others offer, am I myself guilty of not loving them unconditionally in return?

It’s complicated. We are human. We are needy. Psychology even tells us this: humans are wired for love and connection. According to psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, love and belonging sit right in the middle just as essential as food, shelter, and safety. Without it, emptiness echoes inside us.

The Temptation 🎶🔥

Then on my journey, I hear the most awful message blaring through the speakers

"Do the bad thing, take off your wedding ring."

A song by Arctic Monkeys, about cheating and self-deception. How temptation comes dressed in beauty, wrapped in charm, and aims directly at the weakest part of us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ6DgIRb-XA

And I hated it. Because I know too well what those lies sound like, how they circle in your head until you almost believe them.

“The devil knows your name but calls you by your sin. God knows your sin but calls you by your name.” — Unknown

The devil knows which buttons to press. But I’ve been blessed—I know real, genuine love exists. I’ve seen it, felt it, lived it. And because of that, I will not let fear take root in my heart.

The Cheshire Cat Shift 🐱🌙

My feelings, like the Cheshire Cat’s grin, keep shifting and changing.

I’ve slipped into another world, a world of intensity and bright lights, a mischievous Wonderland.

The lights dazzled me. They looked good. They felt good. I always associated light with goodness. But these lights weren’t holy, they were a trap. They blinded me, lured me to want more and more until I realized the glow was deception, not divinity.

“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.” — 2 Corinthians 11:14

Love, Lies, and Deception 🕸️💔

I thought I’d found my rock, someone who understood me, loved me, trusted me. With that belief, I was willing to walk anywhere, as long as we were holding hands.

But then

we let others inside.

We opened the door to lies.

We allowed deception to whisper into our souls.

And when lies enter, truth begins to feel uncertain.

Psychology calls this cognitive dissonance the inner conflict that comes when our beliefs and actions don’t align. It leaves us torn, doubting, even drowning.

The Decision 🌊✨

I have a curious mind. I crave the new, the exciting. But I also know the obsessive highs of false love. And I am done letting those lies starve my soul.

I will not let it stop me from thriving.

I will not sit and watch someone else drown, dragging me down too.

Wow, what a journey it has been. A whirlwind, a Wonderland, a maze of lights and shadows. But now

It’s time to go home.

Take me home.

Show me you love me enough to lead me back to truth.

When I say “I love you,” know that what I need in return is not just to be told I am wonderful to love but to be shown that I am loved too. 💫

Hold Close 🕊️

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4

“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” — Elie Wiesel

“We accept the love we think we deserve.” — Stephen Chbosky

“Real love is not based on romance, candlelight dinners, or walks along the beach. In fact, it is based on respect, compromise, care, and trust.”