Here
I look around, eyes wide open, and discover You are here.
Not where I expected You to be. Not over there where I thought You should be.
Here. Close. So close we share our breath.
You in Your awesome power and me wrapped up in all my smallness.
Even with eyes open it’s hard for me to see You here. I know You’re here because You have promised to be.
Sometimes I don’t feel it, but I feel the unmistakable peace of knowing.
The unshakable peace that comes only from You.
I love having You here. Beside me. Within me. Me within You.
The journey is long, but because You are with me I know I can make it from here to there.
I turn my face defiantly from fear, from the unknown, from all that the world throws at me.
I trust You.
You.
You who fills me.
You who overcomes my every fear.
You who fulfills my every need.
Here is not what I thought You meant when I heard Your promise whispered softly in the darkness.
But here is where You are. So here is where I want to be.
You and me, so close we share our breath.
In and out. Quiet and slow.
Peacefully.
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Father in Heaven, I pray for my friends who don’t understand the here you have brought them to. I pray for the ones who got bad news today. Yesterday. This week. I lift them up and ask You to draw near to them. I ask You to be their here and now. Ever present. Attentive. Sure. Thank You, Lord, for understanding what we cannot understand. Thank You for Your love. Thank You for always fulfilling Your promise. We turn to You with faith and trust. In Jesus name, amen.
So I love this. A lot. I love the reminder that He is here, so much closer than we think. Thanks for sharing 🙂
“I look around, eyes wide open, and discover You are here.
Not where I expected You to be. Not over there where I thought I should be.
Here. Close. So close we share our breath.
You in Your awesome power and me wrapped up in all my smallness.”
Sometimes it’s so easy to forget. We all need a reminder. Sometimes we make decisions that make us feel far away from God, yet He never leaves us. My husband always says “No matter how many steps away from God you take it’s always only one step back.”
“So close we share our breath” – love that line.
This is so personal, and yet I can relate, I can feel the fear and the turning.
Thanks for sharing! 🙂
So glad you can relate. So often turning despite the fear is the hardest part. It’s so much easier when you know He’s right there with you.
this works! The 8 month old was here today and “me wrapped up in all my smallness” brought him to mind as I read this- he gets so close and tucked in sometimes I feel the warmth of his breath as he is turned into the crook of my neck. that’s the image I will take away from this- I am that child- I want to be tucked in close to Him to be within His embrace. N
Beautiful insight Nancy! I love that comparison. Thank you so much for contributing it.
This is so beautiful! So close that we share our breath. Ahhhh, I love it!
Thank you Barbie!