dailydatewithgod

I have yet to find a place, space, or experience where God is not.  I have had many experiences when I did not feel God present or questioned where God was at the time.  Looking back I realize God was not present in the way I expected God to be.  Sometimes just knowing I made it through in one piece is evidence enough that God was there with me in some form.  God was present in a way I needed in my innermost being and it gave me the courage to keep moving forward and come out the other side.  I used to think that it was God’s job to save me from my experiences.  When I would call out for help and did not hear God respond or something did not change, I assumed it was because God had abandoned me.  If I am able to learn and grow from an experience, I know God is present.  When love wins which is always even when it seems like it has not, God is present.  My greatest prayer is not “God where are you?” It is “God, I can’t see you, open my the eyes of my heart so I know you are with me.”  God would never abandon me but I have plenty of practice in abandoning myself. For a long time I thought they were one in the same.  God is everywhere I am willing to be open to God as God shows up not as I would have God show up.