I can remember the early years of my spiritual journey when I thought God basically ignored me and I somehow had to "grab" God's attention from His place far beyond any place I could imagine. Now I know He is right here, His Kingdom immediately present, seeking me. Henri Nouwen and St Augustine describe this Presence so well:
"I am beginning now to see how radically the character of my spiritual journey will change when I no longer think of God as hiding and making it as difficult as possible for me to find Him, but instead as the one who is looking for me while I am the one doing the hiding." Henri Nouwen
"My God, I would not exist, I would not even be at all, if you were not in me." St Augustine
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| Crater Lake Leviticus 26:12 " I will walk among you..." |
