Quotes About Presence

God is the God of "right now." He doesn't want you sitting around regretting yesterday. Nor does He want you wringing your hands and worrying about the future. He wants you focusing on what He is saying to you and putting in front of you … right now.

there's a time for everything in your life. God alone knows what that is. And because His Spirit dwells within you, and because He is deeply interested in helping you experience the fullness of His plans for your life, you can just stay tuned and know that He'll make it clear to you right on time, even as He keeps you loved and encouraged by His presence all along the way.

when we talk about the peace of God, don't think of singing and swaying and holding hands in a circle. The peace of God is strong, intense, palpable, real. You can sense its stable presence giving you inner security despite insecure circumstances.

Everything is overflowing with Gods.

Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.

God is everywhere, except where he has a delegate.

Doing things mindlessly takes out the energy and high vibrations from our body. Scrolling through phone without any aim is one such mindless activity.

Every moment of life is Precious! Meditation practice teaches me to find peace and happiness in the moment.

If I have any talent at all, it is not for doing but for being.

I like living in one room and have never known what people do with the room they are not in.

But now comes the cold-war resentment. Sharon has such a sunny presence that whenever she blocks out the sun, the effect is chilling.

I feel Him kiss my brow, a chill weight on my forehead. In the kiss is absolution, yes, but understanding as well. Understanding that it is He I serve, not the convent. His divine spark lives within me, a presence that will never leave. And I am but one of the many tools he has at his disposal. If I cannot act--if I refuse to act--that is a choice I am allowed to make. He has given me life, and all I must do to serve Him is live. Fully and with my whole heart.

The greatest sin in the world is to say 'I love you' without realising that God snd his angels are listening and judging. If you do not feel their presence you are not in love. You have no right to be in love.

We are anchored in the Father's presence for eternity—and Jesus at his right hand perpetually intercedes for his Church.

You have taught me to be still, so that I could move properly. You have taught me to listen, so that I can speak properly. You have taught me to see, so that I might not always be seen.

Death was like the thirteenth person in the household, crowding out all other thoughts, making it hard to breathe.

Dependency does not reduce value but rather grants dignity, a notion fundamentally counter to those for whom the freedom of birds is insulting. God's glory does not diminish ours, and our dignity is not a threat to God, for God's own glory, in part, is us. The glory of God is present to things as the graciousness of their being; things are never just themselves, they carry the weight of God along with them.

What makes a bit of ground holy? It is when and where God shows up. He can do this anywhere at any time. This means that the most insignificant place can be declared holy when God moves in. It can come when you least expect it.

Don't fear His silence. Use it to examine your heart and motives. Listen expectantly for the silence to be broken by the glory of His manifested presence once again in your life.

Most of us, however, live fractured lives. We might be here, but our minds are over there; our bodies are in the present, but our minds are in the past or the future. We need to give our undivided attention to the present because this is when life is happening—right here and right now. Here and now is the only place and time we can meet each other and meet God.

God is only where you let Him in.

The presence of another person—of any person whatsoever—makes me feel awkward,

We were two solitudes benefiting from a grace that was continuously reinvigorated in each other's presence, two solitudes who nourished each other.

My Song" This song of mine will wind its music around you, my child, like the fond arms of love. This song of mine will touch your forehead like a kiss of blessing. When you are alone it will sit by your side and whisper ini your ear, when you are in the crowd it will fence you about with aloofness. My song will sit in the pupils of your eyes, and will carry your sight into the heart of things. And when my voice is silent in death, my song will speak in your leaving heart.