Quotes About Presence

You are not in a fit state to come here, if you can't come here without spluttering like a bad pen.

Keep where you are,

Was it the speciality of Mr and Mrs Lammle, or does it ever obtain with other loving couples? In these matrimonial dialogues they never addressed each other, but always some invisible presence that appeared to take a station about midway between them. Perhaps the skeleton in the cupboard comes out to be talked to, on such domestic occasions?

Yet the room was all in all to me, Estella being in it.

I have sometimes sat alone here of an evening, listening, until I have made the echoes out to be the echoes of all the footsteps that are coming by and by into our lives.

True discipline is really just self-remembering; no forcing or fighting is necessary.

I am saying that there is a time to do, and a time not to do, and that when we are slave to the habit of doing we are unable to distinguish between them.

Certainly this is what many people feel during empty moments or deliberate experiments at meditation: a churning unease that says "I should be doing something". This cultural compulsion is so strong that even spiritual practices such as meditation and prayer are easily converted into just another thing to do, moments mortgaged to the campaign of improving life.

Maintaining focus on the breath cannot happen through forcing, but only through allowing. In fact, it is extremely easy; our habit of making things hard is what gets in the way.

You may feel as though your life is in a vortex of trouble, but if you ask Him to show you how to be still before Him, He will; and in the calm of His presence, you will hear Him speak words of hope and encouragement.

In His presence . . . seek God's view of others.

Cuando meditamos en la grandeza de Dios y sus nombres: Jehová, Yahveh, Elohim, Eterno, Infinito en poder, Absoluto en fidelidad, nuestras gigantescas montañas de problemas y dolores del alma se vuelven pequeños. A la luz de la presencia y la grandeza de Dios nada es imposible en nuestra vida. Nuestras cargas se disipan en su misma presencia.

But if you're a believer, He has given His Holy Spirit to indwell you—so He is always with you (Ephesians 1:13–14). It's an absolute fact: you can never be out of His presence.

Hay ocasiones cuando Dios quiere que estemos sentados en su presencia en silencio. No quiere que seamos nosotros los que siempre hablemos. Como lo expresa Isaías 30:15: «En quietud y en confianza será vuestra fortaleza».

The God who controls all things, who is present in your life, whether you acknowledge Him or not, is the God of Peace.

The most profound need of your soul is to be still in the presence of God. Stop wrestling with your troubles or worrying about circumstances—the Lord Almighty is greater than all of them. So calm your soul and focus on His astounding wisdom, ability, and timing.

The Holy Spirit is God. The Holy Spirit lives in me.

Friend, the Lord is intensely concerned for you and He wants you to know with certainty that He is closer to you than the very breath you breathe. Though you may feel lonely at times, you are never actually alone. Jesus is one Friend you will always have—who will be with you always—because He is "the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).

God knows your past, future, personality, woundedness, and everything that makes you who you are—and He loves you anyway. So don't hide from Him. Return to the Lord. Seek His wonderful presence, let Him heal you, and live.

Cease striving and know that I am God." PSALM 46:10 The most profound need of your soul is to be still in the presence of God. Stop wrestling with your troubles or worrying about circumstances—the Lord Almighty is greater than all of them. So calm your soul and focus on His astounding wisdom, ability, and timing.

Father, embrace me. Hold me in Your loving arms so I may feel Your presence and protection, amen.

hostile village and they discovered his presence, they would be

If I could hold light in my hand I would give it to you and watch it become your shadow. — Charles Ghigna, "Present light," Love Poems (Crane Hill Publishers, 1999)

Your kisses are no asterisk, no postscript — they're always the matter at hand.