Quotes About Nearness

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In silence they lay close, without passion, but closer than passion could bring them they lay close.

Our nearness to the king in love is nearness to those who love not the king.

I would remain nearer you for what time there is." "Gone in one faerie sigh," she quoted. Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. "I can hold my breath.

The God that is nearest to you in the people around you is the real one you need

Therefore submit to God.… Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (James 4:7–8)

You are so close, and I can't reach you.

Is Goodness indeed so far away? If we really wanted Goodness, we should find that it was at our very side.

Wherever she was, at work, in the food line, in the dormitory, Betsie spoke to those around her about His nearness and His yearning to come into their lives. As her body grew weaker, her faith seemed to grow bolder. And sick call was "such and important place, Corrie! Some of these people are at the threshold of heaven!

The Sufi relates to God not as a judge, nor as a father figure, nor as the creator, but as our own Beloved, who is so close, so near, so tender. In the states of nearness the lover experiences an intimacy with the Beloved which carries the softness and ecstasy of love.

In the West we are so addicted to the notion of progress that we project this idea onto our spiritual life, and can become very confused by the dawning realization that He whom we seek is always with us, that we are always close to Him but do not know it. The spiritual path is a process of revealing this nearness, the intimacy of love that is always with us.

You are never far removed from God's love and mercy.

You were so close to being perfect...

It is very near us that country is, it is on every side; it may be on the bare hill behind it is, or it may be in the heart of the wood.

The saints in this life have God near them in all their trials, as a Father and Friend, to uphold, to comfort, to sanctify, though they see Him but darkly through a glass, and behold but little of His power and glory.

It doesn't matter if you do important things. What matters is that you draw close to me.

Sometimes when He seems the farthest away from us, He's really the closest.

But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.

answer. It sounded too damned close.

But in solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.

In a solitary life there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.

But in a solitary life, there are rare moment when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.

But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation he was to me.

Gewiß ist, daß wir immer in der Nähe und unter der Gegenwart Gottes leben dürfen und daß dieses Leben für uns ein ganz neues Leben ist; daß es für uns nichts Unmögliches mehr gibt, weil es für Gott nichts Unmögliches gibt.