Article November 3, 1997 Issue

God's gentle presence heals

Lynn G. Jackson

The feeling of God's presence is something we all yearn for at one time or another. If we're hurt or feeling sad, there's something inside that naturally reaches out for God, to feel His touch. As we turn to Him, trustful, we feel His all-encompassing, healing love.

God's presence is gentle. It's comforting. His love for His child is all-embracing. It's His love and care for His own creation that makes us feel Him ever near. Each of us is God's child, perfect, always reflecting Him. Actually, there can never be a moment when we are outside of God's embrace. Why? Because there's never a moment when God is not present.

Even when bad things try to convince us that He's not with us, God has not left us by ourselves. There may be times when we have to work harder at trusting God's presence—if we're afraid or hurt, but that doesn't mean that He isn't already there, guarding and guiding us. It just means that we need to awake to His gentleness and to the oneness of God and man. How do we do this? Through prayer and heavenly inspiration, that is, through God's thoughts of comfort and love for us. These awaken us to God's ever-gentle presence, teaching us that, in reality, we can never really be separated from God.

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