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Always in God's presence
One day last year, as I was praying for myself, I had a thought that grabbed my attention. It was something I had heard years earlier from the children in the Sunday School class next to mine. Attendance cards were used at that time, and as the teacher flipped through the cards, she would call each child’s name. The child would answer, “I am in the presence of God,” which brought a whole new, spiritual dimension to the exercise. It was a reminder of where each of us truly resides—in God’s all-encompassing ever-presence.
When the memory of this came back to me many years later, I took a deeper look at its meaning. I reasoned that if God is All and is present everywhere, and I am His constant, exact reflection, then I am not in the presence of anything unlike God—anytime, anywhere—because God is the infinite One, the All, the only.
What a beautiful thing to teach a child, that we can always answer to being in God’s presence, regardless of what knocks at the door of our thought. Whether it is God calling our name, or some phase of mortal mind trying to get our attention, we can answer with assurance, “I am in the presence of God.”
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July 7, 2014 issue
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Letters
Lillian Dewey, Kristin Jamerson, Fenella Watson
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Praying for 'perfect peace'
Don Alusic
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Virtual reality
Paul Gutelius
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Always in God's presence
Janet Wenrick
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Discovering what's real
Mark Catlin
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Addressing the threat of forest fires
Paula Broock
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Communion
Lynne Cook
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Active participation, active love
Kathy Fitzer
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New inspiration—and healing!
Cindi Price
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The gift of forgiveness
Kim Shippey
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'Rock the ice!'
Ricky
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Reading the Word brings liberty
Heather Bauer with contributions from Robert Allen Bauer
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Rheumatism healed, mobility restored
Daniel Balif Munga
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Pet's history overcome
Shelly Richardson
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'Pure joy' replaces pain
Sylvia Hofflund
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Not impressed by symptoms
Janet Dillingham
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Freedom and healing
The Editors