“God, Who is everywhere, never leaves us. Yet He seems sometimes to be present, sometimes to be absent.
If we do not know Him well, we do not realize that He may be more present to us when He is absent than when He is present.”
~ Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island
When our life appears not to be moving in the direction that we expect there is the thought that, that which we desire is not what God has planned for our well being. In other words it is not that God's Spirit is not present in our life, but that we are not listening to His guidance, or hearing His spoken word in our deepest thoughts, and choosing not to do all that He asks of us.
“When Moses says, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?" God answers not by telling Moses who he is, but by telling him who God is, saying, "I will be with you" (Exodus 3:12)”~ Harold S Kushner
When we follow through on Our Father's advice, He will shepherd us through the difficulties that we will encounter, when enacting all that He has provided for our life's purpose.
The Father never rushes us, thereby ensuring that our faith in His leadership, grows sufficienly for us to learn the many lessons that our road of self discovery teaches us. Our growing endurance, resilience, and patience are valuable gifts granted to us, that we know that Our Father equips us with all that we will need to walk through the storms of life...safely...into the promised land.
“He had everything, but he possessed nothing. There is the spiritual secret.”~ A.W. Tozer
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