Quotes about Presence

my suggestion was that every night, upon going to bed, he place a chair beside his bed and tell himself that Jesus was sitting in that chair all night, watching over him and lifting the burden of worry from his shoulders.

Being here, alive, makes you worthy.

The world seemed to me fine because you were in it, and goodness more real because you lived.

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

Maybe it's not logical. I don't know. I don't care. I've been asked didnt I think it odd that I should be present to witness the death of everything and I do think it's odd but that doesnt mean it's not so. Someone has to be here.

If I'm not here you can still talk to me. You can talk to me and I'll talk to you. You'll see.

God speaks in the least of creatures.

Yeah. He aint here to say though, is he? I dont know. Someways I think he'll always have a say.

No matter what I feel, I hold the assurance that God never leaves me.

Normal people live distracted, rarely fully present. Weird people silence the distractions and remain fully in the moment.

An important step in getting to know God is to realize how available he is to us. In learning to hear God, it helps us to take on faith the fact that we are already in his presence. If we must make ourselves worthy of his presence first, we will never get there.

The dead don't die. They look on and help.