Quotes about Presence

Grace is the offer of God's ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.

Love always triumphs over what we call death. That's why there's no need to grieve for our loved ones, because they continue to be loved and remain by our side.

I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also.

You, who were made by Love, made for love-- be still and know and watch love come down.

When we love anyone with our whole hearts, life begins when we are with that person; it is only in their company that we are really and truly alive.

Jesus won't try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won't be confused about who's doing the talking.

I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.

Be fully in the moment,open yourself to the powerful energies dancing around you.

Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.

The assumption of spirituality is that always God is doing something before I know it. So the task is not to get God to do something I think needs to be done, but to become aware of what God is doing so that I can respond to it and participate and take delight in it.

The core message of the gospel is that God invades us with new life, but the setting for this is most often in the ordinariness of our lives. The new life takes place in the place and person of our present. It is not a means by which God solves problems. God creates new life. He is not a problem solver but a person creator.

We need alert listeners to give dignity to those stretches in our lives when we are not aware of participating in anything we think might be embraced by the kingdom of God.