God's Presence

A reminder that God's presence is always with us and for us...whether we feel it or not...

Psalm 139:5-8 (look it up ;) )

"Beneath are the everlasting arms - and they bear the print of the nails. No matter how far I have sunk, He descends to lift me up. He has plumbed all the hells of this world that He  may lift us upwards. He is our firm support."

David Adam, The Edge of Glory

This has been on my mind since the conference last weekend. God is always with us even when we feel alone. This was a great reminder and recap of the last couple of years. A couple of years ago I meet God for the first time. It went from head knowledge to heart knowledge. The heaviness I felt for years started to melt away and I felt his presence. This was at the lowest point in my life. I had lost my job, my husband was injured at work and I started to feel alone. My family had abandoned me saying that I made the wrong choices in my life and I saw this add in the bulletin for immanual prayer classes. For the first time in my class I felt God telling me to go to this class.

But of course in true Amanda fashion I dragged Chris along. It was a time in my life that I took time to listen to God relax and learn the power of healing prayer. This is for emotional healing. Helping me deal with lots of the pain that I had in my life. It was there that I met a women that helped me to learn a lot about God's plans in my life. And she has helped me in many situations. She has also helped keep me grounded and thinking about God's plans for my future.

On the days when I don't feel God's pressence. I have to remember that he is still there. And I want to continue to write out the ways that God has shown his presence to me during this journey.