If I go up to the Heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the depths, You are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast. Psalm 139:8-10
For many, late August and early September are the last hooray of Summer, and with the cooling of fall, life settles into a sedentary routine until we once again begin weaving dreams of sunny days to come.
I love traveling. The anticipation of seeing something for the first time is one of my favorite states of being, but I also love returning to places that hold treasured moments. I realize that sometimes I travel to find myself, and other times I travel to escape myself. Oh my! What a mess!
But maybe not so much………………
No matter where we are, spiritually or physically, God is there. Our minds constantly take us to the outer limits of our comprehension, much further than our physical bodies would ever dare to go, and so the Psalmist who had the same mental, physical and spiritual content as you and I, put to words his realization that there is absolutely no where that God is not.
The presence of God is not a state of geography or zen. There are days when our spirits fly high and of course God is there, but when we crawl into our dark place, is He there too? Trust Him to be your auto pilot when you are lost or that firm grip on your hand with you are perilously close to the edge. Rest well, for all is well…… He is there.
Gretchen