“But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid, ” he said. “Take courage. I am here!” (Matthew 14:27, NLT)
“When the disciples saw Jesus in the middle of their stormy night, they called him a ghost. A phantom … To them the glow was anything but God.
And because we look for the bonfire, we miss the candle. Because we listen for the shout, we miss the whisper.
But it is in the burnished candles that God comes, and through whispered promises he speaks: “When you doubt, look around; I am closer than you think.”
(from Grace For The Moment, by Max Lucado, page 212)
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Today I am joining … Spiritual Sundays and Scripture & a Snapshot .
Today I am joining … Spiritual Sundays and Scripture & a Snapshot .
reading this as I’m sitting on my porch, in darkness, and listening to the rain, the frogs, and the crickets. And it is so very fitting. God is near. Praying that you are feeling his presence as well.