{"id":601,"date":"2018-05-01T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/where-can-i-go-from-your-presence\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:13:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:13:47","slug":"where-can-i-go-from-your-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=601","title":{"rendered":"Where Can I Go From Your Presence?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-q-90jTWY9aw\/WucnL8RSmhI\/AAAAAAAAd7c\/oiSK7uSGOG88S_x3xDgtGubHLVpGfUA1ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/Where%2BCan%2BI%2BGo%2BFrom%2BYour%2BPresence.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WhereCanIGoFromYourPresence.jpg\" width=\"299\" height=\"400\" data-original-width=\"400\" data-original-height=\"535\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Constants:  a situation or state of affairs that do not change; remaining the same in all circumstances<\/p>\n<p>I am on the go and where I stop, nobody knows, including me sometimes.  How many times have I awakened in the night and run into a wall that I thought was a doorway, or opened a closet door and thought it was the bathroom door?  Too many to count!  <\/p>\n<p>Thanks be to God that though my surroundings are often in a state of flux, my best friend, companion and guide \u2013 isn\u2019t.  My <br \/>\nFather is ALWAYS with me.  Everywhere I go \u2013 He is there.  <\/p>\n<p>Psalm 139:7-10 says &#8220;Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The little boy in this photo is playing a game of hide and seek.  He thinks he&#8217;s hidden.  And isn&#8217;t that like us?  We think we can hide from God, and we often think He&#8217;s hiding from us, but I love how Jeremiah 23:24 proves otherwise. &#8220;Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After a whirlwind week, I\u2019m back home in Frisco and into my normal routines and familiar surroundings.  <\/p>\n<p>I think about the CONSTANTS in my life no matter where I am or where I go.  Me (I can&#8217;t get away from me &#8212; I&#8217;m always with me) and Father God. I think about how blessed I am to acknowledge the real fact that I will never be without Him and His presence.   I see Him everywhere &#8212; in the magnificent beauties of His creation &#8212; the hills, the valleys, the marvelous trees in bloom and the beautiful, fragrant flowers.  I see Him in His children &#8212; big and small, tall and thin, old and young.  I hear Him in the laughter of others. I sense Him when I open my eyes and heart to Him when I meditate on Him as I start to write my morning FB post. &#8220;When you seek me, you will find me.&#8221; Jeremiah 29:13<\/p>\n<p>I think about a story my husband loved to tell.  This was back in the days before bucket seats in cars and you could cozy up to our sweetheart when he drove the car.  A wife said, &#8220;Sweetheart, why don&#8217;t we sit close together anymore?&#8221;  The husband said, &#8220;You tell me.  You&#8217;re the one that moved next to the door.  I&#8217;m still in the same seat I&#8217;ve always been in!&#8221;  And, I think that&#8217;s what God must say when we declare &#8220;I just don&#8217;t feel God in my life anymore!&#8221;  He says, &#8220;I&#8217;m right here with you as I always have been.  I didn&#8217;t move.  Snuggle in closer to Me and you&#8217;ll find me right here where I&#8217;ve always been.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constants: a situation or state of affairs that do not change; remaining the same in all circumstances I am on the go and where I stop, nobody knows, including me sometimes. 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