Quotes about Presence

On Sabbaths God also invites us to slow down to pay attention and delight in people.

genuine love is released in a relationship, God's presence is manifest. The separate space between us becomes sacred space.

In a culture as frenetic and inattentive as ours, a "slowed down" Christian who is a contemplative presence to God and others is an extraordinary gift.

most of our human problems come because we don't know how to sit still in our room for an hour. — Leighton Ford

be still, and know that [he is] God" (Psalm 46:10)

Your being with God (or lack of being with God) will trump, eventually, your doing for God every time. We cannot give what we do not possess. We cannot help but give what we do possess.

Martha's problems, however, go beyond her busyness. I suspect that if Martha were to sit at the feet of Jesus, she would still be distracted by everything on her mind.

We are to appreciate nature, people, and all God's gifts, along with his presence in creation—without being ensnared by them. It has rightly been said that those who are the most detached on the journey are best able to taste the purest joy in the beauty of created things.

We belong to Jesus Christ, because we have all been baptized into His body. Now the powerful presence of the Holy Spirit gives us a spiritual unity that overcomes our differences, enabling us to live together in a caring community that stands out like a city on a hill.

I'm not out to save the world, just to be part of it.

What we regard as Evil is capable of a fairly ubiquitous presence if only because it tends to appear in the guise of good.

We save the world by being alive ourselves.