Matthew 28:20b<\/b>\u00a0\u201cAnd surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n
Psalm 145:18<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n
Isaiah 41:10<\/b>\u00a0\u201cDo not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I your God.\u00a0\u00a0I will strengthen you, I will also help you, I will also uphold you with My righteous right hand.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n
John 14:16-17<\/b>\u00a0\u201cI will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; the Helper is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in in you<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Facebook Post:<\/b><\/p>\n God: I know. Want to talk about it?<\/p>\n Me: Do we need to? I mean, you already know.<\/p>\n God: Let’s talk about it anyway… We’ve done this before.<\/p>\n Me: I know, I just feel like I should be bigger or stronger or something by now.<\/p>\n God: *waiting patiently, unhurried, undistracted, never annoyed.<\/p>\n Me: Okay. So, I’m afraid I’ll do everything I can to protect my family and it won’t be enough. I’m afraid of someone I love dying. I’m afraid the world won’t go back to what it was before. I’m afraid my life is always going to feel a little bit unsettled.<\/p>\n God: Anything else?<\/p>\n Me: EVERYTHING ELSE.<\/p>\n God: Remember how your son woke up the other night and came running down the hall to your bedroom?<\/p>\n Me: Yes.<\/p>\n God: You were still awake, so when you heard him running, you started calling out to him before he even got to you… remember? Do you remember what you called out to him?<\/p>\n Me: I said, “You’re okay! You’re okay! You’re okay! I’m here.”<\/p>\n God: Why did you call to him? Why didn’t you just wait for him to get to your room?<\/p>\n Me: Because I wanted him to know that I was awake, and I heard him, and he didn’t have to be afraid until he reached the end of the dark hallway.<\/p>\n God: Exactly. I hear you, my child. I hear your thoughts racing like feet down the dark hallway.\u00a0 There’s another side to all of this. I’m there already. I’ve seen the end of it. And I want you to know right here as you walk through it all, you’re okay. I haven’t gone to sleep, and I won’t.<\/p>\n Me: *crying. Can we sit together awhile? Can we just sit here a minute before I go back to facing it all?<\/p>\n A friend posted the above on FB.\u00a0\u00a0The author is unknown.\u00a0\u00a0It is so tender and loving and reveals a very real side of our Good and Gracious God.\u00a0\u00a0Also it reveals that the Lord is always with us.\u00a0\u00a0ALWAYS WITH US!\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!\u00a0\u00a0It is good that we can always run to Him, but even better we can know that we are always in His presence.\u00a0\u00a0We needn\u2019t have to run down a hallway, let\u2019s just stay in His room.\u00a0\u00a0After all, it\u2019s not a matter of our strength of character, body or will.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s just a matter of where we live and stay.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s not think that we will live in our own room and run to Him when we are frightened, but that we will live in His room and in His presence and comfort.\u00a0\u00a0Besides, in reality, all the rooms belong to Him.\u00a0\u00a0Oh our God is so good, why not stay safe and unafraid and just live next to Him?\u00a0\u00a0God is good and He loves us.\u00a0\u00a0How grand!\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!<\/p>\n Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/p>\n Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Matthew 28:20b\u00a0\u201cAnd surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.\u201d Psalm 145:18\u00a0\u201cThe LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.\u201d Isaiah 41:10\u00a0\u201cDo not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I your God.\u00a0\u00a0I will strengthen you, I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[103,100,101,94,1874,17],"class_list":["post-2518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-isaiah","tag-john","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2519,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions\/2519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}