THERE YOU ARE!

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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa

Scripture

I can never escape from your Spirit!

I can never get away from your presence!

If I go up to heaven, you are there;

if I go down to the grave,

you are there.

If I ride the wings of the morning,

if I dwell by the farthest oceans,

even there your hand will guide me,

and your strength will support me.

I could ask the darkness to hide me

and the light around me to become

night—    but even in darkness I

cannot hide from you.  To you the

night shines as bright as day.

Darkness and light are the same to

you. Psalms 139:7-12 NLT

Song

There You Are Rich Mullins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TUcIQ0aZ6I

I stood on that Cherokee Plain

And the Cimeron broke free and jumped its banks

All in a rush of life

The thunderhead roared out its song

And it gave what was too much for it to hold

And so must I

And You light the sun to lead me

Send the wind to be my guide

Just the wonder of this prairie

So lonely and so alive

And the song the moon is singin'

With the rain and with the fire

Says there You are

(There You are)

There You are

In front of me

The antelopes' white flashing flanks

Sparked in the heart of the Cheyenne breaks

Only to disappear

Just like this memory of what once was my home

And as I move beyond everything I've known

You pull me near

And You light the sun to lead me

Send the wind to be my guide

Just the wonder of this prairie

So lonely and so alive

And the song the moon is singin'

With the rain and with the fire

Says there You are

(There You are)

There You are

And Your kingdom sings of a glory

Of a power that is Yours alone

And You're the one breathed into the many

You're faith ~ You're love ~ and the hope

As we lay our hearts before You

Our hands are free to let go

And there You are

(There You are)

There You are

In front of me"

Sentence Prayer

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury,pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek

to be consoled as to console;

to be understood as to understand;

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen  Prayer of St. Francis Assisi