If I Knew You Were Here

 

Having said this,

she turned around

  and saw Jesus standing,

but she did not know

  that it was Jesus.

            John 20. 14

(How often we do not recognize

     Jesus in our midst

in the most unlikely

          and unexpected places.

His Presence and His abiding

  change everything about

  the situation and our reaction.

Because of His Presence,

     we see it differently.

We respond differently.

We would not be afraid,

   if we knew He is here.

God does not just show up.

   He is already before us.)

O LORD,

Help us to see You

   in every dimension around us.

Help us to know

       that You are right here.

Empower us to be able

  to recognize not just Your Presence

  but to walk with You

          even through the impossible.

We may not understand,

   but the unknown to us

   is not unknown to You.

Please show us how

   to abide with You in this situation,

to approach and navigate differently

      because You guide and provide

   and have an unbreakable hold on us.

And to be a strong witness to others

         that You are undeniably real.