The Lord seems far away at times, though I can’t reason why He was right here, just yesterday, as I was passing by I told Him in the morning that my time was really tight But promised I would talk with Him, sometime, perhaps that night Yet as the shadows cast their gloom ‘round evening colors deep I barely whispered thanks to Him as I fell off to sleep The Lord seems far away at times, the reasons: hard to say He tried to reach me in my thoughts, but work pushed Him away I promised Him at lunchtime I would read His Word and pray Instead I worked right past my meal and through the rest of day At dinnertime I bowed my head, to Him I gave a nod — And wondered, as I watched TV, where’s time to spend with God? If God seems far away at times, the reasons are all mine He’s always there to hear my prayers, yet He must wait in line There’s time each day to talk with Him, to read His word and pray When it seems God’s not reachable, it’s ‘cause I walked away He’s never changed His whereabouts, His steadfastness He’s proved If God seems far away from me... it wasn’t God who moved. ~Michele Dellapenta
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I cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there.
He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.
For most of my life I have struggled to find God, to know God, to love God. I have tried hard to follow the guidelines of the spiritual life — pray always, work for others, read the Scriptures — and to avoid the many temptations to dissipate myself. I have failed many times but always tried again, even when I was close to despair.
Now I wonder whether I have sufficiently realized that during all this time God has been trying to find me, to know me, and to love me. The question is not “How am I to find God?” but “How am I to let myself be found by him?” The question is not “How am I to know God?” but “How am I to let myself be known by God?” And, finally, the question is not “How am I to love God?” but “How am I to let myself be loved by God?” God is looking into the distance for me, trying to find me, and longing to bring me home.
What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
If you think God’s there, He is. If you don’t, He isn’t. And if that’s what God’s like, I wouldn’t worry about it.
I turned to speak to God
About the world's despair
But to make bad matters worse
I found God wasn't there.
If God be near a church, it must pray. And if he be not there, one of the first tokens of his absence will be a slothfulness in prayer.
God is at home. We are in the far country.
I felt a tremendous distance between myself and everything real.
God is absence. God is the solitude of man.
الخوف يقرّب الناس من الله
Times of isolation with God will precede the times of inspiration we receive from God.” — IKE REIGHARD
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