HIs Presence is Enough

Yesterday morning, standing in sea of chairs, I am silent....I am watching.

Hundreds are singing words about how the presence of God is all I want, all I seek because without it, without it I have nothing.  The presence of God is all that I long for because without it, life has no meaning.

Do I really live like that?  Ouch!  Not every moment of every day, I now that for sure.

My eyes scanned around the rows in front of me and to my sides.  What I saw?

An elderly gentleman sitting at the head of the row, cane in his left hand and his right hand raised in praise to his Lord.  He couldn't even stand up next to his wife because he lacked physical strength, but so much spiritual strength.  He sang these words of longing for God's presence and he had a huge smile on his face.  It seemed he had learned over many years how true these words were.

I saw mothers raising a hand in worship, while the other hand wrapped around her children's necks. No daddy present with them.  Mommy showing them the way to the Father.  Showing them to worship in spirit and truth and her longing for His presence..desperate for God to bring transformation.

I saw others who though they looked fine on the outside, I know they are battling cancer. Others whose friends son just found out cancer is all over that twelve year old body and only God knows when and how and what.

They all still were praising HIM! The One who knows all the in's and out's. The One who allows tragedy and blessing, who gives and takes away, the One who loves unconditionally and whose compassion never runs dry. He allows things to happen that we don't understand why. His ways are so much higher than mine and I am thankful!

Oh, I want to live like this every moment of every day. Knowing that He is enough. Life is meaningless without Him.  We literally have nothing if we don't have Jesus!