God of Presence . . .

 

Seeing God

We cannot see you

and yet in so many ways we have seen you,

 

We cannot touch you

but we have experienced and felt you.

 

You have been in the full moon

and the early morning mist,

the bright blue sky

and the cool night air

after a scorching day.

 

You are the rock

that anchors us in uncertain times,

 

You are the hope

that keeps us going on a road with few signposts,

 

You are the presence

when we feel disoriented and estranged.

 

You are the compassion

that knits us even to strangers,

 

You are the justice

that tugs at our complacency,

 

You are the joy

that unexpectedly overwhelms us,

 

You are the love

that banishes all fear.

 

We praise you for revealing yourself to us

in all these ways -

and for Christ, your full revelation.

 

~ Suellen Shay