This was a comment made by one of the hospital prayer team members at a recent meeting. It resonated with me, particularly in light of those involved in searching for eight missing in the collapse of the Minneapolis bridge and those who are trapped in the Utah mines.
I grew up with the idea that "there is no spot where God is not." My mother always assured me that God is love and is everywhere. This comforting thought helped ease me through many new situations, and it comforts me now. There is no hollow area where God's presence, comfort and love cannot be felt.
A line from Science and Health takes on another dimension: "...the time will come when you will be solitary, left without sympathy; but this seeming vacuum is already filled with divine Love."
In forced isolation from others, divine Love is already there, making itself known.
In the emptiness of grief comes a promise that life is eternal.
In the anxiousness of waiting for word of loved ones comes the angel thought that no one is ever alone.
An old hymn shares these ideas:
Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found,
And every place is hallowed ground.
For Thou, within no walls confined,
Dwellest with them of humble mind;
Such ever bring Thee where they come;
And where Thou art they find their home.
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