Listen.

"'Cause I, I know You're there, I know You see me. You're the air I breathe. You are the ground beneath me. I know You're there, I know You hear me. I can find You anywhere." -Casting Crowns 


There are so many times that we feel that God is so far away. Is He really that far away, or are we choosing not to look/listen for Him?

God isn't just found in the beauty and the joy, but He is found in tragedy and in faces that are filled with grief. God can take the deepest sorrows and weave them into a pattern of good. Trust me, I have felt like God wasn't there. I have denied His presence. I have turned my back. But He was and always will be there. But I have learned, I cant let my circumstance define me, but I have to let my faith define my circumstance. Sometimes, it isn't about how we feel, but simply about the fact no matter what God is good. Not always can you change the circumstance you are in, but you can change your mindset. Instead of saying everything that is wrong, say everything that is right with our God.

Psalm 34:1 "I will praise the Lord at all times. I will constantly seek His praises."

There is ALWAYS a reason to praise God. Because God has already done more than you think He has, and God is going to do more you think He will. God is always going to get you through, because He has already been there and when you do get through you are going to realize, He never left. He was  always there.

When you finally focus on God and realize He is going to do more than you can imagine, you forget about what He hasn't done, and you focus on who He is. He is my God. He is my healer. He is the one who set me free. He is NEVER going to leave me. We don't just call him "father" for no reason. A father dries your tears, a father picks you up when you fall, a father loves you no matter where you are, a father carries you, and most of all a father will never leave His child.

Psalm 71:20-21, "Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once more."

When you feel like God isn't with you. Stop, and simply listen. Remember He is there.