Where is God?

I’m a sucker for anything that starts out with a little boy or girl. Evidently all of my friends know this because they sure pass on a bunch of stories and I enjoy them all. I’m also knowledgeable enough to realize that most of the words placed on the lips of the children were really written by adults, but that doesn’t bother me.

The Christmas message is that in the babe of Bethlehem God had entered our world with real flesh and presence. Here was now here! But since his death and resurrection and because of the power of the Holy Spirit God is now everywhere – even if we fail to acknowledge him or not.

Elizabeth was a member at the Hudson church. She had one little statement that anchored her in her faith and she took every opportunity to share it. Elizabeth would share, “If God seems further away, who moved?

AIN'T

He was just a little boy,
On a week's first day.
Wandering home from Bible school,
And dawdling on the way.

He scuffed his shoes into the grass;
He even found a caterpillar.
He found a fluffy milkweed pod
And blew out all the 'filler.'

A bird's nest in a tree overhead,
So wisely placed up so high.
Was just another wonder,
That caught his eager eye.

A neighbor watched his zigzag course,
And hailed him from the lawn;
Asked him where he'd been that day
And what was going on.

'I've been to Bible School,'
He said and turned a piece of sod.
He picked up a wiggly worm replying,
'I've learned a lot about God.'

'M'm, very fine way,' the neighbor said,
'for a boy to spend his time.'
'If you'll tell me where God is,
I'll give you a brand new dime.'

Quick as a flash the answer came!
Nor were his accents faint.
'I'll give you a dollar, Mister,
If you can tell me where God ain't.'

Quote for today: “Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.” ~source unknown