I'm not lost; God knows exactly where I am.

I found the statement above written on an index card tucked inside the cover of my old journal. I can't remember for sure, but I think this was part of a list I made of "lessons I've learned" for a layout in my Book of Me scrapbook. Ever since I ran across this sentence the other night, it's been sticking with me. There have been times in my life when I've felt far away from God, but He has always been right there just waiting for me to call out to Him to come for me. I actually went through this at the beginning of this year. I had started feeling like something was missing from my life, but initially, I couldn't figure out what it was. When I actually took the time to think about the problem, I quickly realized what was wrong: I had let the rest of my life intrude on my relationship with God. I wasn't in as close communion with Him as I once had been. As soon as I realized this, I asked Him to come and guide me back to His side. Almost instantly, I felt surrounded by Him and His amazing love. This experience, and the statement above, reminds me of a line from a Rich Mullins song: "I may falter in my steps, but never beyond your reach". Isn't wonderful to know that we are never far away from God? As the Psalmist wrote in Psalm 139, there is nowhere we can go to get away from Him, not the depths of the sea nor the highest mountaintop nor the ends of the earth. Knowing that He is always there, no matter how badly I mess things up or how far I wander, is the greatest feeling in the world.

TTFN!