Where Did He Go?

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:11‭-‬12 NIV

Dear readers, its been a while since I've written a devotional. Life has thrown us a few curve balls lately and I've never been good at sports. Zippo hand-eye coordination. I've kept up with my daily readings but I guess I was a little selfish in that I kept the message from the reading to myself. Then again, the Bible does encourage us to go into our closets to pray in secret at times. I think God knows when we need to take a break from outward stressors causing our focus to be imbalanced. He knows when we've had enough, so to speak, so he allows life to happen in such a way as to get us to slow down or change direction or thought process. So in keeping my readings to myself he's been building a foundation upon which I can rest the rest I so desperately need.

Which is how this verse speaks to me today. I could go on about love, but I focused on the 'no one has seen God' part. What? No one has ever seen him? Nope. Not the living anyway. We see the results of his work. We feel his presence. We breathe him in much like taking in the scent of your mom's perfume that brings back memories of childhood. He's there, working behind the scenes to make it all happen. We don't see him, panic, and then he must work to instill peace in us again by giving us glimpses, but only small ones. Then we panic again and he starts over because he loves us, not because we love him.

I'm sitting at home this morning when I should be at work because I've caught a cold. God's saying sit! Or he knows I just need a break. But what am I doing? Panicking because I don't have a lot of time at work to be off. I need leave time for other things. So he's now working through this writing to being me peace to say it will be alright even though I can't see it....yet.

Never doubt that God is there even though you can't see him.