----CHRIST IS ALWAYS WITH US~~

--"In all things give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."
---[1 Thessalonians 5:18]

--"If I rise on the winds of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me. Your right hand will hold me fast."
---[Psalm 139:9-10/ NIV] --

----Handing me a pocket card handwritten with the words above form Psalm 139, my Mom said, "Remember, wherever you go God is always with you." I was on summer break before my junior year of college and leaving to fly to San Francisco to visit my sister Carole and her family.

That was a first major trip and those words became a life verse for me. I love the imagery that rising on the wings of the dawn and settling on the far side of the sea creates in my mind. And I cherish the promise that even on the far side, God is there.

Through the years, I have enjoyed traveling to some far side places in our world. One of the most remote was to see the glaciers in Patagonia, Argentina. At the time, the almost two-hundred-mile trip fro Rio Gallegos was mostly over gravel roads followed with a boat trip the next morning through field of icebergs to the glaciers.

It is easy in such places, surrounded in majestic beauty to sense God's hand. And my awareness of His presence is especially strong when I am far from home and all this is familiar. But far side moments also occur at home--when I am struggling with a situation that has taken me to the outer edge of my comfort zone. No matter what place I have been to--geographically --the words on the card my mom gave me years ago have always proven true. God is with us, guiding and helping--wherever we are !
--"I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
"Thank You, Lord Jesus for always being with us, Your people.'"--[Matthew 28:20]
--Guideposts/JD~
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