The 12 Days of Thanks Giving: Day 12

1. the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.

2. attendance or company

3. immediate vicinity; proximity

4. a divine or supernatural spirit felt to be present :

In the Garden of Eden man walked in the very presence of God. After the Fall man walked differently with God; separated from Him because of sin.  After Pentecost man walked differently with God yet again. No longer God with us, but God within us.  His Presence tabernacle-ing within man. The Hebrew word for presence is paniym, which means face, surface, presence. I have been very familiar with this Hebrew word for many years and smugly thought I knew all about it … until I researched it for this study. I stopped in wonder when I discovered paniym also means, “before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before, to the front of …” Amazing.

Why can we be at rest? Why can we be at peace? Because He is with us, guiding us, protecting us, leading us, holding us in the palm of his hands.  God’s presence is all over us and all in us. His Presence brings us rest. This holiday season, when we are feeling rushed and stressed, we don’t need to seek peace; we need to seek Presence.

 More Presence

Morning Prayer a beautiful article by Jane VanOsdol

 Thank you for joining us during this season of Thanks Giving. May your day be blessed!

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presence. Dictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. https://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sacrifice (accessed: November 15, 2014).

“Exodus 33 (New King James Version).” Blue Letter Bible. Sowing Circle. Web. 22 Nov, 2014. <https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Psa&c=111&p=0&rl=0&t=NKJV>.