"I am There"

by James Dillet Freeman

	Do you need Me?  I am there.
	You cannot see Me, yet I am the light you see by.
	You cannot hear Me, yet I speak through your voice.
	You cannot feel Me, 
	yet I am the power at work in your hands.
	I am at work, though you do not understand My ways.
	I am at work, though you do not recognize My works.
	I am not strange visions.  I am not mysteries.
	Only in absolute stillness, beyond self,
	Can you know Me as I am,
	and then but as a feeling and a faith.
	Yet I am there.  Yet I am here.  Yet I answer.
	
	When you need Me, I am there.
	Even if you deny Me, I am there.
	Even when you feel most alone, I am there.
	Even in your fears, I am there.
	Even in your pain, I am there.
	I am there when you pray and when you do not pray.
	Though your faith in Me is unsure, 
	My faith in you never wavers, 
	because I know you, because I love you.
	
	Beloved, I am there.
	

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