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God is here.

September 4, 2013 by Kristin Leave a Comment

We’ve been to the mountaintop
We’ve seen the glory of our God
He is here in the valley low
He’s here I feel it in my bones
Our God here and now
We are the body of our God
{From “Mountaintop” by The City Harmonic}


God is here. Right here. Wherever you are. The Creator of it all didn’t just walk away from his masterpiece. Oh no, he’s perfecting it. Moment by moment. Life is a process.

When the house is quiet and thoughts come freely, he is there.

When one kid walks and talks so loudly first thing in the morning it’s a miracle the other kid isn’t woken, he is there.

When the phone rings with noise that a rental house toilet is overflowing, he is there.

When friends text and email and ask how you are, he is there.

When lunch is eaten on the go, he is there.

When the kids run and phone rings and questions come and dinner isn’t ready, he is there and all the time in the world is actually his.

When the quiet returns, he is still there.

When the next steps are hard to find, he is there, gradually lighting the way.

When sitting finally comes among all the hustle, he is there, ready to carry the burden.

When the peace doesn’t make sense, he is there because he’s the only one who gives that kind of peace.

When conflict brews outside, he is there, inside with you.

When a friend is recovering from surgery, another is working so much you are struggling to connect and another is overcoming a miscarriage, he is there, hoping to soothe their souls too.

When two friends are trying to talk but a boy neither knows is interrupting with “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” he is there, speaking over the momentary chaos.

When you’re hungry or tired or unsure what you should do, he is there, feeding your soul.

He is there in the songs. He is there in the decisions. He is there in the schedules and the commitments and the obligations. He is there with your husband and your kids and your friends. 

We build our temples
We build our walls
But they can’t hold Him in
We are the temple of our God
But we can’t hold Him in
{From “Mountaintop” by The City Harmonic}

God is here. 

Right here. Right there.

Wherever I am. Wherever you are.

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I’m linking up with Beth’s Three Word Wednesday as well as Jennifer Dukes Lee and other storytellers for #TellHisStory. I then happened upon Winsome Wednesday, so I shared there too. 
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  1. Beth says

    September 4, 2013 at 8:43 pm

    Kristin, this my friend has blessed me today. "God is here." As I read your words I stopped to look around this office of mine and was reminded that yes He is here too. He is wherever I am. The reminder brings such comfort. Thank you! Thank you for linking up for Three Word Wednesday. I'm grateful for you!
    Much love, Beth

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  2. KristinHillTaylor says

    September 4, 2013 at 11:48 pm

    I'm glad God blessed you. This song has been a blessing to me today, so much so I saw God even though my day went NOTHING as planned. Hope you've enjoyed your day! Thanks for hosting this link-up.

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  3. Jennifer Camp says

    September 5, 2013 at 5:40 am

    Yes! Love this! Love how you proclaim it. Makes my heart sing with you. Thank you!

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  4. KristinHillTaylor says

    September 5, 2013 at 2:02 pm

    Thanks again for gifting me the music – that song has been so good for me. I'm sure once I make it beyond that one, the others will be good too. 🙂

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  5. Beth says

    September 5, 2013 at 2:42 pm

    I needed this reminder again this morning so stopped by for another visit. Thank you!

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  6. KristinHillTaylor says

    September 5, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    I hope it helped your morning, Beth!

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  7. dukeslee says

    September 5, 2013 at 4:05 pm

    Yes … and Amen!

    this song …

    "He is here, Hallelujah, He is here, Amen
    He is here, Holy Holy, I will bless His name again
    He is here, listen closely
    Hear Him calling out your name
    He is here, you can touch Him
    You will never be the same"

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  8. KristinHillTaylor says

    September 5, 2013 at 6:07 pm

    I love all this singing that is happening! 🙂 Thanks for your comment and for hosting #TellHisStory, Jennifer!

    Reply
  9. Jenn says

    September 6, 2013 at 12:57 am

    Much needed, thanks for sharing and being a blessing 🙂

    Reply
  10. KristinHillTaylor says

    September 6, 2013 at 2:17 am

    Thanks for reading! 🙂

    Reply

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Telling stories is my therapy and I love sharing them with friends on my porch.

The main characters in my stories are my entrepreneur husband, our high school girl who never forgets, our middle school boy who has no fear, and our joy-filled first-grade girl. As we live out our stories, we seek God as the author of them all.

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