My Place?

 I know it's been awhile since I posted (I mean like years.) I could say, "I've been sooo busy." I have but that's not a great excuse. I've been floundering a bit. I've been splitting my time between my family in one state and my friends in another state. And I have been feeling like I'm not sure I really have place. I've been asking myself, "Do I still have a place with God?"

    So, now, I'm taking a deep dive into my place with God. I know wherever I am He is there too. I like to think about Saint Patrick's prayer:

“Christ with me,

Christ before me,

Christ behind me,

Christ in me,

Christ beneath me,

Christ above me,

Christ on my right,

Christ on my left,

Christ when I lie down,

Christ when I sit down,

Christ when I arise,

Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,

Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,

Christ in every eye that sees me,

Christ in every ear that hears me.”

― Saint Patrick

    I know I'm no Paul but I can relate to what he said to Timothy in 1 Timothy 1:13-16

But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

    I acted ignorantly in unbelief to even wonder If I have a place with God. The grace of God is ready to overflow with and favor and agape love, and even faith produced from Christ Himself. I don't have to find my place with God. In my yielded belief, I'm surrounded and covered by God. I am most thankful for His patience toward me, because I need a lot of patience.

    Maybe you have been feeling placeless. But you are not. If you have received His salvation and grace,  God has overflowed on you. 

Christ has poured faith on you.

Christ has poured love on you.

Christ has poured salvation and mercy on you

Christ has poured His patience on you. 

Just look before you, behind you, in you, beneath you, above you, to the right of you, and to the left of you, and you will see the Glory of God. You have a place. You are in the center of God's purpose for you. 

We have a place in God.