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Places we experience God

I've been told that God is not bound by space and time or that he is omnipresent.  Yet, we feel his presence in different places.  Oddly enough some places seem to frequent god's presence more than others. Celtic tradition suggests that such places, where earth and heaven almost meet and we feel supernatural presence, are called “Thin Places.”  It seems to me that these places are often: quite, rooted deeply in history, in undisturbed nature, or have or did have at one time or another a group of people that were unified in God.  These places are holy and beautiful.

I am by not means limiting God to "thin places", I believe that God moves freely and his presence can be felt anywhere, when we are sensitive.  Here is what I am suggesting, we stop, feel and listen.  America's culture, has such a productivity drive, that we tend to manage our time around productivity.  Time is money.  You are valued at what you can produce.  This mentality is near sighted, shallow and can easily consume us.  Take time for small things like mediation, prayer, reflection and reading.  It is in these small, intimate times in life, that "thin places" happen.

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