Monday... We each one have tremendous ability but...

And that but should be emphasized everyday. Not as a put down but as an honest assessment. It is really amazing what people can do but the reality is we can only be at one place at a time.

Brett is our son and Stefanie is our daughter with their own families and they live in two different cities, 11 driving hours apart. No matter what ability I have I cannot be with my kids and their mates and their kids at their homes at the same time. It is impossible. We spent this weekend in Denver where Brett, Marissa, Ashlyn and Addison live and we got back to Las Vegas early this morning where Stef, Andrew, Harper and Penny live. And I'm tired after an early morning flight and that may be why this verse in Psalm 145 jumped out at me this morning

Verse 18 says, "The Lord is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth." He really is. I love that fact. The fact that He is omnipresent is a tremendou attribute that my heavenly Father has that makes all the difference in the world. I can know that He is close to me every hour and every minute of every day and that makes such a great difference in my day. I can sit in my Aspire coffee shop in Las Vegas writing to you but I can't be in the Coffee shop that we stopped at in Denver on the way to the airport. I walked in this morning and my coffee was waiting for me but not in Denver. I could call them but I can't get it because I'm not there. But God is everywhere. He is omnipresent. That is amazing.

The MESSAGE says, "God's there, listening for all who pray, for all who pray and mean it." He is right here beside me, He is is Denver, He is where you are waiting for you to call on Him, to reach out to Him no matter where you are. "He is listening for all who pray and mean it." Thank you so much for that fact, God.

Again, "The Lord is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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