Where is God?

“We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts.” -A.W. Tozer

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My featured illustration might not make a lot of sense without the backstory, but if you’re here for pictures only… thank you for looking!

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I don’t know about my plan for separating my images from the words (with a little spacer and thank you). I’ll try it a few more times before I scrap it.

You know, I DO love blogs that are just pictures. If I didn’t love to write so much I could do a picture blog. But, for the time being, I’ve got too much to say. Lucky you… Haha!

Anyway, the whole point of this particular post is to address a certain elephant in the room. I may be the only one who senses its presence, but that’s enough for me.

With all of my talk about finding a purpose, this nagging thought keeps popping up, and I’d like to get it out… once and for all.

If you’ve been around long enough to know my story – about finding God and sobriety (just over 9 years ago) – you’d also know that the reason I even started this blog was to share my story. In other words, I haven’t always been without a purpose here.

I thought the title for this post was perfect because people from the past, who know what my original purpose here was, might ask that same question when they come across my pages.

So… where IS God?

Like a child trying to explain why they didn’t do their homework (the dog ate it?), I’ve been typing and deleting my excuses. To keep it honest, short, and simple… whether I talk about Him or not, God never leaves. He is faithful.

And I am still sober.

I think deep down, I already suspected that I might not have the stamina to keep the same story going for years (who me?? The girl who never finishes what she started??)

That could also be the reason that I changed the name of my blog several years back… from Endless Rivers of Hope… to A Sprinkle of Faith. Wow. That sounds like I’m in the middle of a serious drought! Who turned off the faucet??

All kidding aside, I’m STILL sober and God is STILL here. As Tozer said so eloquently… He is nearer than you think.

So as long as I’m here… sober and blogging with BIG ideas and a never ending smile, please take that as a testament to God’s power, love, and faithfulness.

(the elephant has left the building!)

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About the image. Originally I spent hours yesterday with this woman. She had her head in the clouds (looking for God I imagine) and there was a tiny airplane near her head.

I thought I was happy with it, but the truth is I was just tired. If I’m going to take this blog more seriously, and I want to make some kind of mark on the world, I’ve got to stop settling. SO, I worked on it again today.

I did some editing, and then went to work on effects. I figured eventually I’d fall into something that I liked. And then I stumbled on the lines. They remind me of a chain link fence, and I thought “how perfect!”

It’s kind of what happens when we actually do forget about God- or when we do something that we’re pretty sure is wrong. We hide. We put up a fence. Or even stone walls sometimes!

But, eventually, at some point down the road we start to feel alone and we begin to ask ourselves… where is God?

Thankfully we find that, unlike the elephant, God never leaves.

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Thank you for reading… I hope you enjoyed my image and my little sprinkle of faith. I’ll be back soon (maybe not so soon as I have a paper due Sunday) for some more purpose talk.

Until then,
Peace & Love!