Psalms 71:12

O God, be not far from me.

God always near

A busy woman entered her room hastily as twilight shades were falling--went directly to her desk, turned on the gas, and began to write. Page after page she wrote. The solitude became oppressive: She wheeled her chair around, and with a shock of joyful surprise looked squarely into the face of her dearest friend, lying on the lounge at her side. “Why, I didn’t know you were here!” she cried. “Why didn’t you speak to me?” “Because you were so busy. You didn’t speak to me.” So with Jesus--here all the time. The room is full of Him, always ready to greet us with a smile--but we are so busy. But when the solitude grows oppressive we suddenly turn, and lo, He is at our side. We speak to Him and He speaks to us, and the soul’s deepest yearnings are satisfied. (Christian Age.)