Presence Grows Our Hearts (Ep. 10)

What is Presence? How does Love's Presence grow our hearts? We explore this from the vantage points of a child and a grown up following the ripple effects of Love's presence for our hearts.

Presence is availability here and now.

When a child plays and comes up against an obstacle, then comes close to a grown-up it may look like the grown-up isn’t doing anything for the child that the child didn’t already possess. But the child presses through their obstacle in the presence of the grown-up and is able to do what they were not able to do further away. It is the child’s recognition of the grown-up’s presence in love for them that enables the child to continue and gain more ability.

Love who is God, God who is Love, is always present. It is our hearts’ recognition of Love’s presence that moves into Belief which grows our hearts.

Recognition of Love’s presence for our heart personally, particularly, here and now, enables us to live, putting Love into Action.

Scriptures:

1 John 4:7-21 - God is Love.

Prov 29:18 - Where there is no vision, the people perish.

Deuteronomy - the book of Remembering

Parable of the Soils: Matt 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-20; Luke 8:4-15