We hear in Revelation of a day when God will be among us. Death and sorrow and pain shall be no more and God will wipe away our tears. As we look forward to that day, let us keep in mind that God is already among us each day through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Moses reminds the people of God that thier god is one who is always near when we call on him. God is with us...
Open the gates that the Lord may enter. When I read this I immediately think of the gates on the farm I grew up...
The writer of 1 Thessalonians wants the people at Thessalonica to grow in God's love and God's grace. God pours his love into us...