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You Are Here – Formed for This · Still, Here

• 0:01
  SPEAKER_00: This is still here.
• 0:03
  SPEAKER_00: A quiet moment to remember what is true.
• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever reached the middle of the day
• 0:11
  SPEAKER_00: and realized you haven't really been there for much of it?
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: You've been doing things,
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: answering questions,
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: thinking about what comes next, maybe replaying something that happened yesterday.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: Your body has been present, but your attention has been everywhere else.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: There's a familiar verse in the book of Psalms, chapter 118, verse 24.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: This is the day that Yahweh has made.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: We will rejoice and be glad in it.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_00: I've often heard those words as a reminder to be cheerful.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: But I think there's something deeper here.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not the day we wish we were having.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not the day we'll have when everything settles down.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_00: This one.
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  SPEAKER_00: And somehow, even with everything it contains, This day is held within God's presence.
• 1:33
  SPEAKER_00: I've sat with people whose lives changed in a single afternoon.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: A diagnosis.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_00: A telephone call.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: News no one was prepared to hear.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_00: And I've watched how quickly the ordinary things of life become precious.
• 1:51
  SPEAKER_00: A familiar voice.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_00: A hand resting on another hand.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_00: A few minutes sitting together without anyone needing to say anything.
• 2:02
  SPEAKER_00: Those experiences have reminded me that life doesn't wait until we're ready to appreciate it.
• 2:09
  SPEAKER_00: It's happening now.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: And I wonder what we might notice if we stop trying, just for a moment, to be somewhere else.
• 2:19
  SPEAKER_00: Not because everything is wonderful.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not because our concerns aren't real.
• 2:25
  SPEAKER_00: But because this is where we are, and God is here with us.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: So, wherever you are right now, give yourself permission to arrive.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to solve yesterday.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to figure out tomorrow.
• 2:44
  SPEAKER_00: Just notice the life around you.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_00: Feel your feet resting on the floor.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: Notice the sounds around you.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: Be aware of your own breathing.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: You are here and you are not alone.
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_00: There is more grace in this moment than you may realize.
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment for this prayer of presence.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord God, sometimes I move through my days without really being present to them.
• 3:20
  SPEAKER_00: Gather my scattered attention.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_00: Help me notice the people, the possibilities, and the quiet gifts already around me.
• 3:30
  SPEAKER_00: Meet me in this actual moment with everything it contains.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: Help me be here where you are already present.
• 3:41
  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
• 3:44
  SPEAKER_00: As you take this message into the rest of your day, carry this prayer with you.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: I am here.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: God is here.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_00: I am here.
• 4:00
  God is here.
• 4:01
  SPEAKER_00: I am here.
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_00: God is here.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, stay steady
• 4:06
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• 4:25
  SPEAKER_00: Stay open.
• 4:27
  SPEAKER_00: Stay present.
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_00: You are still here.
• 4:31
  [music]