I Am With You Always 

Do you need Me? I am there. 
You cannot see Me, 
yet I am the light you see by. 
You cannot hear Me, 
yet I speak through your voice. 
You cannot feel Me, 
yet I am the power at work in your hands. 

I am at work, 
though you do not understand My ways. 
I am at work, 
though you do not recognize My works. 

I am not strange visions. 
I am not mysteries. 
Only in absolute stillness, 
beyond self, 
Can you know Me as I am, 
and then but as a feeling and a faith. 

Yet I am there. 
Yet I am here. 
Yet I answer. 

When you need Me, 
I am there. 
Even if you deny Me, 
I am there. 
Even when you feel most alone, 
I am there. 
Even in your fears, 
I am there. 
Even in your pain, 
I am there. 
I am there when you pray 
and when you do not pray. 

Though your faith in Me is unsure, 
My faith in you never wavers, 
because I know you, 
because I love you. 
Beloved, I am there. 

~ James Dillet Freeman ~