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8-24

I  am all around you, hovering over you even as you seek my face. I am nearer than you dare believe, closer than the air you breathe. If my children could only recognize my presence, they would never feel lonely again. I know every thought before you think it, every word before you speak it. My presence impinges on your innermost being. Can you see the absurdity of trying to hide anything from me? You can easily deceive other people, and even yourself, but I read you like an open, large-print book.

Deep within themselves, most people have some awareness of my imminent presence. Many people run from me and vehemently deny my existence because my closeness terrifies them. But my own children have nothing to fear, for I have cleansed them by my blood and clothed them in my righteousness. Be blessed by my intimate nearness. Since I live in you, let me also live through you, shing my light into the darkness.

即使在你尋求我麵的時候，我就在你的四圍，盤旋在你頭上。我比你敢相信的更近，比你呼吸的空氣中更貼近。如果我的子民能夠認識我的同在，他們將永遠不再感到孤獨。你的每個念頭在你思考之前我就知道，你要說的每一個字在你說出之前【我就曉得】。我的同在觸及你內心的最深處。你能看到試圖向我隱瞞任何事情的荒謬嗎？你可以輕易地欺騙他人，甚至是欺騙自己，但我像閱讀一本大字印刷的敞開書一樣讀懂你。

大多數人在他們自己內心深處都有一些對我即將來臨的同在的意識。許多人逃離我，極力地否認我的同在，是因為我的臨近使他們感到恐懼。但我的兒女無需害怕，因為我已經用我的血潔淨了他們，使他們穿上了我公義的外袍。願你因我親密的臨近而蒙福。既然我住在你裏麵，請讓我通過你而活，將我的光照進黑暗之中。