Omnipresent

Omnipresent. Webster’s defines it as “present in all places at all times.”

I love this word. It conjures an image of someone who will always be there for you. Who else can be described as such except God who is everywhere, anywhere, whenever you need Him.

At the church where I attend the Perpetual Help novena, the priest gives a beautiful blessing at the end of the mass. “May our Lord Jesus Christ be with you to defend you, within you to sustain you, before you to lead you, behind you to protect you and above you to bless you all the days of your life.”

What great comfort to know that I have an omnipresent God.

O LORD, you have probed me, you know me: you know when I sit and stand; you understand my thoughts from afar. My travels and my rest you mark; with all my ways you are familiar. Even before a word is on my tongue, LORD, you know it all. Behind and before you encircle me and rest your hand upon me. Such knowledge is beyond me, far too lofty for me to reach. Where can I hide from your spirit? From your presence, where can I flee? (Psalm 139:1-7)