{"id":3204,"date":"2012-11-01T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2016-01-06T14:21:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T14:21:47","slug":"the-practice-of-the-presence-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/the-practice-of-the-presence-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"The Practice of the Presence of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

The practice\u00a0of the presence of God\u00a0was popularised by Brother Lawrence\u00a0\u00a0in the classic Christian book of the same name.\u00a0(The Practice of the Presence of God<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon) \u00a0It is a great aspiration but one most of us find difficult to achieve.<\/p>\n

I came across a guy who does a lot of driving and consequently found that his day, with all its frustrations, was very difficult and he quickly lost any sense of the God\u2019s presence.\u00a0He decided that he needed some way of being constantly reminded in his car to seek out a space to acknowledge God.<\/p>\n

As traffic lights were one of his major frustrations he thought he would use them to his advantage.\u00a0\u00a0Instead of cursing his luck as the lights turn red he would treat them as a reminder to turn his mind briefly to God.<\/p>\n

He says it has made a big difference to his day making him more ‘God conscious’.\u00a0\u00a0Is this something you could try? or do you have other ways that help you practice the presence of God in the everyday?<\/p>\n

Roy Gregory<\/p>\n

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