God all around

“You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it. Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and night wraps itself around me,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.” -Psalm 139:5-12 Truth-telling is always in season. It can be the time of Lent, Pentecost, or Advent; truth is not beholden to any calendar of this world. A truth we need to name is one that was clear to our ancestors and is bubbling over for our attention today. God is more than we can imagine, contain, define, or label with a pronoun. God is closer to us...