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The other day, while I was winding through a restaurant drive-through lane, I noticed

just off to the side where someone had appeared to set up a temporary camp behind a dumpster,

a temporary refuge from the world.

It seemed abandoned now, a chair overturned, the shopping cart was empty, and a tarp was

left flapping in the cold winter wind.

But for a season, someone called that place home.

They're dwelling place.

Do you ever find yourself wanting a place to feel safe?

For the presence of God to shine out from within you, a place to be filled with peace.

Well, this meditation from Colossians chapter 3 is a reflection on that longing to

empty yourself of the false hope the world offers and be filled with the shining presence of

the divine to dwell with God.

So to begin, whether the first shining rays of morning sun or the long shadows of evening,

allow the next 15 minutes to be a retreat to contemplate dwelling with God,

having Him fill, center, and shine out from within you.

As your eyes begin to close without effort, center on this place of surrender for a still moment,

this time of yielding, and a silent whispered prayer for the presence of God,

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