All-presence
We cannot turn away from God
because, whichever way we face,
Spirit is there. In every place,
every direction, everywhere,
Spirit is there.
Whether we turn to left or right,
to north or south or east or west,
we meet with Love – and we are blessed.
Upward or down, below, above,
we meet with Love.
Whether we plunge to ocean trench
or plot our course for farthest space,
Love’s law controls. Whatever race
we enter toward whatever goals,
Love’s law controls.
Whether we build for centuries hence
or let tomorrow bound our aim,
God sets the pace. Always the same,
with instant and eternal grace,
God sets the pace.
Originally published in the Nov. 18, 1972, issue of the Christian Science Sentinel, this poem also appears as a hymn in the “Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430-603” (No. 591).
