For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you. As long as I am with you, Jesus was saying, the Kingdom of God is near and available to you. God is not in heaven, but rather, heaven is wherever God is, and His kingdom reigns wherever hearts are open to Him. Like the first century Jews, many Christians today anticipate the imminent coming of God's Kingdom. In their zeal for this future event, they fail to recognize it is already here.
Nonbelievers live in anticipation of a political or financial savior.
Nearly all focus on some future climactic event and consequently miss the opportunity to experience the truth, love and peace available to them here and now. My relationship with Him was a personal one, shared only with my grandmother. I still believed in God, but he was no longer a personal God and Jesus was relegated to the same list of mythical characters as Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. In desperation, I tried sex, alcohol, illegal drugs and Oriental mysticism. This RingSurf Catholic Writers Webring Net Ring owned by By Grace Alone .