Where Are We?

God Is Everywhere, But What Are We Missing?

There’s a beautiful and ancient belief that God is everywhere. In the trees, in our laughter, in the quiet moments before sleep. In the stranger’s kindness, the infant’s cry, the sunrise, the storm. If God is truly present in all things, then how is it possible that so many people still feel distant, anxious, or empty? What are we missing?

Many people spend their lives performing — striving, achieving, proving. Somewhere along the way, we start to believe that we need to earn worth, even earn love — even from God. But if God is already here, in this moment, then presence matters far more than performance.

We miss God when we’re too busy trying to be enough rather than just being. God isn’t waiting for you to become someone else. God is already with you, here and now — not the perfect version of you, not the more spiritual you — just you.

Our lives are filled with noise — notifications, opinions, entertainment, endless tasks. The soul doesn’t thrive in noise. It longs for silence, where the whisper of God can finally be heard.

God is not absent; we are distracted.

People often say, “I can’t hear God.” Maybe the issue isn’t God’s silence, but our inability to sit still. The sacred is subtle. We’re looking for fireworks, but God might be speaking through the wind, a child’s question, or our own quiet tears.

We live in an age of control — we track, predict, analyze everything. But God often moves in mystery. We miss the divine when we demand certainty in a world that was never meant to be fully controlled.

There is holiness in not knowing. In surrender. In admitting we don’t have the answers — and maybe we don’t need to. Maybe faith isn’t about clarity but trusting love even in the dark.

Much of religion has been built on fear — fear of punishment, of doing things wrong, of being rejected. But if God is love, as many sacred traditions claim, then fear is the wrong lens. Fear limits us. Love frees us.

People miss God when they’re too afraid to be honest — about their doubts, their pain, their longing. But God is not scared of your truth. God is the truth. And wherever love is present — even imperfectly — God is already there.

So What Are We Missing?

We’re not missing God.