The Longing for God: Discovering Communion with the Divine

Many people long for a deeper relationship with God.

They may not always use those words.

Sometimes it sounds like a longing for peace.

A desire for stillness.

A need to feel connected.

A search for purpose, belonging, or love.

But beneath these desires, there is often a deeper hunger: the desire to experience God’s presence and know that we are not alone.

I believe this longing is part of what it means to be human.

We were created for communion.

You can have a direct relationship with God

There are no intermediaries between us and God.

No one has a closer access to Divine Love than you do.

Each of us is invited into direct communion with God—to receive love, comfort, wisdom, guidance, and presence for our lives.

This is not simply a spiritual practice or something reserved for a certain type of person.

A relationship with God is a core human longing.

And I believe every person is invited to discover this connection in a way that is uniquely their own.

The longing for God is a sacred longing

Many people experience a desire for something deeper.

A longing they may not know how to name.

We call it:

Rest.

Stillness.

Connection.

Presence.

Peace.

Aliveness.

Purpose.

Belonging.

Love.

Often, what we are searching for is communion with the Divine.

And it is not only us longing for God.

God longs for us, too.

The Divine reaches toward us with love, inviting us into deeper relationship.

If you feel this longing, it is not something to dismiss.

It is something sacred to pay attention to.

It means there is still a part of you that is open.

Still listening.

Still reaching.

What does experiencing God’s presence look like?

One of the beautiful mysteries of a relationship with God is that communion does not look the same for everyone.

God meets us where we are.

In the places that matter to us.

Through the experiences that speak the language of our hearts.

I have experienced God’s love through receiving Communion in church.

I have experienced God through prayer and meditation, simply inviting Divine Presence into my awareness.

I have experienced God beneath a mountain waterfall, allowing the cold water to awaken every cell of my body.

I have experienced God while floating in the ocean as a rainbow appeared above me and rain fell around me.

I experienced God through both of my births—holy and wholly different encounters with surrender, mystery, and love.

These moments may sound extraordinary.

But I experience God just as often in ordinary life.

In a conversation where someone offers exactly what my soul needed.

In a song lyric I keep returning to.

While dancing.

In my husband’s arms surrounding me.

When my preteen opens his heart to me.

When my baby laughs.

When a neighbor sits on my couch, strums her guitar, and my grief begins to pour out simply because she is present.

God is not limited to sacred spaces.

The sacred is woven through all of life.

How to connect with God through daily practices

While I believe God is always present, I also believe we can learn to become more aware of that presence.

We can practice listening.

We can create space for communion.

For me, this looks like sitting in the morning and saying:

“God, I am here to be with You. Join me here.”

It looks like meditation.

Journaling.

Paying attention to what is unfolding within me and around me.

It looks like lying on the floor and allowing my body to be held.

It looks like noticing my breath and remembering that I am connected with all creation.

The trees offer me oxygen.

I offer them carbon dioxide.

Every breath is an exchange.

Every breath is communion.

It looks like imagining God and becoming aware of the subtle ways Divine Presence moves within me.

It looks like holding sacred words in my heart and listening for what they awaken in my body, mind, and soul.

It looks like turning toward God with a simple question:

“What do You think about this?”

And then becoming quiet enough to listen.

Learning to hear God’s voice

Many people wonder how to hear God or recognize God’s guidance.

I believe God speaks in many ways.

Through prayer.

Through Scripture and sacred words.

Through wisdom that rises within us.

Through our bodies.

Through relationships.

Through nature.

Through moments of beauty and connection.

Learning to recognize God’s presence is a lifelong practice of attention, trust, and openness.

It is less about finding something outside of yourself and more about becoming aware of the Divine Love that has been present all along.

A relationship with God that is uniquely yours

This is the heart of the work I offer.

Not to stand between you and God.

Not to tell you what your relationship with the Divine should look like.

But to create spaces where you can discover the ways God is already meeting you.

Because no one can have your relationship with God for you.

Your connection with the Divine is uniquely yours.

And yet, we do not have to walk this path alone.

Together, we can learn how to notice.

How to listen.

How to trust.

How to live awake to the love that is always reaching toward us.

This is what we do together.