The Power of Presence

Sometimes presence looks like sitting in silence when there are no right words. It looks like staying when the pain feels uncomfortable, when the story is heavy, and when fixing things is not an option. It is choosing not to look away.

Being present with someone in their hardest moments is deeply meaningful. Our presence speaks even when we say very little. It says, I care. You are not alone. You matter. In moments when the weight of pain feels too heavy to carry, presence becomes an act of love.

Staying present is not easy. It exposes our helplessness and challenges our desire to solve or explain suffering. Yet it is in this posture of humility that we are reminded to focus on what God is able to do. When we release the need to fix, we make room to notice His goodness, often showing up in quiet and unexpected ways.

Presence does not erase pain or resolve problems. It does not rush healing or offer simple answers. But it deepens our awareness that God is already present in all things. Even when we cannot see how He is working, we are invited to trust that He is at work.

The invitation is both simple and costly, to be with God and to be with others. To sit in the tension. To listen without rushing. To remain when leaving would feel easier.

This is the gift of presence. To remain in Him. To share in another’s pain. To trust love to do what only He can do.