{"id":550,"date":"2010-04-18T22:20:01","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T22:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/04\/is-god-there-1.html"},"modified":"2010-04-18T22:20:01","modified_gmt":"2010-04-18T22:20:01","slug":"is-god-there-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/04\/is-god-there-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Is God There?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There, in the undercurrent of everything, is Spirit.<br \/>\nThere, behind you, is the Playful One.<br \/>\nThere, above, below, and deep inside is the Powerful Force.<br \/>\nTherein, even in the darkest problems, the most extreme pain and<br \/>\nsuffering, lies the Divine.<\/p>\n<p>There, in that surrender of your self-hatred, your excess fat,<br \/>\neven your lack of energy, is Salvation.<br \/>\nThere, in that bottomless pit, that unfulfilled promise, that dark void<br \/>\nof emptiness and despair, is God&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Want to find God, say a prayer:&nbsp; &#8220;God, here I am.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There, in the undercurrent of everything, is Spirit. 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