Beautiful song! Beautiful, graceful, wonderful singer, that Bette!
I'm with Debbie, though. I don't feel that God is at any great distance. God is omnipresent. He's everywhere. He's with me in my sorrows and my joys and I'm sure He's in the midst of our troops on the battlefield as well as when they get shipped home and reunite with their families.
One thing for certain, though. "He's watching us."
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Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.