Manifest Presence

I love the manifest presence of God. I know and believe that God is everywhere, all the time (or omnipresent as the theologians say). But there is something peculiar about the way God manifests himself in particular places and times. Last night at our youth meeting God's presence was in the room so thick. Pastor Scott dismissed everyone at the end and nobody wanted to leave. Everyone, a bunch of teenagers and young adults, was just sitting there not moving after our time was already over. The presence of God was so sweet and comforting, it was like a good weight, like a comforting blanket. One young man was visiting us from Idaho for the first time just sat in his seat at the end and started balling with his face in his hands. I'm not sure what was going on, but it was powerful. No one even prayed for him before he started crying. Each week hurting and broken are coming and are on a collision course with the loving presence of Jesus.