Genesis 28:14-17
"When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, 'Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.' He was afraid and said, 'How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.' Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. He called that place Bethel, [house of God]...."

This story is one of those oldies, but goodies. Jacob has set out on a journey and has stop to rest for the night. When he rests, God reveals a covenant for Jacob's future by sending ascending and descending angels next to him. Prior to resting, Jacob awakes and finds that he has been changed by the mysterious prescence of the Lord. He then goes on to name this place Bethel.

I love this story because it gives us all hope that when we pray, grieve, rejoice there is a Bethel in our precence with angels ascending and descending carrying our requests and lessons back and forth. This place was somewhere for Jacob that he knew God resided with him. God revealed a new obvious truth to me this morning and that is our Bethel today is in our hearts. God's mysterious prescence is inside us. Thanks to Jesus' promise of a gift we have been able to have this privilege. This Bethel is constant and precious in everyday of life that God chooses to give us.

You will never run dry or become empty because your heart has angels ascending and descending in it carrying your love, hopes, worries, triumphs, and failures to the one who cares the most.