We are in Him

“But God is not far away. That is not what ‘transcendence’ means. Nor is He near by, being just one of the many finite things or persons in the universe. That is not what ‘immanence’ means. He is neither outside the universe nor inside it; nor is He either outside us or inside us. Both it and we are in Him. Where we are does not define where He is. We are relative to Him, not He to us. Thus, after Adam falls, He asks him, ‘Where are you now?’ (Gen 3:9). The universe does not give Him His address: He gives it its. It is ‘the creation’, His creation. It is relative to Him, not He to it. When He gave Lady Julian of Norwich one of her ‘showings’ (visions), she saw a tiny hazel nut held in a giant hand. ‘What is that nut?’ she asked Him. He answered: ‘It is all that is made.’”

~Peter Kreeft