Lost — A Meaning

Have you ever heard a phrase so often that its meaning was actually lost in the over-familiarity of the words? I am thinking of such a phrase as “God is near to us.” Each of us must have heard that phrase or a similar one dozens and dozens of times and each time we let it pass without further consideration since we recognized it as a familiar concept and our minds let it go at that. But just for a few moments, let’s take the phrase “God is near to us,” and look at it closely to see if we...