[ArrogantBustard]

Or to put it yet another way, my mortal sense of time passing (past>present>future) does not apply to God.

I completely agree with that. Can we say of any time or place that "God was present here, but He is no longer"? I say, "no". God is eternal; all times, all places, all things are present to Him. That is, IMO, on aspect of the meaning of His Name: I AM.

[Alamo-Girl]

Well and truly said, dear brother in Christ!

Hallowed be His Name.