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Leaving home is, then, much more than an historical event bound to time and place. It is a denial of the spiritual reality that I belong to God with with every part of my being, that God holds me safe in an eternal embrace, that I am indeed carved in the palms of God’s hands and hidden in their shadows. Leaving home means ignoring the truth that God has fashioned me in secret, molded me in the depths of the earth

“Yes, God dwells in my innermost being, but how could I accept Jesus' call: "Make your home in me as I make mine in you"?
The invitation is clear and unambiguous. To make my home where God had made his, this is the great spiritual challenge.”

where the father embraces his kneeling son. It is the place where I will receive all I desire, all that I ever hoped for, all that I will ever need but it is also the place where I have to let go of all I most want to hold on to. It is the place that confronts me with the fact that truly accepting love, forgiveness and healing is often much harder than giving it. It is the place beyond earning deserving and rewarding