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“Perhaps, when one brings a heart unbridled by expectation to him, the working out of his will is bound to feel like that: both permission and commission, an act of obedience and a gift of grace.”

“These dreams of flourishing call back ancient words. "Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce," God told the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon (Jer. 29:5). Their residence away from the city of their longing was not to be spent in barren despair. They had not fallen outside his plan; in fact, they were squarely in it.”

“Jesus said, "In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?" John 14:2).“
“What might happen if I were to regard my temporary home as a place of belonging representative of his—a site worthy of attention, affection, and creativity?”