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Peacefully Restless / Apr 18, 04:18 PM
My most recent Mondays, which are official Mission Year Sabbath days, I haven’t wanted to do anything except go for these really long walks. Last week I walked probably 4 miles, and the week before that I walked all the way from the Aquarium downtown back to our apartment, probably around 40 blocks. I’ve just been feeling restless, like I can’t settle back into a rhythm, there’s just been too much on my mind. I think it’s Jesus’ fault. He just keeps showing up at really inconvenient times.
Two Sundays ago he showed up when Leroy Barber, the Mission Year president, came and spoke at our church. He talked about Jeremiah 29. God promised the Jews he would deliver them out of Babylon, he told them he was in control. They were in Babylon for a reason, though, he told them. God said they should build their homes in Babylon, and invest in the Babylonians. He said their future was tied up with the future of Babylon. God wanted them to be in Babylon, but not of Babylon. We are the Jews, our cities are Babylon.
Jeremiah 29:4-14
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