God's Relentless Pursuit of His Beloved Fugitives

In our efforts to navigate life's difficulties, we often stray from the path into dark and dangerous woods. Sometimes the challenges divert us; other times our desire to avoid difficulties creates the detour. Either way, we stumble into the brambles, where we become bruised and lost.

Worse, in that wilderness we come to feel like fugitives. Confronted by our inability (or unwillingness) to answer God's invitation, we surrender instead to an ancient human urge: we flee further into the shadow...