“What if being human means being a cosmic émigré – vulnerable, exposed, unsettled, desperate, looking for a home I’ve never been to before?”
And then, “What if that someone [the triune God] not only knows where the end of the road is but promises to accompany you the rest of the way, to never leave you or forsake you until you arrive? This is the God who runs down the road to meet prodigals. Grace isn’t high-speed transport all the way to the end but the gift of his presence the rest of the way.”
From James K. A. Smith’s excellent book, On the Road with St. Augustine (Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2019), 69, 284.
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