if the orange couch does happen
to appear, there may be some things
you can learn from it. you might
discover with time that you actually
like orange, or that this particular
couch has some historical value or
sentimental significance that causes
you to appreciate it, or at least not
hate it, with time. The couch may
make more sense in the context of
the rest of the room. Even if the
couch is the ugliest, out-of-place
eyesore you’ve ever seen, perhaps
time and the rest of the room will
teach you how to live with some-
One can never
be entirely sure what
will be in a room
until you walk all the way
in and shut the door
behind you.
“
thing you would never have chosen
for yourself. This lesson may be the
most important experience any room
could offer.
The “good-enough” place
Everybody knows that there is no
such thing as a perfect person or a
perfect religious community. still,
hardly any of us begin the process of
dating or discernment by looking for
a “good-enough” person or a “
good-enough” community to join our
lives to. yet that is really what each
of us needs God’s grace to find. The
“good-enough” place is that community that, though not perfect, has
most of what you are seeking. it is
the community and the lifestyle with
which, after seeing it honestly, you
find yourself still in love. And it is
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