“Things happen for reasons that are hidden from us…as long as we think they must proceed from what has come before, our guilt or our deserving, rather than coming to us from a future that God in his freedom offers to us.”

Not from Augustine this week, but from a book I read recently and loved, Lila by Marilynne Robinson, the best book I’ve read so far this year.  Here is a link to my full review: LILA