Then Jacob awoke from his sleep

and said,

"Surely the LORD is in this place,

and I did not know it."

                    Genesis 28. 16

(God has strategically

positioned you for His purposes

              and for His glory,

even in the most ridiculous places

and among the most unlikely people.

Nothing "just happens,"

nothing random,

but all intricately engineered

                for the gospel.

"I am with you wherever you are."

Even here.)