Where We Belong

"Delight yourself in the Lord...

and He will give you the desires of your heart."

Psalm 37:4

"There's something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell where they'll take you. Mine took me here...where I belong." Beatrix Potter, the greatest children's author of the 20th century, belonged at Hill Top Farm in rural England. She found inspiration and freedom to write about the many adventures (and misadventures) of her animal friends surrounded by beautiful, lush, rolling hills. It's where she was most herself and where her passion as an artist flourished.


We all long to find where we belong, don't we? As small children we belong to a family. We live where they live, find our identity in who they are and take our rightful place in the birth order amongst our siblings. As we mature, we find everyone in our family is different. Our eldest brother likes sports and our middle sister lives for fashion while we find we are most ourselves playing the piano. We're shy. They're social. We like solitude. They like crowds. We're most obviously different. And so, our journey of belonging begins.

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