Not like guests who come into an inn, but like children who dwell in the house.

Published Date: December 9, 2020
Vincent van Gogh. Seascapey near Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, 1888.

But those thoughts that are natural and genuine, arising from a living spring of grace in the heart, disposing the mind to them, are like the children of the house. They are expected in their places and at their seasons. If they are missing, they are inquired about. The heart calls itself to account as to why it has been so long without them, and it calls them over into its usual converse with them.

John Owen. THE GRACE AND DUTY OF BEING SPIRITUALLY MINDED.