The theme for the November/December Alive Now is Refugees.

I was responsible for the devotional in our office meeting today, and that theme kind of stuck in my mind.

If we broaden the definition of refugee to mean someone who has entered a foreign land, then we are refugees. Our home is with God, and this place is separate from him.

It's hard to see God here. If it weren't for his grace, we wouldn't see him at all. He is hidden, and yet is right in front of us. He was hidden completely when he came to the world as a human, and yet, through that action, we were able to see him most clearly. He was hidden behind the veil of humanity, and yet revealed when that humanity died -- an action which revealed to us the very nature of the love of God (ideas from Weavings for this month -- Introduction).

We are refugees, chased, accompanied, and following a hidden and yet visible God. What we come to discover is that while we might be refugees in a foreign land, we are given refuge in our God, who is with us, never leaving us alone, even in this foreign land.