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God Makes Our Next Door Neighbor

G. K. Chesterton once quipped, "We make our friends; we make our enemies, but God makes our next door neighbor. … We have to love our neighbor because he is there." The nearness of our neighbor is providential, as God never gets the address wrong.

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