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following his dream, Jacob “sets up as a pillar the stone that had supported him as a ‘pillow’” throughout the night. “What was quite ordinary now becomes a sacred symbol for his experience…The anointing with oil consecrates or sets the stone apart from others. The oil also stains the stone so that it can be properly identified by those who follow.” “From this point on, Jacob’s journeys are filled with a new sense of vocation, for he now bears the promise.” The story of Jacob is one of justification by grace. For “even as the designated of God, Jacob lives a troubled life.” And yet, through it all, he remains open to the future saying, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” Thanks be to God for this incarnational presence which is all around us. May it be so. Amen.