“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” (John 1: 46).
When Nathaniel heard from Philip that he believed that Jesus is the Messiah, Nathaniel quipped: “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
We all suffer from prejudice. We profile human beings all the time. We discriminate based on the outcome of our profiling. Scripture says that Jesus Christ experienced all the vicissitudes of the human condition except sin. (Hebrews 4: 15).
We wonder at times:
Can anything good come from suffering?
Can anything good come from delays, disappointments, obstacles?
Can anything good come from profiling and discrimination?
God says Yes to all the above. You may call this: the Mystery of Divine Providence.
Jean Pierre de Caussade, an 18th century French spiritual writer teaches:
#1. Accept all that has happened.
#2. Accept everything that is happening.
#3. Cooperate with everything except what is sinful.
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