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Genesis 50:20
20As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
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In Slumdog Millionaire, Jamal's entire life—abuse, loss, poverty, crime—prepares him to answer game show questions. Each traumatic memory holds a clue. His suffering becomes his qualification.
In The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantès is betrayed by his best friend and imprisoned for fourteen years. He emerges with treasure, new identity, and elaborate revenge. But the revenge brings no peace. He finally realizes: his suffering made him who he is.
Joseph spent years in a pit, in slavery, in prison—each time because of others' evil choices. His brothers' jealousy, Potiphar's wife's lies, the cupbearer's forgetfulness.
The spirituals—"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Go Down Moses," "Wade in the Water"—were born in unspeakable suffering. Enslaved people with no political power, no legal rights, created music that has outlasted their oppressors. The songs encoded resistance, sustained hope, and now bless the world.
In *The Lord of the Rings*, there’s a pivotal moment when Gandalf, the wise wizard, assures Frodo that Bilbo found the Ring not by mere chance, but by divine providence. Imagine standing in the lush, green hills of the Shire,...
In Alice Walker’s powerful narrative, *The Color Purple*, we are introduced to Celie, a woman whose life is shadowed by pain and suffering—abused, silenced, and separated from those she loves. Imagine Celie, a young girl, standing in a dimly lit...
God who was there, even when I felt utterly alone, even when the world shattered— You were there. I don't understand why this happened. I may never understand. But I know that trauma is not the end of my story.