Providence

I had been feeling a bit down about a turn my life is taking (don't worry, the baby is fine:), when I picked up the stack of mail and discovered that the September issue of Magnificat had arrived. Opening it to the first page, my eyes fell across this quote:

"Nothing that happens to us is contrary to the will of Providence, and everything that is sent to us by God is for our good and the salvation of our soul. Even if it does not seem beneficial at the present moment, we shall understand later that it is what is willed by God, and not what we ourselves desire, that is useful to us...This is why we should offer thanks for all this to God."
-Saint Nilus Sorsky