Something both troubling and reassuring

I'm pondering the following quotation by Gerald May (whom I've long admired and who left us far too soon). I find myself thinking of this principle in light of past events, my own resistance, and God's providence: ‎

"God is always working obscurely within us. And, even more mysteriously, some part of us is saying yes to God's invitations to go where we do not want to go."

(Photo from Wikimedia Commons)

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