We are now in Talk 3 of our Feast series
Depths of Mercy.
Titled In the Belly of the Beast, Talk 3 centres on the key message
There are blessings at the bottom.
People have known this a long time ago.
In the 14 th century, Italian poet Dante Alighieri wrote The Divine
Comedy, and in his masterpiece, he said, “The path to paradise begins in
hell.”
Meaning? Sometimes, a person needs to hit rock bottom before he can
even start climbing out of his pit. He needs to be brought to a place where
he has no alternatives. Once there, he realizes his pride vanishes, his
stubbornness evaporates, his deafness is healed, and for the first time in a
long while, he starts listening.