Divine Mercy

There is a recent devotional piety called, "Divine Mercy," in my church.  It was started by a nun, Faustina Kowalska.  She is now declared a saint.  Many people sing her praises.  It was not  always so with Faustina.  When she was alive, her superiors in her convent doubted her visions and thought her delusional.  A nut case if you will.  She died with this assessment of her when she was 33, from TB.  Her reputation gets worse.  Her diary is submitted to Rome.  It is viewed with suspicion and placed upon the Index of Forbidden Books.  Then something changed.  She got discovered by someone else with a different point of view.  He happened to be Polish, like her.  He also happened to become the Pope, Saint John Paul II.  Her reputation rocketed her to sainthood and the modern fame that goes with it.  So, when someone says or thinks you a nut case, deranged and delusional, and even heretical in your views, be patient.  You might just be in need of discovery by someone of a second opinion.  When a first opinion condemns you or judges you badly, remember that God is a much more benign second opinion.  God is Love.  The opinion of some that I am of a deranged state, may be true.  But I am ever hopeful that I simply have not yet been discovered by a second opinion.