Article March 31, 2014 Issue

All God’s protégés

Andrew Wilson

Recently, when I was striving for a better understanding of the protection that God, divine Love, affords to all His children, the thought came to me that we are all God’s protégés.

This was less of a surprise to me as I recalled that the word protégé derives from the French for “protected,” but I found it appealing because of its freshness, simplicity, and practicality.

I knew that protégé was more generally used to describe those who are under the patronage, tutelage, or guardianship of someone, particularly someone of special skill and experience who can help them develop their own talent or expertise. Protégés also benefit from the caring, nurturing, and sheltering presence and influence of their patrons or mentors in their efforts to make progress.