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The Unfolding

Unfolding Short Stories: "Can anything good come from Rhode Island?" William Winfield goes from homeless to hope bringer

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9809 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

"Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Yes, it can." William Winfield shares how his faith in Christ transformed his life from homelessness to hope and purpose. Reflecting on his journey, William reminds us that the greatest tragedy in life isn't death, but living without purpose. Hear how God has used William in key moments of a few men's lives, and how his Christlike compassion to them at just the right moment gave them much-needed hope and a lasting life change.

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0:00.0

God's story, your life.

0:04.0

Unfolding short stories.

0:07.0

Jesus Christ, when he was back home and he tried to perform miracles,

0:15.0

and his own people did not accept him, right?

0:18.0

And so for me, I remember God was just like, son, I need you to take this message

0:22.0

away from it, right? And so a lot of times we think the support is going to come from our family,

0:27.0

our friend. The support is going to come from where God sends those strangers, right? Complete people

0:31.6

that don't know you. And so I tell people all the time, can anything good come out of Nazareth? Yes, it can. I promise you,

0:38.9

like I was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, the smallest state on the map. Can anything

0:44.2

good come out of Rhode Island? I say, yes, sir, because you created me fearfully and wonderfully to go out

0:49.3

here and change the world. So I would say to anybody, anything can come out of good anywhere as long as you have God with you.

0:54.6

All things are possible.

0:55.8

I think I'm going to go back a little bit.

0:58.1

And for me, it was being at a homeless shelter after losing a job at Franklin, Massachusetts at a recycling company.

1:04.0

I was making fun of homeless people.

1:05.7

And then eventually I became homeless.

1:07.5

And then God said, the same people that you made fun of, they're going to be your teacher to teach you how to be able to treat people right. And so for me at this homeless

1:13.9

shelter, I'll never forget it. I was clocking into work and there was a particular client that was

1:20.0

irate. And so one of my coworkers, Jerome, he was like, yo, Will, I need you to go talk to him. I said, no, he's irate. I don't feel like talking. He said, no, I need you to talk to him because I feel like you can reach him. And so I remember going down.

1:31.0

I remember the bunk bed. It was A6 Bottom. And his name was Anthony Robertson. I went up to

1:35.5

Anthony and said, Anthony, what's going on? He said,, just explained to me. He's like, man, you know,

1:44.7

nobody cares about me. My kids left me. This shelter keeps promising me that they're going to give

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