Spiritual Practice
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE . . .
- a community raising money to bring refugees into a stable country, teaching them a new language and valuing their friendship;
- someone who forgives after being hurt by the words or actions of another;
- a woman rushing to help another who has fallen;
- a teenager spending time with another who is lonely or friendless;
- people visiting the sick or imprisoned;
- a child being kind to others;
- people filled with joy because God lives among them, regardless of their circumstances;
- nations living in peace;
- a man being patient even when things go wrong or when other people are hard to get along with;
- a woman giving to those in need regardless of the cost;
- a community praising God with words and deeds;
- a man who dies rather than betraying his faith;
- miners breathing fresh air after being trapped in a coal mine;
- farmers standing in the rain after a long drought;
- someone who can see again after being blind.
—Richard Lawton
THINK ABOUT IT: God is love, right? So wherever love is, God is. And wherever God is, so is God’s kingdom. God’s kingdom is right here, right now, no matter what we do. I believe that with all my heart.
—Alyssa Pauline Rivera, 22