God is the presence that spares us from nothing, even as God unexplainably sustains us in all things. God depends on us to protect ourselves and each other, to be nurturing, loving, protective people. When suffering is there, God depends on us to reach out and touch the suffering with love that it might dissolve in love.
But here’s the thing: To be present to suffering and to touch the suffering with love, that it might dissolve in love, means to be grounded in the peace that is not dependent on the outcome of the effort because, regardless of how it turns out, God is unexplainably taking us to God, breath by breath, moment by moment.
-- James Finley
This requires some meditation, but it is so energized by the mystery of its invitation.
Its appeal to the adjustments we need regarding outcomes is quite compelling, especially when established on the foundation of peace.
Consider, after all, the inadequacies (if not violence) of its alternatives, many of which are not at all hard to spot around us right now.
