The gift of God is goodness.
That gift is so good, in fact, that even people who know nothing of God can still give it.
Think about that....
We can deconstruct a lot of things about God (as we likely need to). But, one thing about the notion of God persists. It transcends our sensibilities and leaves us with something innately true…that is good.
Like something you can bank on (these days, I need a stronger metaphor), it is true in spite of the many things that can obscure it. At times, even we are enamored with what is bad, but we count on the reality of ultimate goodness. Whether we’ve been taught about its existence in contexts like religion or not, there is an inevitably resident sense of it within us.
And, there is a kind of beauty that is embedded in goodness. Because the power of goodness is far less in its expectation that we perpetuate it than it is in its invitation to do so.
Even better, it is free (not that it never costs us anything), so we don’t even have the burden of having to pay for it. Our only obligation is to be willing to receive it.
And when we do, our most visceral response is to extend it.
