When it comes right down to it, we don’t know a lot of
particulars about God. However, the person who wrote Psalm 33 offers us some
insight: “God loves justice and right; the earth is full of the kindness of the
Lord.”
If God loves justice and right, then we please God when we
advocate for justice and right. If God values kindness, then it is a privilege
to be an instrument of kindness in the world.
Studies show that plants grow better when we speak to them, and that is certainly the case at the Mount. Our
plant caretaker, Sr. Delores Dolezal, offers a constant stream of affirmation
to the plants she cares for, and they are flourishing. It is no different for
humans. If we can speak kind words to our plants, we can
also make it a habit to offer kind words to the people we meet each day.
Then the earth will be even more full of the kindness of the Lord, and justice
is more likely to flourish.
Kindness is not complicated, but it does require time and
attention. Are we willing to make that offering to God, who already offers it
to us?
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