I recently saw a sign posted on Facebook that said, “If you
feel like you don’t fit in this world, it’s because you are here to help create a
new one.” Disciples of Jesus view the world as a place to experience and
practice love, gratitude, and oneness, so it’s not surprising we are distressed
when refugees seeking asylum are treated as a threat, when women and children
are abused and devalued, and when the earth’s resources are plundered. At such
times, we need to put our faith in the indomitability of wisdom that is woven
into the fabric of the universe and always bends toward love.
Let us take to heart these words of Dorothy Day: “A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that
spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like
that. No one has a
right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do.” It
might seem that our prayer and small acts of kindness don’t make much of a
difference, but we are called to sow the seed, not judge its effectiveness. To
participate in the life of God is by definition to create a new world, because
God constantly makes all things new. Don’t fret if you feel like you don’t fit
in this world, for many of its ways are false and will not endure. The spirit of wisdom will help
us live into a new way of being.
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