The Kingdom of God is love in action.
It is the spread of love.
Love needs to find the absence of love and fill it.
Just like water gravitates to the lowest point, so too Christ gravitates to the poor, lepers, extortionists, prostitutes (Mark 2:17, Luke 5:31).
A lonely woman sits in church and is joined by a smiling face.
A homeless man is hungry and is provided a sandwich.
A community welcomes a stranger for who he is and as he is with no judgment.
A family cannot pay their electric bill as a result of unexpected medical bills, and a member of the community pays the bill for them.
These are all the Kingdom of God.
They all embody Christ.
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FOLLOWING THE MYSTICS THROUGH THE NARROW GATE: Seeing God in All Things
James Finley, Richard Rohr
Three leading voices in the contemplative Christian tradition explore the mystic’s path.
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