Many people who believe in God - a Higher Power, however named - including people who are loving, kind, diligent and conscientious - seem to discount what I see as their roles as agents of holy grace and to believe that God has complete responsibility for what happens in the world, down to the events and their outcomes of individual humans' lives.
There is, of course, much in Life that is beyond even collective human control. Yet, like cells in the body of Life, each of us has a purpose which we live out through our moment-to-moment choices.
There is a Sufi story, the essence of which is that God sent each of us to do the best we can see to do to care for each other: to be agents of divine grace.
When one accepts this holy agency, particularly publicly, it becomes hard to deny or diminish. Indeed, I believe that people who accept this spiritual agency - to which no organized religion is necessary - immediately see opportunities to represent love and grace everywhere.
More, this holy agency is its own reward, for it brings great motivation, peace, comfort, and joy.
Try it! You'll like it!
