I also believe that we are God’s saving hands in this world: rescuers, firefighters, emergency caregivers, fighters for justice, teachers, pastors, all of us who extend our hands to help those less fortunate, every person who listens to a friend in trouble, or wipes a child’s tears…I know that these “hands” are not always able to reach all those in need in time; sometimes the would-be rescuers themselves perish in the attempt. Ultimately, we cannot know how to make sense of this “ride” we call life-which is at times heartbreakingly cruel and at other times breathtakingly beautiful. But we have a choice as to whether to make ourselves available to God or not-both for our own soul’s enrichment, and to act as a “saving” force for others, even for the Planet itself.