I have been thinking about this question quite a bit. In my books, the characters are dedicated to doing good and being good, because they believe that doing good and being good feels good.
Many people do good because they fear the consequences of doing bad things. That isn't a terrible motivator, but then what do those people do when no one is watching?
For religious people, God is always watching. Some religions are very steeped in fear of the Lord. The way I was raised in faith was heavily dependent on love.
When your life is grounded in the certainty that God loves you, there is an incredible peace and gratitude that becomes part of how you look at life.
The gratitude for that everlasting love of God finds expression in doing good for others. This is the bedrock of the communities I have created in my books.
Communities where the tremendous love God has for us motivates people to manifest and share that love with their neighbors.
That kind of acknowledgement and sharing of God's love doesn't have to be the stuff of fiction. We can all decide to manifest God's love by doing good for others as part of our daily lives.
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