Where the Three Are One

Ephes. 4:32 (KJV)
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

As I was praying this morning, I was regretting that it was Thursday already and I hadn't sent out the meditation for this week. I wasn't really beating myself and certainly not flailing by back. I wasn't at the wailing wall with loud cries of lament beating my chest, although there is an odd morsel of me that believes that would probably feel good. I was only a little disappointed with my lapse in discipline during a very busy week.

But then I heard Him say, "Jim, look at me."

And I was drawn to the image of this trillium which has been my Windows wallpaper since two weeks ago. The three gleaming white petals. The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. The golden crown in the middle is drawing me down and into the place where the three are one. God catches my attention with His whiteness, His light, and draws me to His golden center. It is there I experience the source of all peace, love, wisdom, strength, and joy. It is there I hear Him assure me, "Forgive yourself, for I have already forgiven you." No list of excuses. Erasure. Blank slate.

How much easier it is to reach into the roughness of the world around us with a tender heart when the depths of our souls feel the joy of forgiveness.

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