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Matthew
3:16-27
And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he
came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a
voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I
am well pleased.’
At
one
Moments come when my heart and the heart of God are
like two circles, one overlying the other. The circles intersect within me, at
least in part, and love floods in through the place they overlap.
The
Spirit God flows through the opening into me. My heart is lifted into an exquisite joy that is only
known when the human soul is one with its Source.
The moment may not endure for long, but the awareness and
joy lingers long after, filling the body with energy and joy, vitality and strength,
and contentment with being exactly who one is—a soul made by and intended for
this unity.
This experience helps me understand Jesus.
The title Son of God is not to be understood biologically
but relationally. Jesus is the Son who lives in constant unity, oneness with
God.
The circle of Jesus heart and the circle of the Holy Mystery
overlap completely, one superimposed over the other so that divinity, the
Loving Mystery, fills and flows through him without obstruction.
The Spirit is unimpeded in him. Spirit flows from eternity
through his physical body to reveal the wonder God is, the Love God is, the
healing God is, the abiding presence God is.
In moments of oneness, when the circles overlap
however partially in my heart, I know. I know who God is, and Jesus is truly my
brother and savior. What he knew in full ... I know in part, even as he leads
me to know the fullness of the Love Who Is and who hungers to flow into us as
we pray and live, opening ourselves to the Love who is ... everywhere.
Be at peace. We are, of all beings, most privileged to
know this mystery.
Pr. David L. Miller
