On this day my soul is quiet.
It’s maybe a special kind of peace,
perhaps a little unexpected. Because this is the day to remember the battle
that raged a couple of thousand years ago as the Holy Trinity fought to bring
Balance to a world that had need of it.
How to put into words what that
means?
I don’t think anyone has ever been
able to find those words. It’s more something a person intuits than explains. That
makes it real at a depth that goes beyond words, or even feelings. It just IS. It’s
affirmation of the power of I AM and you either get that or you don’t. Either
way, with or without our being able to understand it, the result is the same.
God is Love really does mean
something.
And so, today, the memory of who
we are rises unbidden. Today, because of the battle that was fought and won all
those long years ago, my soul can be quiet, remembering the meaning of the word
Love.
It is not a day to spend in worry
or tears. We already know that battle has been won.
What battle, you ask?
Well, yesterday was what we call
Good Friday, when the Son finished one sort of battle on our behalf. Today is
the day He fought and won an even more significant battle on our behalf. See,
the thing is that it’s fairly easy for us to identify with the humanity of the
Son, which is why He came in the first place. What’s harder for us to wrap our
heads around is that we did not truly lose the Light when the Son of the
Trinity left his human body behind on that cross and the world went dark for a
time. He wasn’t lost at all. He knew exactly where He was and what He was
doing. He was/is as much the Holy Trinity as always, keeping the Balance of our
world intact. Physically, in a way that we can intellectually understand –
spiritually in a way that our souls recognize.
The Light of the World took on
the Darkness and won, keeping the Balance.
And so our own personal trinities
(body, mind, spirit) are brought to Balance. That is what this day, the day
between death and life, is all about I think. A day to remind us all that our
time here is a gift; and the Son came to show us how to make the most of that
gift. Birth, a life to live, death, and life again. How we choose to spend the
life we have been given to live is up to us.
That there will be battles for
each and all of us to face is a given. Body, mind, and spirit … all kinds of
battles have to be fought and won. This day, the day between life and death and
life, is a day to remember that the Holy Trinity keeps all in Balance. Our
battles come and they go, same as we do. Some we will win; some we will lose (because
we are not the Son) but in the end the War is Already Won.
Maybe that’s why my soul rests
easy today.
In a world seemingly filled with
hatred, spite, cruelty, and darkness working overtime, the Light still shines. Bright
as bright can be, or in little flickers that mock the darkness and destroy its
power, the Light shines on.
Because God is Love, not hate. The
Holy Trinity rules all, has no need for aggression, no reason to inflict harm,
no desire to diminish any person, place, or thing in a world so carefully and
intricately wrought. That is darkness which hates aggressively, inflicts harm,
and tries to diminish what has been set into place by the Almighty. That is darkness,
and has already been defeated.
Tomorrow will bring again its own
battles.
For today, my soul is quiet.
Remembering.
Knowing.
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