Daily Readings: Isaiah 11:1-9; Numbers 16:20-35; Acts 28:23-31

For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as waters cover the sea. Isaiah 11:9, NRSV

Fall back into the ocean (a lake, pool, or bathtub if the seacoast is too distant or the weather too cold). Feel the water on every part of your body. Relax into the water’s gentle sway. This is immersion.

Imagine immersion in the knowledge of God. What would it be like to relax into the gentle pull of it? Every single part of you embraced, every single part of you accepted. Wouldn’t that change everything?

The next time you pray, the next time you read scripture, imagine yourself falling through the words into God’s full embrace – as you would fall into the ocean’s water. Immersion. When you come out, the world will be a different place because you are a different person – full of God’s love and in love with every living thing in the world.

Photograph by Donna Eby.