Immersed
Immersed: this is a word that keeps tumbling around in my heart and mind. Webster's defines "immerse" to mean, "to plunge into or as if into a liquid; to baptize by dipping under water; to involve deeply, engross, as in thought." What is we "immersed" ourselves into God's love? According to the definition, it is not a toe-tipping sample of an experience. It is rather a "baptism" of fluid: to deeply ponder and let it swell over you. When I visited Hawaii almost two years ago, David and I went to a beach with gigantic waves. To get out into the water, one had to wade through t he waves. Almost instantly, they were up under your arms and still so clear that you could see your feet. Before I knew it, a wave crashed into me and splashed over my head and into my nose. Hours later, salt water was stilling pouring from my sinuses. I do not mean to gross you out. I use this story to help paint the pictu...