“. . . that I may dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life . . .”

                             On the day that we stop thinking that the “house of the Lord” is a “mansion” in heaven, on the day that we realize that the “house of the Lord” is the “tabernacle” which Jesus Himself has become for us, on that day, we begin to fathom what it is to live our truly heavenly lives.

Here in Cor Unum, we concern ourselves with the place that Jesus IS, not the place where we hope to be in the “sweet by and by.”

“One thing have I desired of the Lord; that will I seek after . . . that I may dwell in the house of the Lord, ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE!”

The place where we abide in Jesus now, in this life, is the place where He abides in us, in the monastery of our hearts. In this place we are one in Spirit with Him and with one another, across denominational and cultural and even spatial lines. It is a mansion, for our hearts expand to contain all the love He brings. It is a coliseum of obedience and a bower of peace and deepest joy. It is the proper high place, not the one made with human hands but the one to which we have been invited.

“Rise up, my darling!
 Come away with me, my fair one!”

“My dove is hiding behind the rocks,
behind an outcrop on the cliff. 
Let me see your face;
let me hear your voice. 
For your voice is pleasant,
and your face is lovely.” (Song of Solomon 2:13, 14)

We don’t stumble upon it this place. We ask, we seek, we knock . . . and the door is opened to us.