THE THREE SISTERS
By
-Daniel-
©
Though we be apart,
we are but a heartbeat away.
I have come to share a Truth
upon this blessed day.
There once lived three sisters who dwelled
together in harmony within their Father's house;
and each received the gentle guidance needed that
they might decide with independence their own
chosen path through Life.
Though each daughter reflected the vast virtues of
their Father, they were as different from each other
as hailstones, snowflakes and raindrops;
and as they came of age each sister, in turn,
left their Father's house to live their lives in
separate lands.
The eldest daughter settled in the land of Yesterday,
where miracles poured forth and the Power of God
was reverently respected.
The middle daughter chose to live in the land of Today,
where wrongs were righted and the Love of God
was cherished.
And the youngest daughter dwelled in the land of Tomorrow,
where all things were understood and the Wisdom of God
shone forth as a great light for all to see.
Each sister flourished within their own adopted land,
prospering in wealth and growing strong within the
boundaries of their own chosen kingdom;
yet there existed within each sister a yearning to return
to their Father's house and to the lost embrace of
their sisters kinship.
Silently were they touched by the desire to journey
back to each other and to the threshold of their
Father's house.
With great anticipation did the sisters open wide
the door and together they called out...
"Father, we are home!"
The Father rushed down from the upper chambers of
the house to embrace his daughters upon their homecoming,
and laughter, joy and love filled the house as never before.
Long into the night did they sit by the fire and speak
of the time spent apart and of the virtues they had
found within the kingdoms they had come to adopt as their own.
The eldest daughter recounted the numerous miracles
she had witnessed in the land of Yesterday,
that stood in testament to the vast creative
Power of God.
The middle daughter spoke about the sins of ignorance,
erased with forgiveness in the land of Today,
giving testament to the all-encompassing
Love of God.
And the youngest daughter revealed the hidden
meaning to the esoteric mysteries of Life,
as understood in the land of Tomorrow,
that served as testament to the ever-unfolding
Wisdom of God.
An impassioned discussion ensued among the sisters
as to which kingdom was truly the greatest and when
there was no accord, the youngest sister wisely asked
the Father to intercede, for he had lived in the lands of
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
With great tenderness did the Father gaze into the anxious
eyes of his three daughters and then he spoke...
"Can a Father love one daughter more than another?
Each reflects an attribute of himself and is loved
as if she were the only daughter.
Separately are you equal, each to the other,
but together do you rise in Wisdom, Love and Power
to fill your Father's house with boundless joy.
And so it is also that the three Kingdoms of Heaven,
each reflecting an attribute of God...
Power, Love and Wisdom...
shall stand, hand in hand, at the threshold of
their Father's House and declare...
Father, we are Home!"