There is no happier place than being swept up into the Loving Unity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

“Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.” (John 14:23) … because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Romans 5:5)”

Everyone has a ‘happy place’. Where’s yours?

I remember sitting on a yacht in Beau Valon, (“Beautiful Valley”) Seychelles. I prefer the ocean to land, so for me this was the pinnacle of what a ‘happy place’ could be. You have to see it to believe it, and maybe the image of Beau Valon accompanying this post will help you. ‘Stunning’, ‘majestic’, ‘gorgeous’, are the kind of descriptions I would use. You may be a landlubber and your happy place is not the ocean but some exquisite, pristine forest. Or snow capped mountain range.

Unfortunately, if you ever finally get there, as much as you will enjoy it, those places never live up to our dreams. There’s always something missing. I loved Beau Valon, but I remember sitting on the yacht, legs dangling in the turquoise warm water, looking at the fishes swimming above the endless coral, and thinking that I was missing my family. There’s always something missing.

Nowhere on earth is truly, truly perfect. This is why a ‘happy place’ isn’t really on earth. It’s a place in our imaginations and dreams, that is completely perfect and where absolutely nothing is missing. To be there is to be in bliss. But we can never live in our imagination because reality bumps us out of our dreams and back into our car… or work… or wherever we actually are.

Christians have the best ‘happy place’ imaginable. Our ‘happy place’ and reality merge! Our ‘happy place’ is in the company of Three Persons who exist in One Being of Infinite Love. To be there is to experience unending bliss. Unlike a lover on earth from whom we are sometimes separated, separation from this relationship of love is impossible.

Unlike Beau Valon, I don’t have an image for you. No Christian who is alive on earth can see Him yet – we will one day. But I have some words that may describe it for you. Here are some words I wrote to myself to keep reminding me when the broken world interrupts my view of my happy place:

“Look up. What can you see above the world’s noise and fretting and mindless passions? The calm, settled sea of glass, green as an emerald because the Father who is seated on the Throne is unshakeable in His covenant commitment and promise. All is at rest. He bears toward you a love which is its own unfailing source.

Look inside. What can you hear through the clanging of brokenness and the turmoil of true accusations? The Spirit within, saying ‘Peace, it is me. Don’t be afraid. You are a child of God. We come to have fellowship with you. Be comforted.’