I begin every morning contemplating Rublev’s icon of the Trinity. I have no pre-determined thoughts – sometimes I just gaze but the predominant sense is the beautiful, loving unity within the Trinity and I am invited into that union. I see water flowing and I imagine the river of God’s love flowing out to catch me up, drawing me into the Trinity and then carrying me back out to touch other people and situations before being carried back into the Trinity’s embrace. And so the cycle should continue, every day, many times each day.

The difficulty, of course, is the river often carries me where I don’t want to be and so I resist. I have realised though that the best response is to simply float, to allow God to carry me where he wants me to be. That demands an awful lot of trust and love. However, I genuinely believe, despite multiple failures, that this is the only way. I often finish by looking at the figure representing the Spirit, clothed in blue and green. Blue symbolises the divine while green symbolises life. I pray that I allow the Spirit, who dwells within me, to breathe his life into me and that I dare share that life wherever I am asked.