27 - The Love We Found

27 was the love I sought, the product of a perfect union entwined with the divine. But I have found that it is the exponent of a union in which its composite parts begin to mirror the divine.  

We agreed on the superficial, so we walked.

We shared a vision, so we ran. 

We believed in the divine, so we flew. 

Morphing into the divine, we transcended. 

We found 27 stumbling through the valley of the shadow of death, as I lay near the still waters, as I sat in the dust, and as I lingered in the wilderness. The superficial was noted, the vision refined, and belief established, but neither of these was the sure foundation required. We found 27 while venturing down the narrow road, traversing through and never succumbing to temptation, listening to the still small voice, suppressing thine will, and opting for obedience. We found 27 as we waited. However, 27 was not the product but the exponent. 

Addition is repeated incrementation, multiplication is repeated addition, exponentiation is repeated multiplication, and tetration is repeated exponentiation. Tetration is not mere growth, but growth upon growth, like the mid-afternoon mercury during a heatwave rising faster than the mind can grasp.

If true love is infinite, for it to be understood and potentially grasped, subtraction and division are wholly inadequate; the incremental nature of addition will require an eternity, and multiplication offers a glimmer of hope, assuming the initial values are high enough. Exponents provide a more certain path, and with tetration, repeated exponentiation, the impossible begins to draw near. 

Where your 3 and my 3 make 7 trillion. Where love is patient, kind, does not envy nor does it boast, it is not proud, does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it's not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs, it does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth. It protects, always trusts, hopes, and perseveres. It is sacrificial, imaginative, and kind. That is what I, you, we have found through diligently following the shepherd. 

In receiving perfect love, we have learned to love more perfectly. Inversion has occurred, from 3^3 to ^3 3. From 27 to 7 trillion. Seated side by side, the good became great, the mortal transcendent, the natural supernatural, the lonely made whole, complete and perfect. Now I rest, with peace.