Father, I desire that they also, whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me in thy love for me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee; and these know that thou hast sent me. I made known to them thy name, and I will make it known, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them."
John 17:24–26 (RSV)
And count the forbearance of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures. 2 Peter 3:15–16 (RSV)
St. Peter's observation regarding St. Paul is a gift to the reader of Scripture. Many things in Scripture are hard to understand. Many things lie beyond me, waiting for the Holy Spirit to reveal their meaning.
Like Jacob wrestling with God at the Jabbock, we wrestle with God's Word, being challenged to think and contemplate its meaning and beauty. The passage from St. John is part of the prayer Jesus offered for the Church shortly before His arrest.
Our Lord longs for us to be in Him, in the love He has from the Father, beholding the wonder of the Father's glory. Jesus prays that the unity He has with the Father will become ours. He prays as we are enfolded in the love within the Holy Trinity; we will reflect that divine love here.
We who treasure our individuality will one day be wholly merged with God in a oneness words cannot begin to describe. At that time, we will discover our true selves, being the person we were created to be. We will then start to know life as it is within the Holy Trinity.
Yes, some things in Scripture are not easy to understand. Still, we need not understand a wondrous dawn light to know that it is beautiful.