Did you know that belief in the Trinity is one of the requirements of being a Christian? The Trinity is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit: they are one God, yet three distinct beings. If one of those Three guys is left out, the whole basis of Christianity crumbles to the ground like a bad batch of cornbread. But don’t be caught in the trap of thinking of God as a “blob” God, where the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are just a mesh of heavenly faces in one gigantic squish. There is a unique way that the Trinity works: the 3 beings of God are made one through union (that sounds kind-of DUH, right?) What I mean by union is love. Unity means to be one. The Holy Trinity is one through love. The Father loves the Son, the Son loves the Father. It is a giving and receiving relationship. Kind-of like when you have a friend who gives you an awesome birthday gift. Your friend has shown that they love you, so you want to do the same. So when his or her birthday rolls around, you reciprocate and buy them a gift too. Same with the Father and Son. So what about the Holy Spirit- you know, the one who is responsible for the dominoes of people falling over, weeping, and speaking in weird languages at prayer retreats? Where does He come in? Newton’s Third Law of Motion explains this- “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” What this means is that there must be an outcome for the action of love. The result of the love between the Father and the Son is the Holy Spirit, the “uncreated fruit.” But God decided not to keep all that love to Himself, but to create humanity to love and worship Him. Doesn’t that make you feel warm and fuzzy?
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