This Sunday, June 7th, is Trinity Sunday on the Christian calendar.    Holy Trinity; Triune God; Three-in-One.......Sounds pretty mysterious and difficult, doesn't it?     One of the best ways to get a handle on this mystery, I believe, comes from a children's Sunday school class.   One elementary way to conceptualize the Holy Trinity is to think of water.   H2O.  Anyway you see it, no matter the form, water still consists of H2O.   It may be in the form of a solid (ice); or, gas (vapor); or, liquid (the water we drink).   Three different forms, yet the same components.    Various expressions, but same in content.

So it is with the Triune God.   God is Father (Yahweh God);  God is Son (Jesus the Christ); and, God is Holy Spirit.    The Holy Trinity has various manifestations, yet is one and the same.     God is frequently referred to as Creator.   Jesus Christ is often referred to as Redeemer.  And, the Holy Spirit is sometimes called Sustainer.     Each is unique in their role(s); yet all three are involved with one another in carrying out these unique and special roles. The ministry of the Holy Trinity is multifacted.   And, the unity of the Trinity is constant and continual.    It is like water.   You get many different manifestations, but it is always one and the same. 

The reality of Triune God also reminds me that God is relational.  From the very beginning, before time, God has always been in relationship - - - with God's self!    There was/is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.    They are the same, yet separate.   Therefore, they relate to one another.    They cooperate.   They work together to accomplish and get things done.   They delight in one another's presence and being.   So too should we as God's people!    One of the great messages of Trinity Sunday is that God is relational.  God desires to be in relationship with us - humanity.   And, we are created in the likeness,image of God.  Therefore, we crave and need relationship with one another.  

May you and yours have a blessed Trinity Sunday, and may we all be reminded of God's multifaceted outreach and God's desire for relational love with each, and all, of us.