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A meagre offering in the face of the masses

I used to worry when I was doing something for church, running some event or talking with someone or a group of people, that what I had to offer wasn’t good enough. That I would disappoint. That I would let them, and far more significantly, God, down.

But one day it dawned on me. No matter what I did, I couldn’t make something perfect. And in this sphere, above all others, I couldn’t manufacture the kind of outcomes that I longed to see. I certainly could not make God move or act.

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The dance of the trinity

I have always found the concept of the trinity hard to understand. Who is our God? How is He three and yet also one? Do I relate to God as Father? Or as Jesus, the Son? Or as the Holy Spirit? How do I interact with all three? Should I do so all at once or one at a time? And if I do, am I then understanding them as three rather than one? But then if I focus on the oneness do I then lose the three-ness? Above all, what does this mean in practice? And how does it affect me as a follower of this God?

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