Invited into a divine relationship

 There can often be difficulty in trying to understand how God relates to us daily. At the heart of the doctrine of the Trinity is the desire that is planted in every human heart to both comprehend and apprehend who God is. In our Christian understanding, we see God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This is a relationship where we see a love relationship develop between the Father and the Son and between the Son and the Father through the Holy Spirit. We are caught up in that relationship through the Incarnational love of the Trinity that seeks to overflow into the whole of creation. This divine love notices how God is present in the dance, the dancer, and the dancing. 

Yet we can often struggle to see the reality of God in material terms. Thus we can personify elements of God in terms that we can understand. We want to see the face of God and live. Many artists and movie directors have sought to aid in recreating bible stories and the life of Jesus. Yet in many ways, each of these depictions only creates a door rather than a mirror of the divine reality. No image can encapsulate the whole of God. If we could grasp God in a particular image or likeness it would become an idol that recreates God in our own image and likeness. 

This is where we encounter God within ourselves through the room of self-knowledge. We often struggle to understand ourselves let alone understand God. Yet this desire for the infinite and the longing for a relationship draws us to a deeper appreciation of the whole of creation. This burning fire overflows into our day-to-day relationships and causes us to ponder how this love that sustains all things in being overflows into how we interact with each other. It calls us to be people who give thanks for how God is present in all things without making anything God. There is a glimpse of how God becomes present in the way we share our gifts and talents. It helps us to appreciate that spirit that sustains unity of purpose while also recognizing the diversity of charisms. God seeks to be at one with us so that we can be one with God.