Archive for the ‘Trinity’ Category
Second Person
“That Second Voice, you know: he had me sent here; he said you had asked to see me. I owe it to you.”
“No. You owe it to the Second Voice,” said Niggle. “We both do.”
(J. R. R. Tolkien, “Leaf by Niggle,” The Tolkien Reader, 116)
My Song is Love Unknown
Toby Sumpter considers the wonder of God’s love. Audio below, text here.
My song is love unknown
My Savior’s love to me
Love to the loveless shown
That we might lovely be.
Pruning
John 15 speaks of the Father’s pruning fruitful branches. One thing we draw from this is that our sufferings have wise and loving intentions and good ends. But there’s something deeper here: Trinitarian life. Abiding and pruning go hand in hand; the Father’s pruning is not separate from our union with the Son, and the fullness of life, love and joy that we have in him by his Spirit and through one another.
I gotta have my orange juice. 