When approaching the Trinity, remember these three things:
1. Jesus was unexpected.
2. Jesus is God made near.
3. Jesus is subversive.
In paintings, the hand gestures of Jesus mean something. An open hand means peace. Holding two fingers up is more complex - the two fingers represent the dual nature on Jesus - human and divine. The lower three fingers represent the Trinity.
Jesus is what God has to say and is what the Holy Spirit has never stopped talking about.
Greek philosophy views the divine as distant. Jesus is not only God with us; but, in Jesus, God is one of us. The Joan Osborne song comes to mind ;)
Jesus lived a life of empathy, not pity. If you want to challenge yourself as an empathetic person, then travel. Travel changes who you are.
Jesus understood grief. Always remember the humanity of Jesus. He laughed, he loved, he suffered, and he died.
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