Yesterday was Trinity Sunday. I did a combination sermon on the history of how we got the doctrine of the Trinity. Feel free to read it again, then once you’ve refreshed your mind on some of the background, consider the following reflection questions to help identify your own affinity (or not) with the Holy Mystery of the Trinity. Perhaps you identify with one portion of the Godhead more than the others.
Blessings as you reflect on the Mystery that has been grappled with for as long as the church has been.
~Pastor Scott
Questions for Reflection
Trinity Sunday is not so much a day for explanations as it is a day for reflection on the majesty and mystery of the fullness of God: God as Creator, Lawgiver, the One who performs mighty acts; God as Messiah and Lord, Savior, Liberator, known to us in Jesus Christ; God as Holy Spirit, Wind and Flame, Advocate, Comforter. How does thinking of God in this Trinitarian way inform, even increase, your understanding of God? Do you experience God, or relate more easily to God, in one of the three “Persons” of God more than the other two? What causes you to relate to God more closely in this way?
Household Prayer: Morning
Creator God, I wake this morning to the beauty of the world as though it were the first morning of creation. As the light of the sun rises on all that you have made, I pray that my spirit may rise also. Help me to be ready to greet you however and in whomever you make yourself known to me today. Help me to pause in moments of this day to glimpse the beauty you have made, offered as gift and sign of your abiding presence. I entrust myself and those I love to you this day; knowing that you promise to be with us always. In your holy, triune name I pray. Amen.
Household Prayer: Evening
O God, my Advocate and Comforter, I rest in you. The evening falls and the darkness does not overcome me, for you are my light. You are the Light of the world. I bring to you the passing cares of this day, and the deeper cares of my life and those I love. Breathe peace on all that stirs in me and whirls around me. Breathe peace into every troubled place and person this night. Shine on us, in us, and through us. I know that when I awake, I will still be with you, Holy One who is Source, Word, and Wisdom. Amen.