Trinity Sunday B – 3rd June 2012

I have given up trying to understand everything! I did learn a bit about television and telephones etc. as a high school student but technology has changed so dramatically so I have decided that it isn’t important to understand how all these things work… but to enjoy the benefits without getting too worked up about the “how”!

At school I learnt about the earths rotation on its axis… and about it spinning round the sun. I understand about the seasons and how we have day and night but I used to wonder why we didn’t just fall off or why, if we in Australia, are in the southern hemisphere, I didn’t feel as though I was dangling upside down from the earths surface. I know scientific explanations but I would rather enjoy the mystery, trusting that this is the way things are meant to be and enjoying the wonders of life on this earth.

Some “mysteries” I simply put in my “Too hard Basket”

God is a mystery. Nicodemus is wondering how the things he glimpses and hears in the words of Jesus can be true. Jesus assures him of a God who so loves the world that he would give everything for its salvation, including himself.  This God is not some judgmental being who despairs of the people as we make so many mistakes or ignore the teachings, which are offered to us. This God is one who invites new possibilities in us through a love, which is faithful unto death. We are given the Holy Spirit to be our guide as we walk through the challenges of life. On Trinity Sunday, we celebrate a mystery; God is one, yet God is three. Understand the mystery … or not… we celebrate each of the persons of God who together make our God alive for us all.

Many Blessings

Reverend Shan