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Me: I love my time with you all (Papa Father, Lord Jesus, and Holy Spirit: God). How do you want me to spend it?
God: On us! LOL! We like hanging out with you and we have plenty of time to do so.
Me: Okay. I will spend this time with you. Lavishly, I hope!
Thank you all for being friends with each other. When I think of that and your teamwork, I am delighted. That is a dream come true.
God: Why? We are curious.
Me: I have longed to belong. (Here I listed that names of those I’ve tried to be close to over the years with more or less, usually less, success.)
I see your mutual, eternal friendship it in the Creation accounts of Genesis 1 and Proverbs 8. I experience it within my own being through John 14:23, 27 where it is clear to me that “the place you have prepared for us” is not only in heaven but right now existentially in my heart (our hearts). And speaking of the heavenlies—I love that we are already seated “together” with you (all) in Christ per Ephesians 2:6.
God: We have always enjoyed being with each other. We want you to join us as a group of four. By the way, since we are God Almighty, we can have groups of four (the three of us plus one) with an infinite number of individuals. Throngs are nice, but sitting at the table with a few is quite nice too. Revelation 3:20
God has been working at helping us enjoy him for a long time. Some with greater success than others.
Gen. 28:16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.”
Matt. 18:20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Matt. 28:20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Ex. 33:14 And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Psa. 139:7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
Jer. 23:23 “Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away? 24 Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD.
1Kings 8:27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
Is. 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
2Cor. 6:16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
“I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my peopleIs. 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
2Cor. 6:16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
“I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people
Wow! I am going to spend more time with those verses you have sent. Thank you, Tim. Stay tuned for further comments.
John. the simplicity of your encounters speak volumes and brings me into the holy trinity. New depths new revelations and most of all intimacy in belonging. Thanks for sharing vulnerably
Thank you, Mina! You joy is contagious. Your comment encourages me to keep it simple.—John
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Amen!