I really like the concept of today's theological word of the day ...
perichoresis
Gk. peri “around” + choreio “dance”
Refers to the mutual indwelling and relationship of the members of the Trinity. This concept is emphasized more by Eastern Christianity, but is affirmed by all orthodox branches of Trinitarian Christianity. St John of Damascus defines it such: “The subsistences [i.e., the three Persons] dwell and are established firmly in one another. For they are inseparable and cannot part from one another, but keep to their separate courses within one another, without coalescing or mingling, but cleaving to each other. For the Son is in the Father and the Spirit: and the Spirit in the Father and the Son: and the Father in the Son and the Spirit, but there is no coalescence or commingling or confusion. And there is one and the same motion: for there is one impulse and one motion of the three subsistences, which is not to be observed in any created nature” (The Orthodox Faith, 1.14).
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Relationship...this is what the dance entails. We have all been included in the circle with The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. At His invitation we are included at his table. Some understand what this means and accept the grace that is ours as an undeserved gift. Others think they must earn a place at the table. There is nothing we can do to earn this place. Nothing we can do that equals the sacrafice The Son has already made for us. We are invited to accept the invitation, join in the dance and live the heavenly life right now in a beautiful relationship with the Triune God.
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