My Own Trinity

The concept of the Trinity is something that can be difficult to explain in terms that most Christians can understand. There are few ways that it has been explained to me that I can understand. It is most often left for those who study theology and commit their lives to topics such as this.

I know that I don't understand much of what is preached. Other days, I understand it completely. I understand now because I have found my own Trinity.

This summer I am called to be a great deal of things in the community in which I live. One of the men most often calls me to be a child. I am also called to be a parent. Most often though, I am called to be a friend, whether it is over a cup of tea in the morning or a glass of wine at night.

I've learned this summer that I don't have to limit myself to simply one aspect in my life. I can be so many things to one person. I am not simply a friend, I am also a child and a parent. I am someone who can do many things and be many things and not find any of those things to be mutually exclusive. It is the concept of the Trinity applied to the life of a teenager. Living a definition is more than enough explanation for me.