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Tend this Triangle

                 The first words of the Bible are, “In the beginning God…” (Genesis 1:1).  If that is all the Bible ever said, it would be enough.  Ultimately, spirituality comes down to, “Do you believe that there is something bigger than us and more to our lives than what we see every day?” 
                The next word in that verse is important too.  It says that God “created”.  In fact, Genesis asserts that God created everything that we see around us including the heavens and the earth, light and dark, land and sea until, finally, he created humans in his own image (verse 26) “male and female” (verse 27). 
                By the end of Genesis 2, we see a pattern forming.  Picture a triangle with God’s name at the top, Adam’s at one corner and Eve’s at the other.  Adam is in relationship with God (the vertical portion of the triangle) and has a relationship with Eve (the horizontal line of the triangle).  Eve, in turn, lives in the same pattern because her corner of the triangle is connected vertically to God and horizontally to Adam.
Here is the important part: Everyone lives with-in that same triangular pattern.  Your life is not one dimensional.  Whether you know it or not, you were created to live in connection with God and in relationship with others.
                This basic truth is so important, that when Jesus was asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” he responded with the exact same triangular pattern.  “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.  The second is this: Love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these” (Mark 12:30-31).  Every spiritual truth that you can think of revolves around either our relationship with God or our relationship with others. 
In light of this, 1 Corinthians 6:19 states that, “You are not your own!”  Therefore, we make a huge mistake when we live and act as if we are only responsible to and for ourselves. 
                Your relationships, both with God and with others, are the most important thing about you, because it is within that triangle that you receive and share the blessings of God.

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