Prov 8:22-31 / Romans 5:1-5 / John 16:12-15
The one thing that we can say about life is that life is difficult. Yes, life is difficult to understand, especially when we are faced with difficult problems.
There are all the problems of the world like diseases and viruses, war and violence, injustice and poverty.
And we have our own problems to deal with, and we don't seem to have the solutions. There are serious problems, and they are also quirky ones like:
Why is it that what can go wrong will go wrong? Why is it that when we dialled the wrong number, we won't get an engaged tone?
Why is it when we changed queue, the one that we left moves faster than the one we are in now?
That is enough of whys and problems, and we also don't quite have the answers.
But if life is difficult to understand, then God can seem to be even more difficult to understand.
Today, the Church celebrates Trinity Sunday. Trinity means Three Persons One God.
That can be difficult to understand. Why is God Three Persons? It would be easier to understand and to believe that God is just one.
But Jesus came to reveal to us that God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The most important thing about the Trinity is the love relationship between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
It is because they love each other so deeply and they are so united in love, that in God is true peace and joy, kindness and goodness, compassion, mercy and forgiveness.
The happiness that we desire so much in life is found in God.
When we understand that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit love each other and are so united in love, then we can begin to see the solution to all problems in life.
Essentially, the problems in life spring from our relationships. When we don't love God, and when we don't love others as much as God loves us, then problems will begin and there will be unhappiness and sadness.
When we can love one another as how the Father, Son and Holy Spirit love one another, we will find happiness in life.
Life is like an echo. Even though there can be an explanation for echoes, we can’t really understand how an echo happens.
But the echo can be an example of how we can find happiness in life.
We are like an echo of God's love. God created us in love. We are to echo God's love in this world by loving others.
It is in loving others that we will find happiness. When we become like God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit who created us and loves us, then we too must love like God by being an echo of God's love and loving others.
The problems of life are difficult but the solution is simple, and it is love.
Love may be simple to understand but it may not be that easy to live out.
But when we decide to love, then God will help us to be living images and echoes of God's love.
And we will also find happiness in life.