But in the Trinity we see something that we must pay attention to: God does not leave. The loving relationship shared between Father, Son and Spirit is the ground on which all other models of life and creativity rest. In this relationship of constant self-giving, vulnerable and joyful love, shame has no oxygen to breathe. The ever-present movement of this three-part, shared relationship toward one another—working with one another, trusting one another, delighting in one another—provides the basis for why God created the world in vulnerability, and then made himself vulnerable in coming to it
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