The Triune Man

The Triune Man

Listening to Gui teach on the Triune Man gave me a few things to ponder. First, explore the depths of a shameless and naked life before God. Next, ponder the wonders of marriage and the intentions of God’s heart for it. Lastly, consider the mind, body, and spirit connection and how each make up a whole. The degree in which we understand the reasoning behind God’s actions, is the same degree in which we will be able to relate and to love ourselves and those around us. Ignorance may be bliss, but knowledge is power!

Shameless and naked, are two beautifully scandalous words, with such feeing potential. Let me explain. When picturing Adam and Eve in the garden, walking shameless and naked before God, they shared perfect communion and communication with the themselves and the Father. Shame comes as a result of committing an offense, right? But God’s original intent for His creation was to never even know what it was like to make an offense. In other words, shame was never even a word in their vocabulary! There is confirmation in my Spirit-man when I hear that I was never meant to experience shame. However, because of the bible, I understand that the fall made us vulnerable to a life covered in shame. Glory to God, the truth that makes my heart sing, is knowing Jesus came to restore us back to our natural habitats, even though it will be a process, only fully perfected in heaven. However, because of Jesus, I can experience shameless living here and now, and enjoy the communication and communion Adam and Eve felt in the garden, even if it is only in doses.

Next, I would like to take you with me to ponder the wonders of marriage, and how God will use it to shape us more into His image. Recently, I heard that God is both male and female, and that when God looks at a married couple He sees only one being. This train of thought goes along with what Gui taught, that “marriage is God’s medicine for triune restoration of male and female.” It is just wondrous to think that God uses the act of sexual intercourse within marriage, to create a level of intimacy in which 2 people are joined to seamlessly together, that you can’t tell them apart anymore, ie babies! Gui sums up what becoming one looks like, it’s “a level of intimacy where shame is out of the picture, a connection of the soul, a merging of the spirit and a unity in the flesh.” Can marriage paint a better picture of God’s loving heart for His creation to experience the oneness He feels with the Son and Holy Spirit?

Lastly, and this is my conclusion, is that each individual part; the mind, body and soul, were designed to make a whole person. Without one of these elements, a person would be incomplete. Why do we need to develop our minds? Why do we need to control of bodies? Why do we need to cultivate our Spirits? Let me leave you with this thought... do you like to see flowers? You probably have a painting of them on your wall somewhere, or maybe the real things grace one of your tables. Nonetheless, flowers are here, and we appreciate their beauty. We are like the flowers, appreciate by all who see us, but the real reason behind our growth were the elements that helped us grow; like the sun, water and soul. The mind, body and spirit all work synergistically together to create the beautiful harmony we like to call, life! Amen.