Monday, December 13

The eternal relationship of reciprocal love

Adoption is ultimately about relationship, and the relationship that transcends and is the foundation of all others is the relationship(s) that the Persons of the Trinity have eternally enjoyed with each other. Our God has always been and always will be a communion of Persons. Reciprocal love has flowed and will forever flow between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. If that reciprocal love ceased for even a moment, God would cease to be God and the gospel would immediately turn into unimaginably bad news for all of creation.

— Dan Cruver
Reclaiming Adoption
(Adelphi, Md.: Cruciform Press, 2011), 24