Making connections

As I was getting ready for bed tonight, I was thinking again about the CS Lewis quote I posted earlier. That's when it occurred to me that the idea Lewis talked about is similar to something we talked about at Dox this week. Unfortunately, my podcast from last week won't load, so I'll have to paraphrase.

The concept discussed went something like this:

Before the world was created, the Trinity lived in perfect union and love. Jesus poured all of Himself out into God and the Spirit. All of Him. He served them both and loved them until He had nothing left. Here's where it gets good: God and the Spirit were also pouring all of Themselves into Him. Two of Them. Into one. By giving all of Himself, Jesus made room for twice as much inside Himself. He doubled his capacity. And He was then able to give that doubled amount away again.

So how does this relate to Lewis' quote about putting first things first? By putting God first, by giving all my love and my trust to Him, He is able to give back to me (at least) twice as much as I had before. Loving God gives me an even greater capacity to love Him...and others. When I truly love God, I will have even more to give to those around me. Maybe this seems like an obvious connection. Obvious or not, it's a connection I'm very interested in thinking more about.

I absolutely love when the things that I'm reading and hearing and talking to people about take on a common theme.