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Reflections on Trinity Season Bishop Co-adjutor, Diocese of Mid-America The color for Trinity Season is green, which reminds us that God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit makes his kingdom grow. As St. Paul said, "Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase." (1 Cor. 3:5, 6) During this season, it is appropriate for us to remember the way God has led us so that we can be duly thankful for what he is providing for us now. We must also be careful to thank him for all his provision in the past. Appreciating the specifics of God’s provision—especially the ones we don’t like—is the way we show true Christian thanksgiving to God. Even non-Christians are thankful for pleasant experiences and for plans that work out right with no hitches. If our thanksgiving is no different from theirs, what is Christian about us? To the contrary, God has fertilized our hopes and thanks with difficulties that we might trust in him alone for now and for the future. All the unpleasant events we have ever endured have been for the purpose of helping us to be thankful for every detail of our private lives. God is greening (growing) his church, and he is also growing you and your family that you might be a beautiful adornment in praise of him. Just as we are now building a mission work at St. James that will glorify God, so our lives should be growing in beauty to be a credit to his Name. After all, the church is not brick and mortar put together in a pleasing fashion to honor God. The church is made up of living stones, the people of God. No matter how beautiful a church building is, if the living stones that worship in it are not growing in Christian loveliness and grace, God will not be glorified. Let us then have as our goal in this Trinity Season to grow in godliness to the praise of our Triune God. Back to Top | Home | Site Contents | Site Search | Collects for Trinity |