Lump

I just watched the newest Nooma video called Lump. Rob Bell has done another outstanding job, bringing together video and sermon. See Nooma.com and buy all ten videos!

Anyhow, in Lump, Bell's older boy gets caught, having stolen a little white ball. He runs upstairs and hides for two hours under the covers of his parents' bed, fearful and full of shame. When Bell goes upstairs, he uncovers the lump in the bed, holds him, and tells him that he'll never love him any less, no matter what he's done. Never.

Forgiveness is essential to living imago trinitas. It recognizes relationship is at the center of who God is and who we are as the image of the Trinity. It therefore recognizes that maintaining relational wholeness is the key to who we are. So, when sin breaks relationship, it's essential that we do what is necessary for reconciliation.