The relational divine being creates relational human beings. That’s how the story of God—and of humans—begins. The implications go to the very root of who we are and how we are designed to live. God eternally exists in relationship. He is a relational being, and Scripture goes on to reveal that deity consists of three distinct persons living in community. (It might be noticed in passing that the Trinity is the only small group that has ever gotten along really well and for a really long time.) Because