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If God is the true, first pattern of relationship, and if you and I are made in God’s image, then that means we are built to be in constant, loving relationship, too. Every loving relationship you’ve ever had in your whole life is a divine echo—a ripple effect—of that eternal loving relationship in which God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit have been engaged since all eternity.