"God is love," we have in 1 John 4:8&16. And there are the Father and Son and Holy Spirit who are of this one love; meanwhile humans can tend to be very separate in how they are and each one's way of loving; but our Father and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are all of one love.
And
"Father" and
"Son" are names of family love-Persons; so this would indeed mean to me that God is about personal and family sharing and caring . . . though humans can tend not to be this way, to say the least.
And the Holy Spirit takes care of us who are God's children, and the Holy Spirit prepares us for our Groom Jesus. These are family love functions. So, I can see this means the Holy Spirit is of family caring and sharing love . . . not only unconditional love which is impersonal and from some a distance. Yes, God loves us unconditionally, but in us. And this love has us become all-loving with personal caring, not distant impersonal and theoretical concern for people.
And this is important for us to know, since God is our example to follow >
"Therefore be imitators of God as dear children." (Ephesians 5:1)
The Holy Spirit in us is so personal with us; so this is part of why I understand He is a Person . . . of
"love" > not merely a doctrinal concept. But, of course, God is all three. But I understand the love application is important. This is not merely a doctrinal explanation concern.
So, actually, you are not asking for a doctrinal explanation, but possibly you know we can personally relate with the Holy Spirit. So - - - I offer how the Holy Spirit takes care of God's children, plus He is preparing us for our Groom Jesus.
And the Holy Spirit shares God's own love with us
"in our hearts" >
"Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us." (Romans 5:5)
And, of course, this love is more and better than we can explain and understand, but we actually do experience God personally sharing His own love with us >
"in our hearts", our Apostle Paul does say. So, the Holy Spirit is God so personally sharing with us, right
"in our hearts". So, this is involved in personally relating with the Holy Spirit . . . very personally and intimately if this is
"in our hearts".
And there are scriptures which can feed us how to be and to love, so we are living in this love >
"rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God." (1 Peter 3:4)
and this is in sharing with one another who are God's family >
"Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you." (Ephesians 4:31-32)
And, right before this scripture we are told not to grieve the Holy Spirit > Ephesians 4:30. So, yes it is possible to relate with the Holy Spirit, by grieving Him. I now see how things which can grieve Him are listed in the next verse >
"bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking" and
"all malice". And the next verse could help us see how unforgiveness or impersonal and unloving forgiveness can grieve the Holy Spirit.
Plus, you can read and feed on Philippians 2:13-16 where our Apostle Paul says to do
"all things without complaining and disputing" > so there is arguing and complaining which is also anti-Holy Spirit, not relating well with Him but grieving Him.
So . . . I offer you > the Holy Spirit is the One who in us has us living in God's own love, and this love has us relating as His family with Him and one another, plus this includes how God's love in us has us forgiving each other
"even as God", because God in us shares this with us, by means of His Holy Spirit.
And the Holy Spirit changes us so we are more and more like Jesus, so we love like Jesus > 2 Corinthians 3:17-18. This prepares us for our Groom, so we are compatible with Him so we are ready to spend eternity with Him and one another. Jesus is
"gentle and lowly in heart", we have in Matthew 11:29. And so, His love in us has us relating gently and humbly with one another, the way the Holy Spirit of this love has us relating >
"with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love," (Ephesians 4:2)
All of God's word can help us with this; so I have only given you a few basics. Trust God to do all He knows this means, with you
And He has leaders and others who are His
"examples" (1 Peter 5:3) of this, to minister this to us, so we can discover with one another as family. So, be blessed to share with others so you are helping each other.
