H2O

Am currently reading a really good book - 'Let Me Tell You a Story - Life Lessons from Unexpected Places and Unlikely People' by Tony Campolo. Below is extracted from one of the meaningful stories and thought of sharing it with you all..



H2O
That the doctrine of the Trinity is beyond our understanding is all too obvious. We Christians make the incredible claim that God is in three persons, yet God is one. This is not only a perplexing statements for Muslims and Jews, but most Christians have difficulty making sense of it. Certainly it is way beyond me (Tony Campolo). But then I consider water!

When water is cooled to below 0 degree celcius, it becomes solid, and we call it ice. The properties of ice are very different from the properties of water, yet the chemical formula for ice is H2O, the same as it is for water. If we take the water and heat it up to 100 degree celcius, it turns to steam, which is a gas.

Obviously, the properties of steam are very different from the properties of water and also very different from the properties of ice. And yet, the chemical formula for steam is H2O. Isn't it strange, when we think about it, that water, ice, and steam each are very distinct, but are still essentially the same? Perhaps they will help us to understand by analogy that it is one essential God who is expressed in Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.