Drinking Water

Word of the Post
Today's word is: felled
/feld/ verb, adjective
To bring to the ground, cause to fall, to level.
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Dearest friends, we gather here today to mourn the loss of a beloved piece of nature. Today, the baby tree in the front yard has been felled. The poor thing got sick two summers ago, when we couldn't water it, because we were being limited by water rationing. After a year of striving to live, the poor arbor succumbed to the dehydration. Viewing will be allowed starting tonight, and ending when the trash truck comes tomorrow. Firewood is available if you will come to get it. Pallbearers are Chelf, and some guy named Fred who brought the chainsaw.
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When I was in a junior college, I used to eat my lunch in the car while at a park. I would read, or do homework, and enjoy the nature around me. In that car, I carried a $20 bill in the glove box, a Bible in the backseat, and I usually left the car unlocked. I figured, if anyone was dumb enough to try to steal that piece of junk, they could have it. They could also have enough gas money to get far away from me ("hell hath no fury" and all), and a Bible that they obviously needed more than I did.

One day, I was startled by a woman knocking on my window. She was a Jehovah's Witness, and was trying to get me into a conversation. She was amazed that I was reading the Bible, and I told her that I did this quite often. She was keen to know what church I attended, I guess to see which argument she was steeling herself for. I hemmed and hawed for a few minutes, and finally confessed that I attended a church of Christ. She jumped right at it. "You guys don't believe in God!"

Yes, I was as dumbfounded as you probably are. Whaddya mean I don't believe in God? Of course I do! So I asked her where she heard that. She said that since we "worship Jesus only," we obviously don't believe in One God. So, I asked her to explain God to me. I figured that maybe I could understand her point if I got her to explain MY supposed point. She said that God the Father was the supreme being, and that Jesus was the first creation. The fact that he was a prophet was just more testimony to the "fact" that he was only human.

I let this go on for a few minutes, and then I HAD to say something. I couldn't let her go on belittling my religious beliefs, especially since they were supposed to be so similar to hers. I started with a different direction. "Do you like drinking water?" This caught her off guard, because she had apparently never been asked this before.

So I ask you now, do You like drinking water? God is similar to water. Get a piece of paper and fold it in half. Open it up, and one side, draw three circles. They don't have to touch. Just make sure that they are in close proximity, like the corners of a triangle. Now, do it again on the other side. You want two batches of circles. In the first batch of circles, write one letter in each circle: O...H...H. In the second batch of circles, write one word in each circle: Father...Son...Spirit. Got it? Now...this is where it gets tricky. In the first batch of circles, you have the chemical designation for Water: H2O. In the second, you have the basis of the Trinity concept.

While drawing this for her, Ms. J.W. was getting very curious as to where I was going with this. It is pretty good, I think. Please don't think I came up with it, I think the Holy Spirit gave it to me for Ms. J.W.'s benefit. We can get into the Holy Spirit's guidance later.

Back to the illustration. On the first set, draw a line through the triangle, separating one of the H's from the rest of the pack. Do you know what you get if you take one Hydrogen away from a molecule of water? You get what is called Hydroxide, usually an acidic base. Draw another line through the triangle, separating the O from the rest of the pack. Do you know what you have when Oxygen is removed from Water? Hydrogen gas, which is highly flammable. Water has to be all three parts in one, in the same harmonious arrangement, or it is something entirely different. Water is always in the same chemical lock, as shown below. Makes it kinda look like Mickey Mouse. This has a name, but I can't remember it.








On the second set, draw a line through the triangle, separating the Father from the rest. What do you get without the Father? God has no Plan. Separate the Son, what do you get? God has no Sacrifice or Salvation. Separate the Spirit, what do you get? God has no Action. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are all very different pieces, but they all must be included, in the same harmonious arrangement, or God is not complete. I happen to think that God the Father is kinda like the Oxygen, a little bit bigger than the other two. After all, Jesus said that the Father was the only one who knew the day and the hour of his return; that it would be revealed to Jesus when the time came.

Who is to say that the world has no plan, no intelligence, no design? They need only drink a glass of water, and be happy that it is not acid or flammable gas. I find it intriguing that the Creator, the original three in one, made us out of mostly water, also three in one. There are three in one combinations all around us: apples (skin, meat, seed), and eggs (shell, white, yolk), and Humans (body, mind, spirit). Why is this such a difficult thought to absorb?

Ms. J.W. tossed some books at me through the window, and ran. I made her think, and I don't think she liked it. I hope that in some way it made her question the junk that she was trying to teach me. Did it make you question your books? Did it confirm your belief?