Yesterday's lesson... baptism...
The suggested Session Starter...
Meet by the water, any water. Talk about water and wonder together why God chose water for this important event.In preparation... I considered... Why...water...?
What came to mind was the three states of water that we come across each day... water... ice... and steam...
It struck me... three in one... a picture of the Trinity... one substance... three states... One God... three Persons...
Steam... Father God... spirit... invisible...
Ice... the Son... the Word made flesh... solid...
Water... Holy Spirit... streams of Living Water...
Therefore water makes a perfect substance for baptism...
With a plan in place... I gathered three glass cups... filled one with ice... one with water... and the third... empty... I had filled a thermos with hot water... hoping that when it was poured... there would at least be some heavy condensation... a visual... to make an impact... but as I poured... it was clearly a bust... we put a hand over and could feel the heat... but other than that... it wasn't really what I had in mind...
As I reflect today... it occurs to me...
It's hard to capture steam...
and... it's hard to capture God...
He doesn't fit in a box... and He's hard to get a handle on...
He's the One who is omnipresent...
yet unseen...
He is the Lion...
and the Lamb...
The sinless One...
who died for sins...
The Righteous Judge...
who bore the punishment...
He is an oxymoron...
revealing His greatest strength...
through weakness...
As soon as we think we have Him figured out...
There is no... capturing... God...
But I'm... Oh... so... grateful... He captured me...
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:10 NIV
An unexpected lesson for the mentor... and a reminder... of my... First... Love...
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