Opus 2026-036: Thanks Thoughts: I Am Puzzled

I am thankful this morning for things that I don’t understand.  You could apply that many different ways but what’s on my mind at the moment is the mystery of the Trinity.  How can one God be three persons?  That’s the reason we called it a mystery.  I’m sure that we have similar issues in philosophy, physics, biology, and any other area of intellectual pursuit and thinking.  The difference between theological mysteries and other intellectual mysteries is that many of ours are indeed impossible to understand.  They go beyond our frame of reference as physical human beings in such a way that our minds cannot wrap around it.

At the same time, what is also interesting to me is that while I can’t understand it, and recognize I can’t understand it, I can grasp the concept and the reality.  Again going back to the Trinity, I can emotionally except the idea that one God can exist in Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  In the same way, I can grasp that an entire computer functions on ones and zeros.  But again, whereas I might eventually understand that if I wanted to wrap my head around computer programming, I know I will never understand the Trinity.

I’m good with that.  It points out to me that God is too sophisticated for me to understand and yet personal enough to let me know I’m included in His creation.

It’s a weird place to be. It’s a wonderful place to be. And I am thankful.

homo unius libri