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A few weeks ago, one of my sons posed to me what I thought was a pretty simple question,

but I have since learned is the source of a pretty serious debate.

His question was, Dad, would you say that water is wet? And I gave a pretty quick

response. And then he let me know of the debate that was going on between him and some of his

friends as they talked about this. And I've since learned that this isn't just a high school debate.

This is actually a scientific debate. Scientists don't actually agree on whether or not water is

wet. And I learned that not only is that kind of confusing, but water itself is kind of confusing.

There's a lot of things that are really unique about water, one of which water is the only substance on earth that exists in all three states within the natural

conditions on earth, a gas, a solid, and a liquid. And as I started learning about these, I came

across this poem that I think hints at something maybe more profoundly

significant about water, especially as we consider this second of the five symbols that

indicate God's presence. If you haven't listened to the first couple of episodes

of this season, you might go back and review them. The short of the long is that in the Old

Testament there are at least five different symbols that indicate God's presence. The one that

we studied the first couple of episodes was the Hebrew word ruach, which is translated

as spirit or breath or wind.

It's this force that God gives that shows up as wind or as some breath that indicates

when he's present or doing something.

Well, the second symbol we want to look at is water. And so as I was

looking at that, I read this poem. This is called Crossing the Bar. It's by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

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