Dr. James B. Lemler was preaching one time about the Trinity. He told about a couple of parents who had gone home from his church and during Sunday lunch were talking about his sermon. In the midst of their conversation, their second-grade daughter sitting at the table chimed in. "Oh, Father Lemler's sermons, they're always the same," she said, "You know . . . blah, blah, blah, . . . love . . . blah, blah, blah . . . love."

Dr. Lemler said he was amused and thought to himself, "Hey, this little girl really got it . . . the message, the repetition, the core, the redundancy."

"And so it is with the Holy Trinity," says Dr. Lemler, "Over and over again . . . blah, blah, blah, love . . blah, blah, blah, love . . ."

"God the Creator . . . I love you . . . blah, blah, blah . . . and give you life.

"God the Redeemer . . . I love you and . . . blah, blah, blah . . . embrace you in that love forever.

"God the Spirit . . . I love you . . . blah, blah, blah . . . and warm your heart and your soul with my love.

"Blah, blah, blah love . . ." 

I wish that is what the people heard that day when the voice spoke from heaven, "Yada, yada, yada, love " But John described it like this: "The crowd that was there and heard the voice said it had thundered . . . "