The Trinity

This was my response to an assignment to difine the Trinity in one sentence and to use an analogy to convey understanding? I have at times struggles with the doctrine of the trinity without ever doubting the devine nature of the indivual parts. This answer simply came to me long after I had almost driven myself crazy meditating on this subject. Let me know what you think?

One indivisible divine essence with three personal distinctions: Father, Son, Holy Spirit.

Imagine water. Not contained in a bucket or a river or on the moon, rather all the water in all creation. Every drop everywhere exists in one of three states called: steam, as a gas; water, as a liquid; ice, as a solid. Although water exists in these three states, with unique features and functions, it is always water. In the same way that water cannot be removed from ice or steam or liquid (water), the essence of God cannot be separated from the individuals within the trinity. In the same way that water, wherever it may be, exist in one of three states, it also exists as all three states simultaneously.


Question? Do we limit God in containing Him to the three ways he has maniested Himself, as described in the doctrine of the Trinity?