A Three Legged Stool. . .
It is annoying for me to go into a restaurant and to have a table that rocks and tips. That just really bugs me no end. Your water sloshes and spills. Every time you lean against it as you chat everything comes toppling your way. It is a chronic symptom of a table with four legs on an uneven floor. It is next to impossible to get each of the legs the precisely needed length and if you do manage to do that, when the table is moved only a few inches to a new position the rocking begins again. A three legged stool on the other hand will never tip. It is geometrically impossible for that to happen. It takes three points to define a plane. Get a three legged milk stool and cut the legs to differing lengths all you want, place it on the most uneven floor imaginable and it will not wobble and rock. Those three legs define a flat surface, and are inherently stable. I believe that our relationship with God is built upon communicat...