A Parable

One day I was seeking to emphasize to a Christian Brother the intimacy of this union. We happened to be drinking tea together, so I took a lump of sugar and stirred it into my tea. A couple of minutes later I asked, "Can you tell me where the sugar is now, and where's the tea?" "No," he said, "you have put them together and the one has become lost in the other; they cannot now be separated." It was a simple illustration, but it helped him to see the intimacy and the finality of our union with Christ in death.