If you know me at all, even just a little bit, there is a good chance that you know about my love, okay “obsession”, with s’mores. Whether it’s an old-fashioned fire pit s’more with a roasted marshmallow, a microwave s’more with melted chocolate and a gooey marshmallow, or a variety of s’more desserts, I love them all. I think I’ve become associated with s’mores to my friends. People text me pictures or post links on my Facebook page of s’mores and s’more desserts. My friends have bought me s’more ingredients and made s’mores with me on my past two birthdays. One of my friends for Christmas gave me a s’more maker to use in the microwave. And my mom told me even today that she already envisions me having a s’more station at my wedding reception.

I always knew I liked s’mores, I mean obviously they’re delicious. But after what God showed me today, I now realize even more why I like them so much! God can use s’mores to point us to him and to teach us about him; specifically the trinity.

The trinity has always been a hard concept to grasp for anyone no matter their spiritual maturity. Humans use many metaphors and examples to try to understand and explain the trinity and how God can be one, but also three separate persons. But God showed me today how well a s’more can describe the trinity.

You can probably already see where I am going with this. But think about a s’more. There are three separate parts, the graham cracker, the marshmallow, and the chocolate. All three are separate ingredients. But all together they make a s’more. You need all three, because without one of them, it’s not a s’more. That’s how God works too. There is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All three are separate beings, but you need all three to make up God. Without any of these qualities, God would not be the God we know and worship.

Okay now bear with me on this next part. After I had this realization that my favorite dessert was really just the trinity in the form of food, I began thinking about the three parts and which ingredient represented which part of God. Now, since I make s’mores mostly in the microwave out of convenience, I pictured my s’more with the melted chocolate and gooey marshmallow.

The chocolate represents Jesus. In the microwave, the hershey’s chocolate changes composition from its hardened state to melted. I believe this represents Jesus when he came to earth as a man. Fully God, but fully human. He changed his state to become man so that he could come and live a perfect life and die in our place for our sins.

The marshmallow represents the Holy Spirit. The sticky, gooey marshmallow is what holds the whole s’more together. I’ve always kind of pictured the Holy Spirit as the spirit connecting God the Father and Jesus. In fact, Jesus’ ministry on earth began when God the Father anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit at his baptism. The Holy Spirit came on Jesus and was with him during his entire ministry on earth. (Acts 10:38). Similarly, the marshmallow will stick to the hershey’s and they become attached after being heated up in the microwave. All believers are promised the Holy Spirit as their helper when they accept Jesus Christ as their savior. The Spirit is said to even intercede for us when we pray to God. (Romans 8:26). And in the same way that the Holy Spirit stayed with Jesus, God promises that the Holy Spirit will be with us forever. (John 14:16)

The graham cracker represents God the Father. The graham cracker holds the chocolate and marshmallow in place. When you cook a s’more in the microwave, the marshmallow gets real big and the chocolate melts. But when you take it out, the pressure of the graham cracker subdues the marshmallow back in place. I would suggest that the graham cracker has authority in the overall s’more. Jesus stated that God had authority over him when he was on earth. John 8:28 says, “So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.”

God has hidden himself all over this world for our enjoyment of finding him and knowing him a little more intimately each time we learn something new. So I shouldn’t be too surprised that I found him in s’mores today. He knows me well. He created me with a love for s’mores to ultimately point me to Him. Everything was created to point glory back to God, so I guess I found one way that s’mores can do just that.

I’ve always dreamed of being able to do what I love for a living. If one day I can own a s’mores business and share the gospel through making and selling s’more desserts, I’d be pretty lucky.