Reflections on Glory.

The Greeks called the order behind the cosmos the Logos—a cold, abstract principle. John makes the shattering claim that this ultimate Reason is a Person, who knows us fully and loves us still.

Moses begged to see God and was told no man could look on His face and live. On the mountain of Transfiguration, the disciples saw that face in full glory—and lived, because Christ had come to take their place.

Everything was made through Him, so we can only understand ourselves by looking to our Designer. A meditation on purpose, design, and how the lawlessness of sin became a cancer in the structure of the soul and society.

Our answer to brokenness is force against force—Newton’s third law. But God will not simply crush our trajectory; He means to save us in the process. The cosmic collision that demanded something be placed in the middle.

This is the physics of the cross. Christ stepped into the point of impact, absorbed the full momentum of our sin through permanent deformation, and bonded us to Himself—turning a lethal collision into intimate communion.

Mothers glorify God in their very existence. Thank God that He created them to remind us that He is here and with us — and of His sacrificial love on that cross, and every day before and after that.

I now understand why the thread only goes forward. When I reflected on the fact that my eyesight is gone in my right eye, the first thoughts that came to my head were thoughts about what I was doing, and what I shouldn’t have done that had led me to this point. I lamented overworking, not giving myself rest, not going to see the doctor sooner. I lamented relationships that I kept, and how I wanted everyone to encircle me and validate me in my effort to please everyone.