When the World Feels Out of Control
How an ancient creation story still brings peace to a modern world of chaos
Welcome to today’s reflection.
Lent invites us to slow down. To notice what feels disordered within us and around us. To rediscover, gently, where God might still be bringing light from darkness and form from formlessness.
Today’s reflection explores the ancient longing for order in a chaotic world, and the quiet reassurance that the Spirit who hovered over the waters at creation still hovers over our lives now.
Human beings have always been averse to chaos.
From the first cave paintings to the morning coffee routine, humans have tried to draw straight lines through a messy and chaotic world. We schedule our days, make lists, build systems, anything that will impose a bit of rhythm on the wild rollercoaster that is life.
We do it because something in us needs order. We crave the sense that life fits together, that events make sense and that there’s a pattern behind the noise.
Even the most primitive civilisations looked up at the night sky and tried to make sense of it, connecting stars into shapes, stories, and signs. We’ve been doing the same ever since, only now with calendars, spreadsheets, and five-year plans.
