Christ has called us to walk with him. Why
did he choose us? Where is he taking us?
We cannot say for certain. All we
know is that he is leading us upward. We
are like the disciples in the story of the Transfiguration. Our ascending path will be strenuous at
times, and it will lead us to a place beyond our everyday lives. Some of the things we see during our climb
may be too enormous, too confusing, too frightening for our human minds to
grasp. At the same time, our human
gestures of piety and reverence, however sincere they may be, are inadequate to
the momentous things we seek to honor -- much as Peter's remarks about building
shrines seems ridiculous as a response to what he saw.
But Christ did not come among us just to
show us how insignificant we are.
He came to show us that the infinite God
Who created the universe, who transcends time and space, is not too big to
concern Himself with human things.
With his hand on our shoulder, and his
voice in our ear saying, Be
not afraid, Christ has come to lead us
out of the darkness.
--Christopher
Zakian,
In the Dark about the
Transfiguration
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