Somewhere north of here

I took this photo through a car window.

Rain running down the glass.

Everything outside distorted.

Trees stretch into dark vertical smears.
The road disappears.
Even the horizon blurs.

Paul once wrote:

“Now we see through a glass darkly.”

I understand that line differently now.

I teach students how to see.

Edges.
Proportion.
Light against shadow.

Seeing clearly is the whole point of the class.

And yet the life I am living right now
is anything but clear.

The glass is wet.

Scripture says:

We walk by faith, not by sight.

Not by sight.

I have spent my entire career teaching people to trust their eyes.

Now I am learning to trust something else.

Even in this photograph
there is still one thing you can see.

The horizon.

Not clearly.

But enough.

A thin line of light.

Sometimes that is all you get.

And sometimes
it is enough to keep moving.

Tags: faith • formation • seeing • 1 Corinthians 13:12 • teaching • following