Learning to See Again
History is filled with moments when a single truth forced a complete change of mind and direction. Ignaz Semmelweis did not discover bacteria or publish a polished theory. He noticed that death followed doctors’ hands from the autopsy room into the maternity ward, but when those hands were washed, mothers lived. He endured ridicule for insisting that doctors wash their hands until the evidence of saved lives rewrote modern medicine.
C. S. Lewis did not stumble into belief through sentiment or tradition. He resisted Christianity with rigor and discipline until he became convinced that Jesus could not be honestly dismissed as merely a moral teacher. His conclusion compelled him to confront the implications of Christ’s claims with intellectual integrity and to accept Jesus's lordship.
Nicolaus Copernicus did not gaze at the sky for wonder alone. Through sustained mathematical study, he concluded that the earth was not the center of the cosmos. He overturned centuries of assumptions and reminded humanity that truth is not measured by familiarity or comfort. In each case, the world itself remained exactly as it was, yet the lens through which it was viewed could never be returned to its former shape.
That understanding shaped the past month for me as well. I stepped away from writing for a season. I wasn't struggling with a lack of conviction or direction. I needed a season to listen instead of speak. Truth needed time to settle and simmer. I acknowledge that the silence created a gap, and I want to acknowledge that clearly. In the future, I will prepare content in advance so that my reflection does not become absence. This pause has already begun to bear fruit in a new work now taking shape. My next book is titled Looking Through the Windshield. It examines how the Christian worldview is formed through sustained exposure to the lordship of Jesus Christ. The aim is not to offer opinions or commentary, but to invite a recalibrated way of seeing how faith shapes our view of the world.
Most of us don't realize how deeply our belief system has been trained until something challenges it. The way we interpret success, fear, authority, suffering, and hope has been shaped over the years by voices we trusted and stories we absorbed. In some cases, it has been shaped by our belief in Jesus and the teaching of Scripture. In other ways, it has been shaped by culture and the world we live in.
Scripture speaks of Jesus not only as Savior but also as Lord, which means His authority extends beyond forgiveness to the way we view life itself. When His lordship is allowed to settle over how we see the world, clarity begins to replace distortion, and faith moves from compartment to compass. In much the same way that Copernicus did not move the sun or the stars but simply acknowledged their true place, the lordship of Jesus does not alter reality but corrects our orientation to it. Life stops revolving around personal preference, cultural pressure, or inherited assumption, and begins to align around the One who already stands at the center. What changes is not the world we inhabit, but the way we finally learn to see it as it truly is.
There is a quiet moment that follows every real shift in understanding. It is the moment when the truth is seen clearly but not yet fully lived. It is the moment when we begin to notice how often our thinking still circles old centers, shaped by comfort, fear, habit, or control. Even those who confess Jesus as Lord can find themselves interpreting daily life through lenses formed by culture, success, anxiety, or self-preservation. The question is rarely whether Christ has spoken, but whether His voice has been allowed to define what we see, what we trust, and what we move toward. This is the work of examination, not to condemn, but to realign the heart with the One who already holds the true center.
In the weeks ahead, I will begin sharing more as the book continues to take shape, and I will do so with greater consistency and care. My hope is not to persuade, but to walk alongside those who are willing to allow Christ to shape the way they look at the world. Until then, may Christ remain not only the One you believe in, but the One who shapes your view of the world you live in.
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