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Boundaries and Beginnings
Weekly Edition #50: January 7th, 2026
Verse I Like:
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Weekly Dose
Welcome to 2026.
In the spirit of the new year, I have been reflecting on new beginnings and the order at which things progress.
It is assumed that progress comes when there is clarity. Not usually the case.
The first step is typically acknowledgement, or rather the proper orienting that follows acknowledgement.
In other words, clarity rarely comes first. Order typically does.
Progress, then, isn’t the elimination of uncertainty. It is the discipline of deciding what belongs where.
When boundaries exist, momentum follows.
Life is rarely chaotic because nothing is happening, but because too many things are happening without structure.
Quotes I Like:
“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties—but right through every human heart.”
“A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.”
“Only through night does the morning come.”
Mane Message
In the spirit of the new year and new beginnings, back to Genesis we go.
There is so much more information to glean than can possibly be gleaned when analyzing such foundational stories, but there is always at least something that can be taken away.
When I was reviewing the creation account in Genesis 1, something stood out to me. On the first day, when God creates light, He calls the light good.
But He does not annihilate the darkness. He names the darkness and separates the light from it. He puts a limit on the darkness.
This theme echoes throughout Scripture. God brings form where there was formlessness, meaning where there was confusion, direction where there was disorder.
One angle this can be taken is as instructive for us.
It’s easy to assume that creation or growth means the removal or absence of darkness. But Genesis suggests something more realistic, and to me, more hopeful.
In the beginning, attempts to totally eliminate the darkness may be misaligned. Perhaps it is better to properly order it. Know what it is, where it belongs, and where it cannot pass.
Just a thought to kick of 2026. To new beginnings.
Weekly Ponder
Is there chaos in your life, not from brokenness, but from the lack of structure? What are steps that can be taken to combat this?
Is there anything that rules your attention simply because it has no bounds?
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