Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina
Order out of chaos.
Cut Drayton Hall in the middle and you have two buildings that look exactly the same. Built in the late 1730's, Drayton Hall is an example of Georgian Palladian architecture with strong symmetrical overtones.
We grow up thinking that life is similar to Drayton Hall, that is, that there is a symmetry to life. We have this belief that as we go through life things will fit together and make sense; that there will be rhyme and rhythm to our adventure.
But in reality, life is like an old church that is remodeled and rebuilt over many years; those churches where the front door is actually the back door and the hallways resemble a corn maze.
"And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God 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." Genesis 1:3-5 ESV
God is in the business of creating order out of chaos.
Nothing has brought more chaos into your life than sin which separates you from God.
It is the cross that gives you the gift of symmetry; Jesus equally extending his arms on the cross and bearing the chaos of your sin. The gift of forgiveness is God calling out into the darkness of your life and saying once again, "Let there be light."
Cut Drayton Hall in the middle and you have two buildings that look exactly the same. Built in the late 1730's, Drayton Hall is an example of Georgian Palladian architecture with strong symmetrical overtones.
We grow up thinking that life is similar to Drayton Hall, that is, that there is a symmetry to life. We have this belief that as we go through life things will fit together and make sense; that there will be rhyme and rhythm to our adventure.
But in reality, life is like an old church that is remodeled and rebuilt over many years; those churches where the front door is actually the back door and the hallways resemble a corn maze.
"And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God 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." Genesis 1:3-5 ESV
God is in the business of creating order out of chaos.
Nothing has brought more chaos into your life than sin which separates you from God.
It is the cross that gives you the gift of symmetry; Jesus equally extending his arms on the cross and bearing the chaos of your sin. The gift of forgiveness is God calling out into the darkness of your life and saying once again, "Let there be light."
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012 Douglas P. Brauner.
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