day no. 16,400: to reform without form is a lesson in futility

"It is futile to talk of reform without reference to form." — G.K. Chesterton

You cannot reform without an origin story anymore than you progress without an eschatology. Without a concept of creation, you cannot articulate what you're trying to get back to. Without a concept of culmination, you cannot articulate what you're trying to get to. You cannot separate reformation from formation. To reform without form is a lesson in futility.

Reform has become synonymous to some as shorthand for change. So when something needs to change, they say it is in need of reform (e.g. tax reform, welfare reform, finance reform, etc…) but you cannot recover something without reaching back. You cannot return to somewhere you've never been. You cannot advance to liberty without going back to Christendom. You cannot have a revival without a resurrection.

Christianity is anchored in the origin of all things, the Word of God who was with God in the beginning and, is Himself, God. It believes in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. It looks back to Him and His creation before the Fall as the cornerstone of all human morality and conduct. Christianity strives toward the culmination of all things in Christ and His coming again. It has the blueprint off which to build, the energy through His Spirit to build it, and the hope of His kingdom come for which we strive, in which we live, at which we aim, to which we go.