Why does it feel like no matter how hard we work, everything keeps falling apart? The laundry reappears, the mess returns, the order never lasts — and sometimes the chaos isn’t just around us, but inside us. In this episode, we explore the law of entropy and what it teaches us about motherhood, mortality, and discipleship. Through scripture, ancient symbolism, and deeply personal stories, we look at water as a symbol of chaos, destruction, and rebirth — and at Jesus Christ as the One who divides the waters, carries us through the flood, and transforms disorder into peace. This is a conversation for anyone who feels overwhelmed, undone, or worn down — and is searching for a Savior who knows how to make a way through the deepest waters of life.
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Why a God of Order Would Ask Us to Take On the Chaos of Motherhood
By Michaela Proctor Hutchins
· February 10, 2026
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Jackson PembertonFebruary 11, 2026
Thank you for this insightful treatment of entropy and chaos! The related scriptures are fascinating; like opposition in all things, to act and not be acted upon, etc. The third law of thermodynamics applied to existence reveals a God with exactly the characteristic he has: intelligence, and the power that enables. I have been working on these same concepts for a few years, based on a idea that came to me as I wrote the Bicentennial feature series for The Freeman; the magazine published by the Foundation for Economic Education in 1976. https://fee.org/people/jackson-pemberton/ The 2nd in the series was about natural rights and the example of a beaver cutting down a tree seemed to say that it had dominion, power, and authority over the tree sufficient for his needs, and that authority could be correctly seen as natural rights in action. You may be interested in this view of natural rights because it confirms your understanding by grounding it on the basic structure of the universe. https://universalrights.ai/temporal-rights-an-executive-summary/ Thank you again for that treatment of chaos!
DonnaFebruary 11, 2026
I would love to read this but this article doesn’t continue. Can we only listen? Not practical for me, therefore I have to put it away.