Matthew 17:1 (the transfiguration)-Jesus is being revealed for what and who he already is, but his friends now realize it and see him in a whole new way.  

Like Peter, James, & John; we need moments of transfiguration in our lives when Jesus shows us who he really is and what is really good. And we can also see transfiguration in others, where we realize something new about who they are or what they mean to us.

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Belief in Jesus is seeing him as the gateway to an endless journey into God's love.-Richard Beck

God saves humanity not by punishing it but by restoring it! There are two utterly different forms of religion: one believes that God will love me if I change; the other believes that God loves me so that I can change! Ideas inform us, but love forms us—in an intrinsic and lasting way. God is always willing to wait for the lasting transformations brought about by love. —Richard Rohr