{"id":5378,"date":"2020-04-05T14:23:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T19:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=5378"},"modified":"2025-05-12T12:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:11:20","slug":"run-to-the-land-of-beginning-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/run-to-the-land-of-beginning-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Run to the Land of Beginning Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let\u2019s run from all the madness in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>War<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loss<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loneliness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fear<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suffering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Death<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cI wish there were some wonderful place called the land of beginning again where all of my heartaches and all of my woes could be dropped like a dirty old coat at the door and never be put on again.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;Author Unknown<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So, why not run to the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Land of Beginning Again<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-5388\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lake-Athens-sunrise-origina-608x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Run and begin again\" class=\"wp-image-5388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lake-Athens-sunrise-origina-608x1024.jpg 608w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lake-Athens-sunrise-origina-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lake-Athens-sunrise-origina-768x1294.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lake-Athens-sunrise-origina.jpg 1998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Land of Beginning Again\/Chris Abadie\/Lake Athens, TX<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can enter right where you are, even when suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" id=\"h-encounter-unthinkable-solutions\" style=\"color:#d1332e\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Encounter unthinkable solutions<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Folks are. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>tired of corruption<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tired of abuse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tired of suffering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tired of war<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It reminds me of a couple of Indians walking out of the movie <em>Custer&#8217;s Last Stand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the Indians stopped under the marquee and said, \u201cIsn\u2019t it good occasionally to see a movie with a happy ending?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, how do you find peace when you&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>can barely live in the present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>can\u2019t do anything about the past<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m praying with everyone else for a happy ending to worldwide maladies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think it\u2019s good to pray for miracles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes they are instantaneous; other times, as C.S. Lewis said, they are progressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>365 \u201cfear nots\u201d are found in one form or another in the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One for every day of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe God said \u201cdon\u2019t be afraid\u201d because he knows we&#8217;re afraid often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think anyone disagrees that we need God as much as ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God knows we need solutions beyond natural laws if we ever hope to be free of evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" id=\"h-encounter-unthinkable-power\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Encounter unthinkable power<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing up in San Antonio, I marveled at folks who stuck a plastic Jesus on the dashboard of their car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A box-sized god.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It reminds me of the world today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many folks want to manage and control their god as much as their chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>God should be a lap dog so that he comes only when called.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>God should be defined by higher education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>God should be extracted by meditation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>God should fit only my needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Three writers of the New Testament tried these approaches in one form or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then, this happened . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><em>\u201cAfter six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.&nbsp;&nbsp;Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus,\u2026a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, \u201cThis is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!\u201d When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground, terrified. But Jesus came and touched them. \u201cGet up,\u201d he said. \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid.\u201d As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, \u201cDon\u2019t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.\u201d&nbsp; <\/em><\/strong>Matthew 17 selected verses<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"216\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Transfiguration-by-Carl-Blo.jpg\" alt=\"run to the Transfiguration\" class=\"wp-image-5402\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In a flash, Peter, James, and John lit up like chipmunks in a lion\u2019s shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light like Alpha Centauri flashed through Jesus\u2019 face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brightness flared through his body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dazzling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blazing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shocking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cFor we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, \u201cThis is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.\u201d We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp; 2 Peter 1: 16-18<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" id=\"h-encounter-unthinkable-salvation\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Encounter unthinkable salvation<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Land of Beginning Again is a human soul made new by the power of God, a new creation formed at the moment of <a href=\"https:\/\/steveblaising.com\/\">faith in Christ<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Give your life, your deepest trust,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to Christ as Lord forevermore;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>begin again in the land supreme,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>your heart made new by the Spirit of God<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201c\u2018I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.\u2019\u201d He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die. The crowd spoke up, \u201cWe have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, \u2018The Son of Man must be lifted up\u2019? Who is this \u2018Son of Man\u2019?\u201d Then Jesus told them, \u201cYou are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.&nbsp; Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong> John 12 selected verses <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I start each day working at my desk in front of this plaque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Blaising-View-work-station--1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"run to work\" class=\"wp-image-5390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Blaising-View-work-station--1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Blaising-View-work-station--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Blaising-View-work-station--768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With God, all things are possible to anyone who is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/the-best-investment-i-ever-made\/\">born again<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Has this happened to you?<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s run from all the madness in the world. \u201cI wish there were some wonderful place called the land of beginning again where all of my heartaches and all of my woes could be dropped like a dirty old coat at the door and never be put on again.\u201d&nbsp;Author Unknown So, why not run to [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"Run to the Land of Beginning Again","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[125,69,100],"class_list":["post-5378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fear","tag-crises","tag-fear","tag-suffering"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Run to the Land of Beginning Again - Steve Blaising<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Run from the despair of COVID-19. 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