{"id":994,"date":"2026-04-04T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=994"},"modified":"2026-04-04T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:00:17","slug":"how-easter-turns-your-worst-mess-into-your-greatest-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-easter-turns-your-worst-mess-into-your-greatest-message\/","title":{"rendered":"How Easter Turns Your Worst Mess Into Your Greatest Message"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Easter reminds us that the worst mess in our lives can become our greatest message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disgraced Civil War general Lew Wallace turned a surprise encounter with the leading atheist of the 19th century into a best-selling novel and inspired the greatest Easter movie ever.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-1011\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Lewis_Wallace-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Easter inspiration behind Ben-Hur\" class=\"wp-image-1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Lewis_Wallace-copy.jpg 427w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Lewis_Wallace-copy-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Easter inspiration behind Ben-Hur\/Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>A decade had passed since the war, but the scars and memories were fresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a train to attend a Yankee reunion of fellow veterans, Lew Wallace reflected on the horrors he encountered in many battles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He failed to bring his troops to the front line at Shiloh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frustrated by a misunderstanding of verbal orders, Wallace, a natural warrior, arrived to the field on the wrong day. &nbsp;But the damage was done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lew Wallace was relieved of his command and remained on the sidelines for most of the remaining war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Shiloh failure haunted him for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Shiloh and its slanders! Will the world ever acquit me of them? If I were guilty, I would not feel them as keenly.&#8221;<br>\u2014 Lew Wallace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" id=\"h-surprise-encounter\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Surprise encounter<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-1007\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Robert-Ingersoll-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Easter debate Robert Ingersoll\" class=\"wp-image-1007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Robert-Ingersoll-copy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Robert-Ingersoll-copy-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The famous agnostic who challenged Lew Wallace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Suddenly, a familiar voice in the next train car startles him, \u201cIs that you, General Wallace? I want to talk.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Ingersoll, also a veteran of Shiloh, was traveling the countryside speaking and making a name for himself as \u201cThe Great Agnostic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingersoll was the leading atheist of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was a lawyer, a political leader, and a gifted orator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wallace accepted Ingersoll\u2019s invitation and went to his train car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion, no light subject, went all night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe went over the whole question of the Bible, of the immortality of the soul, of the divinity of God, and of heaven and hell.&nbsp; He vomited forth ideas and arguments like an intellectual volcano.\u201d<br>\u2014 Lew Wallace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingersoll argued all night that Jesus as God was nonsense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus is . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a great hero<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an ideal man<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a courageous person<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>but not God<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingersoll insisted that people should divest themselves of this erroneous thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lew Wallace was not religious either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He states in his autobiography that he had no clear convictions about God or Christ and that he didn\u2019t believe or disbelieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he felt frustrated by his ignorance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, Lew resolved to research the whole issue and to resolve one way or the other who Jesus Christ really was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From that research came something extraordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lew Wallace wrote <strong>Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ<\/strong>, one of the greatest American novels ever written.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized size-full wp-image-1009\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Charlton-Heston-in-1959-Ben.jpg\" alt=\"Ben-Hur Easter story film\" class=\"wp-image-1009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Charlton-Heston-in-1959-Ben.jpg 810w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Charlton-Heston-in-1959-Ben-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Charlton-Heston-in-1959-Ben-768x948.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur, the classic Easter story.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Instead of winning another soul to skepticism, Robert Ingersoll inspired a Biblical epic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" id=\"h-quick-facts-about-lew-wallace-and-ben-hur\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Quick facts about Lew Wallace and Ben-Hur<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-1005\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Wallace-writing-under-the-b.jpg\" alt=\"Lew Wallace Easter inspiration\" class=\"wp-image-1005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Wallace-writing-under-the-b.jpg 568w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Wallace-writing-under-the-b-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lew Wallace writing under his beech tree\/Indiana Historical Society\/M0292<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most of the manuscript was written under Wallace\u2019s beech tree<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Published in 1880, four years after the train ride with Ingersoll<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best-selling American novel of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The four-year project inspired Wallace and led to his faith in Christ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 1959 MGM film won 11 Academy Awards in 1960<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The book\u2019s sales surpassed <em>Gone With The Wind<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With this beautiful and reverent book, you have lightened the burden of my daily life.&#8221;<br>\u2014 Letter to Lew Wallace from President James A. Garfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" id=\"h-what-easter-teaches-about-turning-failure-into-purpose\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">What Easter Teaches About Turning Failure Into Purpose<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/transform-your-pain-into-powerful-healing-a-proven-step-that-works\/\">Easter<\/a> is a reminder that our failures are not the end of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lew Wallace carried the weight of Shiloh for years. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"378\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/130322_FRESCA_wallace_22.jp_.jpg\" alt=\"Lew Wallace\" class=\"wp-image-1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/130322_FRESCA_wallace_22.jp_.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/130322_FRESCA_wallace_22.jp_-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yet the very questions that troubled him led him to write <em>Ben-Hur<\/em>, a story that has inspired millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same pattern still unfolds today. 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