1.0Content Feedshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/contentfeedsJana Melpolderhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/contentfeeds/author/jmelpolderA New Beginning - Content Feedsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fHx76nO2lJ"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/contentfeeds/2007/11/a-new-beginning.html">A New Beginning</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/contentfeeds/2007/11/a-new-beginning.html/embed#?secret=fHx76nO2lJ" width="600" height="338" title="“A New Beginning” — Content Feeds" data-secret="fHx76nO2lJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Adapted from ‘The Journey: How to Live By Faith in an Uncertain World’ by Billy Graham (W Publishing Group, 2006). Used by Permission. Even before time began, God knew all about us and planned this new path for us. He looked across the ages and saw that we would be helpless and lost in sin,…