{"id":142328,"date":"2026-01-01T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142328"},"modified":"2026-01-01T06:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:23:20","slug":"saint-augustine-god-is-the-eternity-that-is-our-refuge-as-we-begin-another-year-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142328","title":{"rendered":"Saint Augustine\u2013God is \u201cthe eternity that is our refuge\u201d as we begin another year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2018Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made: and from age even unto age Thou art\u2019 (v. 2). Thou therefore who art for ever, and before we were, and before the world was, hast become our refuge ever since we turned to Thee. \u2026 But he very rightly does not say, Thou wast from ages, and unto ages Thou shalt be: but puts the verb in the present, intimating that the substance of God is altogether immutable. It is not, He was, and Shall be, but only Is. Whence the expression, I Am that I Am; and, I Am \u2018hath sent me unto you;\u2019 (Exod. iii. 14.) and, \u2018Thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed: but Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.\u2019 (Ps. cii. 26, 27.)&nbsp;<strong>Behold then the eternity that is our refuge, that we may fly thither from the mutability of time, there to remain for evermore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Saint Augustine, from his&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccel.org\/ccel\/schaff\/npnf108.ii.XC.html\">Exposition on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XC<\/a><\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Morning everyone I hope you are well. I wish you all a Happy New Year from Ambleside. Have a great day (and year).<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lakedistrict?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lakedistrict<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SME2aHkSIo\">pic.twitter.com\/SME2aHkSIo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rod Hutchinson (@lakesrhino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lakesrhino\/status\/2006618568713187468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made: and from age even unto age Thou art\u2019 (v. 2). Thou therefore who art for ever, and before we were, and before the world was,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142328\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,133,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-history","category-history","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142331,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142328\/revisions\/142331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}