
Beginnings are great. We look forward to beginnings. Count down to them. Prepare for them. They come with feelings of novelty, fresh start, resetting.
Beginnings are the capital letter at the start of the sentence.
Endings often miss the adrenaline rush of beginnings. They signify completion, farewells, closing.
Endings are the period at the end of the sentence.
The thing is, they go together … beginnings and endings. One follows the other. Each are dependant on the other. You can’t have one without the other.
As this work week ends, the weekend begins. As spring is coming to an end, summer is going to begin. As the tulips and lilacs droop and complete their blooming season, the hydrangeas and roses are taking their colorful places.
This cycle of beginnings and endings is everywhere in our lives, reminding us …
of our Creator (Revelation 22:13) :
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
Whether we are living in a time of beginnings or endings, we are living with the beginning, the end right along with us.
He knows what is going on in our lives.
He knows what has gone on in our lives.
He knows what is to come in our lives.
(Revelation 1:8)
Who are we to fear?