The End

End (n.)

• The point in time when an action, an event, or a phenomenon ceases or is completed; the conclusion

• The outside or extreme edge or physical limit; a boundary:

• A result; an outcome.

• Something toward which one strives; a goal

• The termination of life or existence; death

• a point, line, or limitation that indicates the full extent, degree, etc., of something; limit; bounds

There are no endings. Nope. Never. 

Whenever you think you find an ending what you are really finding is a new beginning. A fresh view. A clean slate. 

There are many in this world who are constantly petitioning the existence of endings. They want you to believe that an ending signifies an unchangeable outcome. They work tirelessly to convince men that we are doomed to the consequences of endings. They give us timetables for our perfection. And when we come up short they tell us that we failed, that it's too late, and that we missed our chance. What is done is done and you can't go back and fix it. Sure you can try again in the future, but once the ending comes, there is no going back to fix it- you are doomed going forward these failures tattooed on your past. 
These people casually acknowledge beginnings... but in their opinion beginnings are rare. They come only at the start of a school year, or on January 1st, or on your birthday and you can only start again on these rare days. They say that because beginnings are rare and endings come much more often, you should fear endings. 


Well I have always been an advocate for the truth; the truth is that we experience no endings.


Bold? Maybe, but I believe this to be completely true. Even though we may not be able to go back in time and fix things ourselves once a so-called "ending" comes, those things can be fixed. There is one who can extend past those limits and those ends- He condescended below all men to make sure there were no ends. He wants you to know that a new beginning can happen every day... even several times a day. And even though there are those that tell us that we are done here or there He tells us there is more. Even past the termination of life or existence. He wants you to know that even though you think you are at an end with the action, even, or phenomenon riddled with mistakes and failures, He wants you to know that He does not see it as an end as you see it. He see it instead as a new beginning. A fresh view. A clean slate. 




"To this END was I born,
And for this cause came I into the World,
That I should bear witness unto the truth.
Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice."
-John 18:37