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They always say that every ending becomes a new beginning! I think through my life and realize that new life and a new breath comes out of a happy ending, a messy ending or any other finale. I have been so blessed in my life to know how an ending becomes a beautiful beginning.
Winter turns into spring…
Summer turns into a golden array of colors with the start of Fall…
A marriage that has struggled and is no more becomes a new awakening for God to be my center…
A life – my momma’s life – passes and turns into a glorious reunion in Heaven..
My sons in the blink of an eye change from toddlers to grown men….
It is so good! This life of beginnings happens because we allow God to become our center. We trust our everything to the God of the Universe who then turns all endings into a life that BEGINS again in Him every time we say “yes”!
Today I say “thank you” for the endings Lord! Thank you for teaching me that life begins with you and your goodness and love far surpass any messy, ugly or overwhelming moments that come my way.
Please pray with me today that all of our endings turn into beautiful beginnings by the grace of our Lord!
Blessings,
Mary
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Love this idea that we are thankful for the endings. Great perspective, Mary!
Thanks Holly! As hard as many endings are I have been blessed by the lessons that God is teaching me as I move forward to new beginnings! Blessed you stopped by friend!
What a sweet reminder to not focus on the loss, but the next. I need to hear this over and over again. Thank you for being one of those voices,
Thank you for your encouragement! Love having you stop on by my place and being part of community with me!
Beginnings. Endings. Passages to something deeper, stronger, more alive? One can only trust what He has in store for those of us who believe.
Hugs to you this evening, Mary. So thankful to have met you in recent months. God is good!
So good and for that I am grateful! Community-building into each other-teaching each other – that is a reflection of God’s love shining through each of us. Blessed to call you friend! Hugs!
Praying for you, friend!
Thanks, Asheritah! Knowing the blessings that come from one ending becoming a new beginning and that God’s Hands are in all is what keeps me going! Blessed to call you friend!
I’m waiting for that reunion in heaven with my dad and boy do I know about the blink of an eye and a boy turning into a man. My 13 yr old is 6 feet tall and towers above me. New beginnings indeed.
Wow!A 6 foot tall 13 year old-yikes! But the blessings in the new beginnings are amazing! Love this community and you!
Such maturity here in your faith .. To be able to see that even in the most gruesome and painful of endings, the Lord is still at work, and always for the good of those who love Him.
The Lord is good and it is truly by His grace that I can look at messy endings as His beautiful beginnings! Blessed you stopped by and so excited for you to continue growing this wonderful community.
What beautiful beginnings come from the endings!
Amen! God makes all things beautiful and His amazing love and grace is given to guide us along the way. Blessed you stopped by!