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Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the       end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

   Winston Churchill 

I like to share my thoughts and experiences letting people know that at the end, we are all human beings who face hardships and more importantly, blessings.

We have experienced many setbacks and failures throughout our lives. Sometimes we allow these mistakes, these setbacks and failures to enslave us to the point that we never enjoy the full Christian life that God has given us to enjoy.

We have a dead-end job and we feel stuck thinking, “I went into the wrong career and now there is nothing I can do about it.”

We get married, only to find the marriage is a failure. It may end in divorce, or it may survive as a tragic, unending chain of arguments and fights.

We say something to a friend, and then are ostracized from them for the rest of our lives.

2Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

The good news is that God says, “I want to do something new in your life. I want to give you a fresh start, a new beginning.”

This news is a major element of our Christian faith – to start fresh and have a new beginning with God.

At the beginning of a new year it is customary for us to think of this as a time of new beginnings, a time for new resolutions. But the truth is that with God, anytime is a time for a new beginning.

Isaiah 43:18-19

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

What might look like the end is often the beginning. Get ready for the next season.