{"id":4407,"date":"2012-09-20T10:46:19","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T17:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=4407"},"modified":"2012-09-20T18:01:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T01:01:39","slug":"the-end-is-better-than-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2012\/09\/20\/the-end-is-better-than-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"The End is Better than the Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here’s one that should seem obvious but apparently needs pointing out. Here’s the Scripture:<\/p>\n

The end of a matter is better than its beginning.<\/strong>*<\/p>\n

The fact is, we like beginnings. We\u00a0christen\u00a0things. We have grand openings, congratulate each other. We celebrate birthdays. Anniversaries. Christmas.<\/p>\n

It seems the beginning is the most optimistic moment of anything.\u00a0In the mind’s eye it’s as good as completed, and perfectly executed. Being unencumbered by challenges and problems, I suggest celebrating right then . . . it’ll never be as pure and unsullied again.<\/p>\n

Then comes the middle . . . the months, the years, the eons.\u00a0That’s when reality sets in and nothing happens without work. Obstacles loom, doubts roar, vision wanes, fatigue sets in, enthusiasm falters,\u00a0early supporters may now oppose, and new ideas seem better.<\/p>\n

But a half finished chair is useless to anyone; so is a house only in drawings, or a journey aborted mid way. The list could go on forever.<\/p>\n

It’s because of the difficulties in the middle that multiplied starts turn false. Its for overcoming opposition that completing ANYTHING deserves an applause! If completed\u00a0WELL, a standing ovation!!<\/p>\n

The end is the reason for the beginning. Something new now exists. In the process you’ve become bigger, maybe happier, wiser certainly.<\/p>\n

The ends are the reason for the means.<\/p>\n

Since this makes so much sense to us, it seems hardly worth mention in Scripture. Unless there’s also a lesson for faith. Like when the day of our death really is better than the day of our birth.<\/p>\n

Or that Easter is better than Christmas.<\/p>\n

Or that the end of the earth as we know it will somehow be better than Eden.<\/p>\n

Take heart. Things may be hard in the middle, but it’s for the ends you’ve made beginnings.<\/p>\n

And all will be better then.<\/p>\n

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___________________<\/p>\n

*Ecclesiastes 7:8<\/p>\n

Next: Where there’s Life, there’s Hope.<\/em> Coming Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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