Saying goodnight to this beautiful day. The holidays are pretty much behind us.  2016 is done.  One president has gone and a new one is sworn in. Each chapter of life that ends seems to mark a beginning to a new one. Every sunset means there will be a sunrise. The end of one season is a promise that a new one is beginning.  Even death does not happen without a moving forward in some way, whether we are prepared or not.  

Most of the time our humanity resists  change.  Especially unpredictable change.  However, it is inevitable.  We will each enter a new moment, a new day, a new year, a new time until our days are done. And then, yet a new day will dawn. New life will spring up from the ashes of history and memories.  We are a part of the circle of life.  We get however many determined years given here on earth, and then eternity begins - good or bad!

I consider eternity.  Endless.  We are promised continued life and anticipated joy if we simply believe that one man, a portion of the very God of all creation, came to earth to carry the weight of our mistakes and failures - to death.  Thankfully, that was not the end.  Accepting that one amazing, miraculous act assures the promise of continuing life.....regardless of the "endings" of this life.  Though God makes new beginnings in this life visible, even the end of this life has promise if we but believe.