The Final Four: A New Beginning

Click/tap here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Life is full of beginnings and endings. Most of the time, we get more excited about the former. With relationships, opportunities, careers, etc., there is a level of excitement and expectation with something new. Hope abounds. With endings, not so much. There is a finality to endings that often seems unsettling. There is a fear of uncertainty that can be particularly debilitating. But what if our perspective on both was just a bit off? What if beginnings and endings were far more connected than we realize? New things cannot begin if something else doesn’t end. Life goes in seasons of life, death, and resurrection, or in other words, beginnings, endings, and new beginnings. We see that new beginnings mean new blessings and new mercies from God. Endings do not always have to have a negative connotation; there can be a glimmer of hope.