Endings and Beginnings

Bottomline: New things won’t happen until we let go of some old things.

-Australian bushfires

-Hong Kong Protests

-Prince Harry and Meghan Markle quit the british royal family

-Kobe Bryant and daughters tragic death in a helicopter crash

-Covid-19

-There were swarms of locust in africa

-an attempted impeachment of the president

-Joe Exotic, Carol Baskins, and Tiger King became common topics of conversations

-Toliet paper was worth more than money for a while

-The Harvey Weinstein was convicted and sentenced to prison in the midst of #metoo movement

-a stock market crash on march 9th

-Black lives matter protest in the wake of the death of George Floyd , Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor

-Fake Death rumors of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

-Ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein

-Sports were paused…included a cancelling of NCAA basketball tournaments and a postponing of the 2020 Summer Olympics

-Murder Hornets were found in the US

-The United Kingdom withdraws from the European Union.

-The explosion in Beirut

-Chadwick Boseman a prominent African American actor passed away after a secret battle with colon cancer

-west coast wildfires

-Civil unrest and protest and riots happens all across the country for various reasons

-Ruth Bader Ginsburg supreme court justice passed away and Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed as here replacement

-John Lewis, Civil Rights activist and associate of Martin Luther King Jr, passed away

-Alex Trebek the longtime host of Jeopardy passed away after a fight against pancreatic cancer

-In a highly controversial and polarizing election…Joe Biden and Kamala Harris win the 2020 Presidential election. Harris becoming the first female to hold the position of Vice President

-Covid-19 vaccines begin to roll out

-spaceX launches two astronauts into space

Ecclesiastes 3:3-8

The New International Version Chapter 3

3 There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under the heavens:

2 a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build,

4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

6 a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8 a time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.

We often neglecting ending well which hinders us from beginning well the next thing.

We fail at a good beginning because we never really had proper ending.

Acknowledge our grief, frustrations, and disappointments.

psalm

The New International Version Psalm 34

18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted

and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Matthew

The New International Version Chapter 5

4 Blessed are those who mourn,

for they will be comforted.

Make a list of all the terrible things that happened and let it go.

We need to celebrate the victories

Psalm 100:4-5

New Living Translation Psalm 100

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving;

go into his courts with praise.

Give thanks to him and praise his name.

5 For the LORD is good.

His unfailing love continues forever,

and his faithfulness continues to each generation.

End this year by making a list of all the times God was faithful…and keep that.

We must make intentional plans and preparation to grow in our faith.

The New International Version Chapter 19

21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,

but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.

find a person to hold you accountable but actually right out a plan

New things won’t happen until we let go of some old things.

matthew

The New International Version Chapter 10

whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.