Ending the Beginning

The end of a matter is better than its beginning

Ecclesiastes 7:8

I read this and balked at first. My mind then went to friendships, or loves. Mostly because I think one is ending, and I find myself strangely content, or settled about it.

I think it is because I know what it was, and that it is over, or close to it. At the beginning of the friendship I was full of questions: What will it be? How long will it last? When will we do something?

Ambiguity is really hard for me, I want to know and I am learning that knowing is only something you get after it is all over.

Amen.