We would certainly like things to start well and to end well.
Even if things don’t start well, we will still hope that things will end well.
But it is certainly disappointing when things start well and then along the way, things get messed up and it all went wrong.
Of course, there are lessons to learn from such “good starting – bad ending” experiences.
From such experiences we will gain the wisdom of being more careful and cautious of being side-tracking and losing focus on the objective.
When Jesus chose the Twelve, He saw that they had the potential to be instruments of carrying on His mission.
But one of them, Judas Iscariot, had other ideas along the way and eventually became a traitor.
It was such a sad and tragic ending for a man who was personally chosen by Jesus.
It also serves to remind us that we can’t be too smug about our life and about our faith.
In fact, the man who thinks that he is safe should be careful not to fall.
Jesus has chosen us to be His own. Let us always be faithful to Him and to be focused and committed to Him.
With Jesus and in Jesus, we will know that all will end well.