Sunset on Summer of Solomon

All good things must come to an end, the Summer of Solomon included. I’ve enjoyed meditating upon the Proverbs over these short months. And now, as the great orb wanes and the shadows of summer stretch, I’d like to end with one more word from the man himself:

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning.

-Ecclesiastes 7:8

We tend to romanticize the past. Perhaps we wish we could go back to the beginning of summer and have it all over again, but such a wish is foolish. In this life, the end is better than the beginning.

But that doesn’t sound right. How could it be? Because, for Christians, the end of all things in this life signifies their beginning in the wondrous world to come. As the seasonal guard changes, let us not get too nostalgic, but rather set our sights on the Prize to come.