During our June corporate time of waiting in prayer, I heard a couple lines in my Spirit: "At the end is the beginning, at the beginning is the end." As I pondered these and asked the Lord about their meaning, the following poem unfolded:

At the end is the beginning
At the beginning is the end
At the bottom is the top
At the top is the bottom

At the end of myself
Is the beginning of hope and love
At the beginning of You
Is the end of fear and regret
At the bottom of Your feet
Is the top of this world
At the top of…

Becoming Headstrong
by Brett Barry

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! 7…always learning and never able…