In Sunday’s lectionary, we read in Revelation that God announces, “I am the Alpha and the Omega” … the beginning and end.
It wasn’t until the Omicron Variant came along a few months ago that I realised that Omicron and Omega in the Greek alphabet mean ‘little O’ and ‘big O’ – which just shows my ignorance of Greek!! Also it means that the people of Hatfield Broadoak in Essex could sign their village walks with Greek letters if they wanted to.
Anyway, God is the beginning and end. May we know God in the bits in between as well, although that is sometimes more challenging. When we find it hard, we can call on Jesus, the Risen One, who once cried out ‘my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ He is with us if we ask.