In The Beginning

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. Jn 1:1-4

God Himself is the beginning in which everything begins, with which we must and can always begin with confidence and without need of excuse.  And at the same time He is the end in which everything legitimately and necessarily ends, with which we must end with confidence and without need of excuse.

-Barth