This is the month of graduations. I think we have hit a record high of over 20 invitations. It is an honor to be invited to join in the celebration of this achievement but I want us to compare graduations if we can. Even if you aren’t interested in the topic just keep reading and you may be surprised.
Think about graduation for a moment.
- You struggle for years to finally achieve the goal
- The purpose is for you to finish one thing to start something fresh
- For most it has been at the same time a difficult and joyous road to get to this place
- There are people along the way that help you reach this point and rejoice with you as you make it.
- Everything is geared to accomplishing this one goal and when you make it there is great joy and relief all at the same time.
- It is something you do alone and for most, the travel to the new adventure is by yourself as well.
- Regardless of the help you may have received to get here, it was your own decisions that enabled you to graduate. No one could do it for you.
- People you may have never met before cheer you on at the ceremony.
I want you to stop for a second and look at this as a metaphor for our lives and compare graduation to our going home to be with the Lord. Now reread the points above in light of that thought.
If we looked at life the way a high school student looks toward graduation, our lives might be a little different. If everyday we are focused on the goal of graduation, going onto the next step, preparing for where we are headed. If we were to realize it is up to us to make the right decisions as well as being grateful for all the help along the way, life might be different.
We are all headed for graduation. Let’s live like we are going to graduate well.
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