The Journey Continues: Congratulating our graduates
This week congratulates high school and college/ university seniors. “Matriculation” is a rite of passage one never forgets. Graduates, I admire you and pray you won’t do anything stupid (i.e.: driving while using substances). You’ve a future to fulfill. College graduates, jumping into the San Marcos River is a tradition; therefore, it is fun, not stupid. Looking toward careers choices and job searches calls for a little levity.
On television, C-SPAN has a series of addresses given by invited speakers to university-graduating classes. These free-rein short speeches come with advice and counsel on how the audience should set course now they’re entering the job-market world.
This is my ‘CSPAN’ advice, based on Luke 2:42-47: “When Jesus was twelve years old, he accompanied his parents to Jerusalem for the annual Passover …After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth… His parents didn’t miss him the first day, for they assumed he was with friends among the other travelers, but when he didn’t show up that evening, they started to look for him among their relatives and friends; and when they couldn’t find him, they went back to Jerusalem and spent three days searching for him.” They had made a mistake. My message to you is about mistakes. If the earthly father, Joseph, and the anointed mother of Jesus Christ, Mary, could make a mistake, can’t we also? Yes, and we do.
In the Book of Genesis there is a summary of how God created the world. Now if God exists, then I am not alone. In faith, I trust that God exists. Nothing can keep me from fellowship with God through Christ. It is my choice. I will admit that times I have made the mistake of leaving Jesus behind in my rush to become _______ (you fill in the bad choice) but the Holy Spirit as guide always reminds me of my bad choice (sin). Then I turn around and go back to where Jesus awaits. Now, Jesus will never leave you or forsake you and I urge you to keep in touch with Him and ask God to direct your path. Hope you all have a peaceful week.
