My son
Gavin will pass another milestone this month.
He will graduate from high school.
In fact, we have six of our youth from our church graduating from high school—Nikki
Hollis, Julia McDonald, Gavin Mullis, Kyle Roberts, Max Wilson, and Tiffany
Crawford. My how time flies! It seems like just yesterday that Gavin was
learning to walk. I’m so proud of Gavin
and all our young people who have grown into fine young men and women.
The next few years will be tremendously
exciting and formative for our graduates.
They will become more independent, making the majority of their
decisions for themselves. I pray that
the faith and values we have taught them together at PGUMC will guide their
whole life and especially in the next decade as they experience the tremendous
transformation of the young adult years.
If I could offer one final bit of
advice for our graduates, it would be the wisdom of Proverbs 3:5-6:
5 Trust
in the Lord with all your
heart;
do not depend on your own understanding.
6 Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.
do not depend on your own understanding.
6 Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.
This is true wisdom for all of
us. So much of life is beyond our
understanding. Even what we do grasp is
only a partial picture. We do not know
what the next day may bring or all that God is doing through our current
circumstances. It is often only after many
years that we are able to look back in retrospect and glimpse what God was
doing.
Therefore, as we progress through life, the most important thing
is to follow God’s will for us the best we know how. We must walk by faith—trusting in the
Lord. Since we cannot understand it all,
we must have faith that God has a master plan as we step through each door He
opens for us. If we seek His will above all
else, God will open up the right doors for us.
We do not yet know what our life will be. However, if we trust in the Lord with all our
heart and don’t depend on our own understanding, if we seek His will in all we
do, He will show us the way. And maybe
one day, we will reflect back on our life and see the beautiful journey we
walked with God and our hearts will smile.
Of course, I’m no expert and I certainly don’t claim to know
everything, but that’s the Truth as far as I can tell…
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