There’s a lot of graduating going on!
For us, it’s been the excitement of Braeden’s exodus from kindergarten into the first grade.
Yes, there’s a graduation for that and it includes a cap and gown with a little diploma.
He’s not a baby anymore; he’s a big boy.
Then there are the 6th graders making their leap from the elementary campus over to the high school.
When school resumes, they’ll find themselves at the bottom of the heap rather than at the top.
There are the seniors that can look back over as much as 14 years of work and worry.
They take the stage with different hopes and dreams than all the others.
They are limited to one choice; continuing their education.
It matters little if they go to college, enter the armed forces, or get a job; the education continues.
I have been out high school since 1975 and out of college since 1979; I’m still learning something every day!
I learned when I was 17-years old that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Prov 1:7
A Ph.D. may get you a great job but it cannot give you salvation.
I prefer my BA from God; that’s Born Again! It’s the best “degree” I’ve ever received.
But a knowledge of God must be tempered with more than just what’s in your head.
It is written love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 1 Cor 13:8
I probably have forgotten much of what I learned in my years of schooling; but I have not forgotten that Jesus loves me.
I have not forgotten the love I have for my wife, my children and grandchildren, or my church.
I have noticed that people go to funerals, not because of the great knowledge that the deceased had; but people attend a funeral because of the love they had for the one that is gone and the love the deceased had for them.
You can have your master’s or doctorate and be a lonely, unfulfilled individual.
The person that has God’s love towards others has much more than all the degrees and awards can give!
As Paul said, “[Though I] understand all mysteries and all knowledge… but have not love, I am nothing. 1 Cor 13:2