Graduation

 

With the beginning of May, seniors will be experiencing their last few classes, contests, AP exams, projects, graduation parties, prom, finals and graduation.  This Sunday, our church, Tallowood Baptist,  will honor and celebrate our seniors and their parents. 

 

To the Graduating Seniors:

I am thanking God for creating you, blessing you with talents and abilities, and having a plan for your life.  In the coming days, you will study and prepare for finals, check and double check that all requirements have been met to earn your diploma, receive your gown, stole, cords, and graduation cap, and do your best to finish strong.  Either through the spoken or written word, may you also remember and take the time to express your thanks and appreciation to those who have loved, taught, encouraged, believed in, and made a difference in your life throughout these years.

 

Graduation is the end of one chapter in your life and the start of a new one.  I join with your parents, family, friends, and teachers in celebrating the hard work and accomplishments you have achieved during these years.  It is with much joy and anticipation that we look forward to seeing the ways God will work in and through you during these coming years. 

 

Trust in the LORD with all your heart

     and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways submit to him,

     and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5-6

 

In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:4-6

 

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12

 

To the Parents:

May these days and weeks hold many treasured memories, special times, and wonderful experiences for you and your graduate.

 

“You will teach them to fly,

but they will not fly your flight.

You will teach them to dream,

but they will not dream your dream.

You will teach them to live,

but they will not live your life.

Nevertheless, in every flight,

in every life, in every dream,

the print of the way

you taught them will remain.”

~ Mother Teresa

 

During these years, you have given your child roots and now the gift of wings.  May they soar and make a difference in our world. 

 

Start children off on the way they should go,

     and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Proverbs 22:6

 

Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.

Psalm 127:3

 

We celebrate, with thanksgiving and the gift of prayers, these important days and times for your family.