Well, I turned in my final paper for the year and my last obligation will be to serve as an usher at Graduation. I am really looking forward to it for some reason. I can’t remember being excited for someone else’s graduation. I was much younger then.
As I look back at this past year I am grateful for having the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people and to make new friends. I feel blessed to know that I can make it in graduate school. Sure, I should have known, but like I’ve said before, law school took its toll. I am even more blessed to know that my ministry has been enhanced because of my education.
I have grown spiritually in a number of ways. I have faith and courage that I didn’t have when school started. I have tried to help more people outside of youth ministry, too. My ministry has expanded and that is nothing more than God’s grace. How wonderful it is to know, really and truly know that every moment is a gift and every gift is meant to be shared for the glory of God. The more I receive (and realize that I have received) the more I WANT TO GIVE.
Lord, grant me the wisdom to seek nourishment and the will to empty myself for the good of others. These things I ask through my savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Hallelujah.
