Graduation Growth

   So, it is that time of year again: graduation. It is a time filled with questions. The graduates wonder what the future holds for them. But they also look back at what they have done in their life; and what they have learned. Some may choose not to go to college so they believe their learning is over. But, that is incorrect.

   I believe that if we stop learning then we cease to be of use to our fellow man (and, whether you like it or not, we do need each other. But, that's a blog for another time). It is my belief that at all times everyone is growing. Not physically but mentally, emotionally, cognitively, and spiritually. And we either grow the right way or the wrong way.

   When I think of this, I think about trees. Some people picture a growing tree bearing fruit if the person is doing the right thing. And, if the person is doing the wrong thing the tree wilts. My belief is that a tree only wilts if a person stops learning and growing in one way or another. But if a person is growing they can either grow towards the light, or towards the darkness.

   That is why I believe that it is important for people to continue learning and growing after graduation. And I’m not talking about growing the wrong way. We need to grow in our knowledge of God and follow His ways.

So Happy Graduation to all of you graduates out there. I pray that you grow toward the light and not the darkness.

   Colossians 1:9-10 “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”