Pomp and Circumstance

Starting this weekend and going into the next, our Kinetic Seniors, adorned in cheap fabric that has been tailored to fit like 1970 maternity clothes and matching hats with a cardboard inlay, will cross a stage, shake some hands, earn a diploma and start the next chapter of their lives.  This time is always bittersweet for Jason and I.  Sweet because we are overcome with pride and honor to have been a part of these kids High School lives.  We have gotten to see them grow and mature into students who love the Lord and want to honor him in all they do.  They have made wise choices of colleges and majors as they have sought after God’s will and purpose for their lives.  We have been able to make some great memories as we watch them learn to serve out of God’s love rather than self gratification.  Bitter because we now have to watch them move on.   Although some will stay, many will move away to college.  They will meet new friends and get involved with other ministries.  There will be new mentors that will be moved into their lives that will (we pray) help them keep with the momentum of what God is currently doing in them.  We were able to have most of them together last night in the Collision Center for a Grad Dinner.  Jason spoke to them on 1 Corinthians 13: 11  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.  Then we jumped in jump castles and pummeled each other with foam jousts :).  He talked to them about the importance of every decision and then made an example out of Samson.   His loss of spiritual discernment was lost little by little, with small compromises until he no longer noticed that the presence of God had left him.  It was great to be able to pray over them as we launched them out into a new phase.  We have been blessed with some great students over the years, and it never gets any easier to say goodbye.  Be proud for this generation.  Be in prayer for our next leaders.  They have their priorities in line, and I can’t wait to see and hear the great things that they are going to be able to accomplish for the Kingdom if they keep their focus right.  So here’s to a great group of young adults…we love you and are so proud of you!  Keep being ready and willing for whatever he has for you!