Once again, scores of young people stand at the threshold of the future as they prepare for graduation. For some this year’s commencement is but another step in a path of higher learning, for others, their formal academic path complete, it is now time to venture into the “real” world.
In recent years I had the pleasure of congratulating my dearest niece and nephew for their accomplishments at graduation, but this year’s celebrations promise to be especially meaningful as my own son and his closest friends join the ranks of new graduates.
At the risk of bending to the temptation of offering parental advice, I ask that you indulge one proud father a few words that I would share with my son and all of the graduates of 2010. I promise this will be no laundry list of dos and don’ts, for I really have only one point to make, and it is this:
Always remember who and what you are, and remember that you can always depend upon His promises.
“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,’ declares the Lord.”—Jeremiah 29:11-14.
I offer my heartfelt congratulations to you son, for I could not be more proud. And likewise to all graduates everywhere: may this be the beginning of a wonderful and exciting journey for you all!
