It's crazy how much can change.
My little brother graduated from high school this past weekend. The same high school that my two older brothers and myself graduated from. 16 years and my family is finally done with high school (and my parents couldn't be more happy!)
As part of the tradition of graduating, our home church has a graduate Sunday where they recognize the recent high school and college graduates. My brother and I were both able to participate. Being home for that weekend brought back a lot of memories. Almost four years ago exactly, I was in the same place that my brother was, graduating high school and getting ready to face the world of college. And now, here I was, four years later, with a college degree and a year of divinity school done. And so much has changed. Four years ago, I don't think that I would have thought that I would have been where I am today. Since four years ago, one of my closest friends is married, another one is getting married in a week, one is a youth minister, and another one is living in New York City. I don't think any of us planned on ending up where we did. But, I don't think we would change it.
Some of us have learned some hard lessons along the way. All of us have had our ups and downs. We've all had moments of joy. All of us are no longer the people we were in high school but we can look back and smile at the memories. Then, we can turn around and look forward to what the future holds right now for us.
So, I wonder, have people around me thought about how much life has changed for them in this season of change?
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