Free Advice to a High School Graduate

It is not uncommon for a graduate from ECS to ask his or her teachers for advice and words of wisdom before they ride off into the sunset and into the collegiate wars for the mind. This is what I had to offer one of last year's grads. 

What would I tell __________ that would serve him/her well through all the years of his/her life?

 I would tell him/her that Jesus makes all things new. He makes new lives from the rubble of broken ones. He takes the marred and the flawed and makes new things. He can over throw the sovereignty of DNA. He can make Apples hit the ground and roll far from the tree. He breaks all the shackles of the past, be they yesterday’s or yesteryear’s.

 If you are His, He has made you a new creation that is no longer bound by the trappings of a broken family, or ill made friendships, or poor decisions of the past. You are new. You are fully equipped by His grace to strike out in a new direction. You do not have to be what you were or what you came from. Every day is new.

Start fresh. Every day. The Lord of Hosts is on your side. You are forgiven. You are His. Nothing can pluck you from His hand.  Ever.

Remember these things, and they will serve you well to the end of your days be they long or be they short.

You are loved,

Coach Durham