The Happy Graduate

What a great night for the Reformation Covenant Church Graduating Class of 2010!

Peter, Nick, Ken, Kaitlyn, Charity, Grace and Ana

Grace had the opportunity to give a speech at her graduation, and did a wonderful job!

I’m so proud of her!!!

Grace's Inspiring Speech

The parents of graduating students of Reformation Covenant Church typically say a few words of encouragement and praise. Here is the video on my comments to Grace:

My dear Grace – Amy and I are so proud of you and so joyful that we have come to this point in your life. I mean that not merely in the sense that every one of us parents will say it today – I mean it in the sense that I am deeply, passionately and compulsively pleased with you. You are everything at I would wish for in a daughter, and can safely say that my prayers for you and about you have been answered by the Lord more abundantly and beautifully than I would have guessed possible.

The occasion of your graduation is a marvelous time to recognize and celebrate your educational and academic accomplishments – which I consider to be significant.

I encourage everyone to stop by Grace’s table downstairs and take a look at some of the wonderful things she has accomplished – and I’m telling you, the research paper on Conjoined Twins is not to be missed. She has read dozens of excellent books, completed a full series of mathematics and science (including Anatomy and Physiology this year), she is an excellent writer (especially her humorous writing), seriously studied various areas of biblical theology, and memorized several whole books of the Bible. Let it never be said that home schoolers cannot get a good education.

I want to pause to thank Amy for the tremendous job she has done – you are a marvel.

Now as impressive as all of this is, Grace, what brings me even more joy and satisfaction is the fact that you are a young woman of great character and strength and compassion.

You are someone that has long understood that the beginning of knowledge is the fear of the Lord. From your earliest days it was clear to me that you are a unique – a special and exceptional child of God. It’s not just that you were compliant and needed little discipline (which is all true) – it was and remains that you have always been eager to please your parents, serve other people (even your demanding brothers) and love and fear the Lord Jesus.

It is no less true today. You have been growing and developing marvelously and you have made a wonderful beginning of life. But today is just the end of the beginning. You are now ready to move on – taking all that you have learned, and taking all that you have done to prepare yourself, and begin to explore how you will best serve our dear savior as a mature adult.

You are indeed a beautiful, intelligent, funny, resourceful, teachable, and marvelously servant oriented young woman. As you, over the next few years, move into adulthood – my hope and prayer is that you will not just drift along with the current of life, but you will go forth from this night with confidence and conviction that God wants to use you in this world to His glory and for the betterment of humanity.

Proverbs poses the rhetorical question: Who can find a woman of noble character, a woman of moral worth, a virtuous woman, a mighty woman of valor? Such a one is hard to find in this world because she is so valuable, so rare, so worthy of honor and praise that she can only be compared to rubies.

My dear, You are such a one! You are a special treasure to me and to everyone who knows you.

You are one of the greatest joys in our lives – we love you more than life itself. Congratulations and well done, my beloved daughter, in whom I am well pleased!

Commencment Address by Pastor Chris Wilson

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