I sat and looked through the yearbook. I reminisced about a lot of you. I met many of you during your freshman year. You entered high school with high hopes and dreams. Many of you struggled with the transition to high school but you persevered and made it through.
As I looked at each picture I did not think about what you have accomplished or how you have performed. In fact, I taught many of you but I have no memory of what your grades were. That’s not what remains important in my mind. My thoughts are based simply on who you are. What values do you represent? As a Wesleyan graduate, you should be a person of integrity, honor, joy, and purpose. If you haven’t picked up those values, then you’ve missed what Wesleyan is all about.
God has a specific and special plan for each one of you. He has his hands on your lives. As a class you are blessed with a lot of great abilities and talents. Hold each other up and accountable as you move forward.
Remember to keep balance in your lives. Studies are important but they aren’t everything.
Never forget to give back to others. Be a servant. Bring joy to the lives of the people around you.
You are abundantly blessed. You come from great families. Families that loved you enough to send you to Wesleyan. A lot of your families did that at great sacrifice. Never forget that they love you and want the best for you.
As you move on with a new chapter in your lives, I pray that you will abound more and more in the true knowledge of God and His Word. I pray that you will grow in discernment so that you will make the wisest choices and decisions. And my final prayer for you is that you would live your lives to bring honor and glory to God. After all, that’s what really matters. (Philippians 1:9-11)
May God richly bless you.
Congratulations Class of 2010!
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