The writer of Ecclesiastes said that here is a season for everything under the sun. As I grow a little older, and hopefully wiser, I am beginning to understand this more and more.
This weekend has been an amazing time of celebration, dedication, and fellowship. My family along with 20 something others from our church, and around 9000 others from across the country descended upon Nashville, TN for the annual Lads to Leaders Convention. L2L is a youth leadership development program within churches of Christ that offers a variety of events structured to bring out the best in our youth, preparing them to serve in the church.
As to the season thought, this was the first convention without one of our kids who went very successfully through the program and is now a freshman at the Naval Academy. It was hard to adjust to not having him around bit his season had changed.
We also, as our tradition holds, saw off one of our seniors who has now completed his course and will be moving to another season better prepared for the fight. I and my church family wish him well in that future. I am grateful to have had an opportunity to observe the growth in each of these young men over the past 7 years.
There are still a good number, including my own daughter who are still around and walking in this season. Each with a different direction and varied talents or interests. My prayer is that each will continue to follow God's paths and grow to serve well in the church, create Godly families, and serve their communities as the Light of Christ is reflected in them.
May we all have a heart for service and take the lead, using the complete set of tools at our disposal to raise up children, not to be good kids, but to be great Christian adults. If we can do this, then we will make today, and many more days GREAT!
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