My two cents

  Today marks one year since I -barely- graduated high school. I look back at those four years and cringe but I also have a sense of joy. Those four years brought me some of my best life long friends and some amazing lessons from some amazing teachers. As many know, I didn't choose the college route, I didn't even take my SATs because I KNEW what I was going to do. I knew what I wanted and went to go get it.

  Oh boy, I was so unprepared for the real world. I am very blessed to be so heavily guided and protect in this transition of my life but trust me, it's no easy street. A wise and adorable English teacher once told me, "the only constant thing in life is change." (Norma Walker)

  So to the class of 2016, and whomever it may concern: Everything changes. 

      People move away

      Relationships end

      Friends drift apart

      Environment is different

      And... you change.

  Change can be really good, but there is also not so good change. But no matter the change, I encourage you to take every moment of change as an opportunity to learn and to grow. 

  Class of 2016 you are getting ready to leave your bubble, the bubble of high school, of your family and friends, and you are about to jump into something totally new. Maybe you are just transitioning into a little bigger of a bubble or maybe you decided to burst it all at once and jump into the real world; no matter what path you've taken it is so important to build yourself on the one constant in life. 

   Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."

  Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withers and flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever."

  Find a church to plant your roots in. Fellowship with other Christians is important in going through change and different seasons. Having a good home church to estalish yourself and devolp discipline in feeding yourself with His presence. 

  Matthew 7:24-27 "Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on a solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn't obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash." 

  Though life will bring a consistent amount of change, Christ never will. No matter what's new and different, whether good or bad, always know that Christ is the rock you build your life on and you will find a consistent love in Him.