{"id":12464,"date":"2020-05-20T05:23:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T10:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12464"},"modified":"2020-05-20T05:23:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T10:23:49","slug":"graduates-the-world-is-your-oyster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12464","title":{"rendered":"Graduates \u2013 the World is Your Oyster!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You did it, Grads, and we\u2019re so proud of you! I know it\u2019s not a laughing matter because the pain is real, but this guy amused me with his sentiments about the graduation situation. The other photo here is of a virtual graduation where robots were used to represent the graduates. Can this be the Twilight Zone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve sent off dosh-loaded graduation cards to some of my beloved family members because — well, there won’t be graduations-as-usual. I\u2019ve been entertained by the way some of you moms and dads are making sure your graduates are being applauded \u2013 signs in yards, drive-bys, photos, and expressions of love and support on social media. Congrats to all of you — graduates AND parents! It’s a great feat to have made it to this Rite of Passage even though all those 12 years (and more) have ended abruptly in a lack-luster way of celebrating you. But, the celebration isn\u2019t the goal \u2013 the accomplishments, perseverance, tenacity, fortitude is what matters. So, well done! What a memory you’ll tell your kids about one day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, you were supposed to have had a BIG graduation party to kick-start your accomplishments. But, instead, you\u2019ve already been introduced to the world of complexities and challenges. In the commencement speeches, you were supposed to have heard \u201cthe world is your oyster\u201d as you embark on your adult life. Everything is open to you like the metaphor of an oyster that there\u2019s a chance it has a pearl in it. I\u2019m believing that you will find MANY pearls!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s some GOOD NEWS — you\u2019ve gained a head start on conquering. You\u2019ve acquired a great start on mental toughness and being a winner and winners never quit and quitters never win. Go forth into this world declaring that \u201cif God is for me, no one (or thing) can be against me!” (Romans 8:31) Run your race. You\u2019re in it to win it \u2013 regardless of the way your graduation looked. I pray that all of you graduates pursue God’s will first and foremost — being a God-pursuer. Because as a God-pursurer, you’ll land right where God intends you to land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To all Graduates and Dreamers \u2013 \u201cBefore you ever came into being, God called your name. He formed you with love and intricately designed every part of who you would become. You truly are made “in an amazing and wonderful way” (Psalm 139:14). You are here because God looked out over all of time and space and chose you for this generation right here — right now! There will never be another you or another opportunity to do what only you are chosen to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, go out there in boldness knowing that you don’t have to be like anyone else. You are chosen for one life \u2014 yours. And the wonderful news? Whatever God chooses for you to do, He has equipped you for it. Being chosen means that success is simply obedience and trusting God will do the rest. Being chosen means that you have God as your partner every step of the way. We’ll be cheering you on every step too! The best is yet to be for you and we can’t wait to see it unfold. Now show off that life by making it the best life it could ever be for God, others and YOU!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, go out there in boldness knowing that you don’t have to be like anyone else. You are chosen for one life \u2014 yours. And the wonderful news? Whatever God chooses for you to do, He has equipped you for it. Being chosen means that success is simply obedience and trusting God will do the rest. Being chosen means that you have God as your partner every step of the way. We’ll be cheering you on every step too! The best is yet to be for you and we can’t wait to see it unfold. Now show off that life by making it the best life it could ever be for God, others and YOU!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You did it, Grads, and we\u2019re so proud of you! I know it\u2019s not a laughing matter because the pain is real, but this guy amused me with his sentiments about the graduation situation. The other photo here is of a virtual graduation where robots were used to represent the graduates. Can this be the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17393,13169,17392],"tags":[441,13414,1210,17391,17389,11019,17390,1895,2795,17388,1604,10186,1546,2194,2773,276,16992,17387,11904],"class_list":["post-12464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-god-pursurer","category-graduation","category-world-is-oyster","tag-accomplishment","tag-applaud","tag-blog","tag-cards","tag-dosh","tag-dreamer","tag-god-pursurer","tag-graduate","tag-graduation","tag-kick-start","tag-memory","tag-oyster","tag-party","tag-psalm-13914","tag-rite-of-passage","tag-tenacity","tag-twilight-zone","tag-virtual","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12468,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12464\/revisions\/12468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}