And now we are done

My youngest son graduated from High School Sunday. He along with 900 of his closest friends sprinted across the stage at a local junior college. They hold it there because of size and weather considerations which proved fortuitous.

As a ceremony it was fascinating. They keep referring to this as one of the great accomplishments in their lives and yet they tried everything they could to get this event over in less than 90 minutes. Oh, the band was great and choir was very good. The students who spoke did just fine but they were in a hurry. I know that there was another graduation in 5:00 pm, but seriously. And then they read the names, all 900 of them. They read them at a rate that the students had almost dash across the stage. If you cheered you might have cheered for the wrong kid. They offer a DVD of the ceremony for $20 but we decided to skip it. No wonder Ben lobbied long and hard to skip the event.

Some things ought to take time. There are some events that ought to be exempt from clock watching. They are of an import that they deserve all the time it takes to make it right. Grave side committal services, Memorial Day remembrances, breakfast with your children and worship. Of above all worship ought to given the time necessary. It may be 55 minutes, it may be 105 minutes or whatever. Not just pack in whatever, but to allow us to experience and respond the presence and call of God. We have no need to hurry, there is nothing else we are doing that takes precedence over this. So too when we are one of those nodal moments for our children we need simply be there without something else on the calendar coming at us demanding attention.

Congratulations Bennett. Well done.