Happy Graduation

by philter

I started Bible College in the year of our Lord 1990. Some great things happened in 1990, specifically in music. They Might Be Giants came out with “Flood”, MC Hammer came out with “Please Don’t Hurt Em” not to mention the Black Crows, Nine Inch Nails, Sinéad O’Connor, Bruce Dickinson, 2 Live Crew, Jane’s Addiction, INXS, Slayer and the Pogues. For a complete list check it here. OK, now back to 1990 and me being in Bible College.

The reason I went to Bible College was that I wanted to be a missionary. It’s funny looking back at that time, specifically at my missions class. I was just looking at my grades and I got a C- in missions and a D+ in personal evangelism (good thing that is not the criteria for changing the world). I went to Bible school for two years and then took a break in 1993 to do my Youth With A Mission (YWAM) school. Then in 1994 I went back to Bible College to finish my AA in Biblical studies.

After I graduated I went full time with YWAM and have done that for the last 17 years. In 2005 I had this crazy idea that I was getting dumber. I started thinking about going back to school and finishing my degree. It was only a thought for a short time when my friend Joseph Smith (not the Morman dude) came up to me with a cheque for $1000 telling me to go back to school and finish.

It has been a long and sometimes hard/lazy road, but yesterday, May 18, 2012, 22 years after I started this journey I got my College degree. It is a Degree in Biblical Education (sheesh, with that many years of schooling I should be a freaking doctor). So needless to say I am very proud of myself for finishing. I hope it is an encouragement to others who feel like it is to late to do something. I hope it is an encouragement to others who feel that they don’t have a second, third or fourth chance. It sure is one for me.

Peace

Advertisement