Jonathan graduated from seminary.
(Excuse the snapshot)
I can hardly leave that entirely unblogged. We moved to Oregon for seminary. It was a four year full time endeavor. Jonathan translated countless pages of ancient greek, wrote papers, poured over counseling case studies, read approximately 5,6785,093 books and delivered sermons. Yet all of that doesn't really even begin to define the seminary experience for either of us. There were trials, some "Aha!" moments, some heavy duty reliance on God and hopefully some spiritual maturing and deepening on both of our parts. I'm really proud of Jonathan, not just for the work he did, but for the man I've watched him grow into. I won't be able to wrap everything up in a neat and tidy package so maybe I should just leave it to...
Jonathan graduated from seminary.The inevitable question is... what next? The short answer is still... we don't really know. Our hope is that Jonathan will find a full time ministry position that is a good fit for his skills and gifts and for our family as a whole. We have some preferences (like staying in the Portland area), but really we're resting on God's assurance that he will provide for us. It might not look exactly like we hope it will/think it should and we're OK with that. I'm at a much better place of resting in God's promises than I was four years ago.
Also... we totally found out that we were expecting our third baby the exact weekend that Jonathan graduated from seminary. Good thing I had four years to learn about trusting God, eh?
2 comments:
We can't open the photo. It says it is locked. :(
Kathryn
Now we can open it. Thanks Natalie. This was such a wonderful evening! Especially when Paul yelled "and the last shall be first" as Jonathan walked across the stage before thousands of onlookers to receive his diploma. You and Lindsay and I were laughing so hard. (Jonathan was the LAST, I mean VERY LAST student to receive his degree out of hundreds of graduates. The Master of Divinity degrees were the last to be conferred, and then of course the last name beginning with "W".......you get the picture. :)
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