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Scattering of Graduates
Miley Clary • May 26, 2021
As we finish off this school year, my first full school year with athletes I can’t help but rejoice in the Lord’s faithfulness through the challenges that we faced this year. May might have become my new least favorite month of the year because of the reality of saying goodbye and sending off the seniors. It’s a weird balance of being amazed by the growth I’ve witnessed in each of their lives and mourning the strong relationships that have formed. Andrew, Sierra, and I have full and complete trust in sending the seniors out and know that they are ready. The Lord is teaching me a new way to trust Him by trusting Him in His pursuit of the hearts of these athletes and His sovereignty of their lives no matter what campus they might be heading to.
In this season I have been comforted by the story in Acts 8 of Stephen being stoned (not the specific stoning part) but what happened next. As a result of the horrific event of Stephen being stoned to death, we see first his faithfulness to his calling from the Lord but we also see the disciples being scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, and when the disciples are scattered the gospel is then scattered and we see many more come to know Christ!
Acts 8: 4-8
“Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. For the unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed, or lame were healed. So, there was much joy in that city.”
We know that our seniors are ready to be sent out into the world. We know that God has big plans for them and pray that they would keep their hands open to how God would use them on their campus’. We are so thankful for the time that we had with each of these students and praise God for the extra hour+ a week we got with them and the resilience they developed through all the challenges that 2020-2021 had for them! We pray that the Lord would provide them each with new community and that they would each desire to know the Lord more intimately every single day. Please join us in praying for our FCA seniors in Larimer County heading to college this fall!