I recall a grade ten English class in which
we considered the following truism:
“Change is like
a river; you’re always in it.”
No doubt true, but we don’t always stop to
consider it. In many ways, this week is about deliberating noticing change. In
chapel this morning, we recognized our grade eight students who will change
from being elementary to high school students very soon. On Friday we will recognize
a change in staffing as we will see Mr. VanHarten (Grade 4/5) depart from us to follow the
next steps of his career. We know that
some families are very soon heading toward a change in the form of a move related
to work, family, health and other situations. Report cards distributed to our
students on Friday will suggest a grade change to a new opportunity of learning
in September.
The pace of daily life with pressing tasks,
the important but not necessarily remarkable, call for our attention, and even
sometimes in our own short-sightedness we are not reflective about what is changing
around us and what that change means.
Often change tends to frighten, worry, or even frustrate us because it
reminds us that we are not able to fully control our world as we might like to
do. And yet, in change we also often
meet some of the plans the Lord has for us that are perfectly timed and
masterfully created for our good.
At our closing assembly on Friday we will
be reminded of the ways 2016-17 has been a year of God’s faithfulness and blessings
experienced as a community of learning.
Indeed, we easily and boldly say “…the Lord is good and his love endures
forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” (Psalm 100:5) Praise
God for that!
Have a rejuvenating summer filled with many
safe memories as you rest, travel, and work, and play.
After a rest, we can’t wait to see what the Lord has ready for us
around the bend.
SJ
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