Proud of Our Grandaughter

Our granddaughter Holly Starr graduated tonight from North Raleigh Christian Academy. Sherri and I are very proud of Holly. Her work ethic all through high school has been exceptional. She managed to perform well academically while spending hours each week rehearsing for her school musicals, take voice lessons, dance lessons, practice with her coral group, and several mornings each week be at school early for drama lessons. NRCA is one of the best Christian schools in Raleigh with a very highly rated scholastic program. Much is expected of their students. So we are extremely proud of what Holly has accomplished.

Holly will be going to Liberty University in Lynchburg Virginia this fall where she will major in business and minor in voice. She also intends to try out for musical and drama opportunities. Of course Sasha and I believe she will be picked to perform in many of these productions and look forward to going to watch her. We also are looking forward to going to her voice recitals.

The graduation program tonight was very good. The main speaker is a pastor and author from the Miami Florida area. He talked to the graduates about following their hopes and dreams and letting Jesus be the center of everything they do. He talked about setting goals. He said his dad told him that it is better to aim at the moon and miss than it to aim at a skunk and hit it. That hit home for me because when I was in the eighth grade I did aim at a skunk and hit it. The problem was the skunk was in our back yard. I sure did get in trouble for that. The problem today in our society is too many people are choosing to aim at and are hitting those things that are stinking up our country. I was encouraged tonight as I listened to those young Christian graduates as they sang, prayed, and spoke about allowing Jesus to guide them in the trying days ahead as they launch out into a world which will test their faith at every turn.

The speaker told about his dear mother who had been abused sexually when she was a young girl. A pastor found her on the street when she was fifteen, helped her and told her about Jesus. She gave her life to him and has never looked back. She married a Christian man, and together they had several sons and daughters who have had many sons and daughters who in turn are producing many sons and daughters. He said his little mother now has around fifty children, grand children and great grand children who are serving Jesus in some area of Christian vocation. Here is a woman who could have given up and let go of whatever hopes and dreams she may have had, but she didn’t. God has blessed her over and over again and again because of her faithfulness.

We must pray for every graduate that they will have hopes and dreams that include Jesus Christ. I am thankful that Holly and Brady were able to attend this wonderful Christian school. Brady graduated last year and has done very well in his first year of college at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He wants to be a youth Pastor. We are confident that Holly will also do well in her freshman year at Liberty.