Class of 2020,
I wrote this letter once before spring break, but after the craziness of the Coronavirus happened, I decided to write it again. As we look back at this year, all of you took a risk- you left the comfort of home and what you knew to come to a place full of people you didn’t know and live with roommates you did not choose. We asked you to jump into ministry and work assignments and devotionals and yes, even go to all your classes. It had the potential to be a crazy ride. As I look to share with you about how to sum up this year, the one thing that keeps popping into my mind is a roller coaster. I have been on a lot of them, and I am sure you have as well. When you get on, you expect a lot of things- you expect to go fast, you expect to have drops that scare you, you expect to have loops that completely disorient you, and some of you even expect to be sick. It’s interesting to think that even with all the crazy expectations, we still think to ourselves, “I would love to go on that.” Why? Because we trust the person that made the coaster. We trust that they planned it from beginning to end. We trust everything was built correctly, and that they thought about how to keep everyone safe. Because we trust them, we are willing to go on a crazy coaster that has the potential for us to lose our lunch! So why did you come to the Bible Institute? You trusted that God wanted you here. There were a lot of other places you could have gone, but God wanted you at WOLBI. Now as we look back on the year, we see another loop that nobody expected... You were asked to leave your newfound friends and freedom and go home to finish school. I’m confident that it wasn’t on anyone’s radar to have to adjust our lives this much this quickly. It was - and still is - the biggest loop a lot of you have been on. I want to remind you all that this will not be the only loop you’re thrown for on the roller coaster of life. The point of the ride of life is not to measure how many loops or ups and downs there are, but to ask, “Do I trust who is putting it all together?” Some of you are planning on going into schooling for vocational ministry or secular jobs, others are going into the workforce, and some of you are going on missions. Whatever your plans are for next year, whatever God is calling you to do, there will be a lot of ups, downs, and loops- so trust God, the One who has put it all together. He will finish what he started in you. God can be trusted, even if it looks scary or the ride is different than what you planned. Go be salt and light in a world that is desperate to know the Savior that loves them. The GOD we serve has today, has tomorrow, and has YOU. Enjoy the ride!
Josh Ely
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