Father, the school is finally behind them. The cap is on. The names are being called.
We are proud. We are also already worrying about what comes next.
Be in the threshold. The stage is short but the step is long. Walk them off the platform and into a life we cannot script for them.
Make their next decade worthy of the people who poured into them — the teachers, the family, the friends, the small kindnesses they will only recognize years from now.
Keep them curious. Keep them honest. Keep them rooted in something that does not move when the market moves.
If they wander, do not let them wander too far. If they succeed, do not let them mistake it for righteousness. If they fail, meet them in the failure quickly.
You wrote their plans before we did. We are letting go a little today. You are not.
In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.