I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. They sum up all that the student has accomplished, and there is a diploma to prove it.
School is over.
No more tuition to pay either. But we know that graduation ceremonies are not the end of the story. In fact, they are the beginning of another stage of life. Weddings are like that too. They are not just the end of courtship but the beginning of married life.