Second, kids are learning that truth is encountered in events. It has to do with the inner workings of life, the kind of things that come out through the normal every-day ups and downs. Third, they are learning that the truth is bigger than them. The truth is something larger than anything we can say about it - it has to be bigger than us, something we can give ourselves, our life, to. Finally, they are learning that truth needs to be there in the hard places of life.
Truth remains relevant in every situation.
In the hard places of life, it is often all that a person has to hold on to. He is the Truth that encounters and supports us in every event of life. He is the Word that holds all of life together. I want to talk to our youth this morning, because we are celebrating the Confirmation of their faith and, in talking to them, I also want to address the adults in our audience as well. Maybe this will sound a little like one of those commencement speeches - I hope not, because this is not graduation, not the end of anything, but just the beginning of a new phase of your life, as you continue your growth into maturity.