Every step that a believer makes is the result of sacrifice. Today, we enjoy the faith of the ages but this great privilege came because of the sacrifice of others. The cloud of witnesses that gather for each graduate commemorate the moment. That means that they remember. There are many today who have achieved great ends because of the sacrifice of others who were not able to share that moment.
At any graduation there is a mother or uncle or an aunt that watches the graduate march across the stage and they speak silent to themselves “Oh if he could see you now!” or “Oh if she could see you now, she would be so proud.” Each steps forward because of the sacrifice of someone else. It is the father who dreamed of seeing of his children educated. It is the mother whose only desire in life was to see her children stand on their own two feet.
Those who graduate, walk across the stage in hallowed moments of commemoration as family members reflect on the words and deeds of others in the family whose sacrifices made it possible.
One reason many institutions ask for quiet during such ceremonies is to allow the families to observe the procession of history and to hear the voices of a cloud of witnesses that include mothers, fathers, great grandmothers and great uncles and aunts speak from the silent balconies of eternity and say, “well done.”
It is good to have ancestry in the balcony. Sometimes, other than the voice of God, it is the only voice we hear!
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