The Fellowship! The Plan!
The Ring! The Line!
Always honorable! For life!!
Here at the Honor Academy all interners receive the Ring to symbolize the comment that we have made to live honorbly before God and Man in word, thought, and deed for the rest of our lives. The January class of 2007 has recently arrived on campus. After their week of Gauntlet, we have what is called the Commencement Banquet. At this banquet, the January interns commit to being here for one full year. However, myself and the rest of the Augest class had the opportunity to make a commiment to become a part of the Fellowship and live out the rest of our lives honorable to God. I chose to make this commitment and am now able to wear the Ring. This is probably one of the most important commitments that I will ever make. I am now here at the internship wearing the Ring with honor and humility.
The Ring is in the picture that I have posted above. The Line is the line of interns that have gone before me and made the commitment to wear the Ring. I also have the privilege of being a part of the Fellowship of the Ring. (they came up with that name before the movie came out just so you know.) The Fellowship is the group of people across the world that proudly wear the Ring. We join together to help, serve, pray, challenge, and encourage one another across the globe. Even though we may not know one another, if someone you meet who is wearing the Ring is in trouble you help that person in his struggle. If someone wearing the Ring falls away from a life of honor, the others in the Fellowship will mentor and disciple him until his honor is returned. Actually, the rings given out to the interns to not belong to us. They belong to the Fellowship of the Ring. If you fall away from a life of honor while wearing the Ring, it is taken away until honor is returned. Those wearing the Ring have also made a commitment to serve in the Plan. Simply put, the Plan is a detailed way to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world and make disciples of all nations.
This is the commitment that I have made. I will wear the Ring with pride and live my life honorbly "before God and man in word, thought, and deed."
3 comments:
I was going to say that this sounds very Lord of the Rings-ish but I guess you already know that.
Sweet picture by the way.
What an honor, and how profound! Just wanted you to know I'm still praying for you, "partner" and I'm very proud of the Godly woman you've become! And to think I knew you when.... (I think you were about 3). God bless!
wow! that's sweet heather!! and i'm loving that picture!
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