{"id":4272,"date":"2025-05-22T20:36:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2025-05-22T20:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:36:23","slug":"bittersweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/2025\/05\/22\/bittersweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Bittersweet &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4276 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/Diploma-S25-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/Diploma-S25-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/Diploma-S25-600x675.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/Diploma-S25-768x864.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/Diploma-S25-1366x1536.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/Diploma-S25-1821x2048.jpg 1821w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/Diploma-S25-98x110.jpg 98w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/Diploma-S25-222x250.jpg 222w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/Diploma-S25-225x253.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/Diploma-S25-1920x2159.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Graduation preparations always bring my emotions to the surface.\u00a0 As I placed the seals on the diplomas, I was a bit overwhelmed as I thought of these students and their journeys here at the bible school.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4278\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-30-a-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-30-a-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-30-a-600x548.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-30-a-768x702.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-30-a-1536x1403.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-30-a-2048x1871.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-30-a-120x110.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-30-a-250x228.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-30-a-277x253.jpg 277w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-30-a-1920x1754.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/>God has stretched them \u2026 in their school community, in their church and social outreach, and in their faith.\u00a0 Our students matter to us, we see them struggle and strive, we see them endure and excel, we see them &#8220;finish well&#8221; and step out into the world more equipped than when they came &#8211; and we are blessed because of it!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4273\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-168-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-168-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-168-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-168-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-168-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-168-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-168-125x83.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-168-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-168-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-168-379x253.jpg 379w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2025\/05\/EBIGRAD2025-168-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/>Graduation Day has now come and gone and it truly was a day which honored our Lord. Continue to pray for our students \u2026 and us \u2026 that we will be mindful of living each day for HIS glory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduation preparations always bring my emotions to the surface.\u00a0 As I placed the seals on the diplomas, I was a bit overwhelmed as I thought of these students and their journeys here at the bible school. 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