My 10 year reunion is still a year off, but I have already heard that my class officers from high school are calling around and planning the reunion. When I thought about whether I would go or not, I felt some anxiety but also thought it would be fun to see many of my old friends I have not seen in a decade.

When I was in high school, I was an atheistic, conceited smart-alek. I was mean to many people, and I am sorry for it now. I remember some people who were tortured, socially speaking, throughout school: ostracized, ridiculed, insulted, and though I didn’t usually participate in it, I didn’t do anything to stop their tormentors, either.

So as I thought more about going to my reunion, I have decided that I am going to look for any of those people who were tormented and apologize to them and talk with them to get to know how they have been since high school. How I wish I would have been different back then, but there’s no time like the present to make reparation.

In high school, I was voted “Most Likely to Succeed”, and though I didn’t realize it at the time, I believe it has come true, for God has radically entered my life and transformed it from evil to good–not by my power or intelligence, but by his grace and merciful love. And knowing I am our Father’s son and living in the freedom Christ has won for me is true success.