Changing of the Guard
All of “my leaders” have now retired. Many of you know them, guys like Lester, Mike Won, Andy Seo, Debbie Liang, and Dae Woung. But then there’s the people I consider the “Old Guard”, my leader’s leaders. People like Dave Chung, Chris Choe, Steve Choi, and Anne Kao, my leaders’ leaders. These were the people who trained me. They were the people who set the example for me.
This past Sunday we had our first CRH meeting. As we were praying together, I looked around the room. Most of them I knew when they were freshmen. Some of new leaders were freshmen in small groups that I led. I guess it finally set in. I’ve started to become part of the “Old Guard”.
This humbles me. No way would I put myself in a category with ‘The Greats of Old’. They gave so much more, sacrificed so much more. I hold up a candle to their torch. I wish they were still around and involved to set the example, not me. But this is how life works. People come, and people go. We’re in the business of disciple training – train someone to train someone else.
Lord, help me to point them to you, just as my leaders did.