Honor

It felt like yesterday when I began to attend First Korean Baptist Church.  I remember going there not to experience God, but to hang out with my friends, meet girls, and to play silly games.  I had no clue what death meant and I did not desire Jesus.  I thought Christians were weird, constantly singing their silly songs (funny part about it now is I am a worship leader).  Along the way I met Eddie Smith, a fun kid.  We would constantly be competing to get attention from people, even if it meant cutting each other down.  I would think as the years went on it continued to happen, but as we both got to know Jesus more we turned away from our silly childish games.  We continued to grow up and when college began, I decided to continue pursuing my faith.  This is where my story about Eddie ends, because in college I lost track of the people who went to FKBC, losing touch with some solid Christians who grew me in my faith. With all this said, my desire is that you have a personal relationship with Jesus.  Not because you should, but because you want to. He loves you the same even when you don’t love Him. I said my story with Eddie ended, but it didn’t.  He passed away Oct 25, 2009 in a tragic car accident, a week and two days before his 22nd birthday.  Even though at some points we had anger and malice toward each other, deep down I respected and loved Eddie.  He had Jesus in his heart and I know he is looking down on us. Happy Birthday Eddie Smith.