Transitions
Elder Elton Lee
As many of you may know, I’m going to be transitioning out of my practice of medicine to dedicate my remaining productive years in the service of God’s kingdom. It’s not to say that medicine was not serving God’s kingdom, as I do feel it was very much a part of my calling and my ministry, but I feel called at this time to expand my ministry in other areas, to have a greater impact beyond the many hours that I spend in the practice of medicine. Part of my calling includes knowing God more deeply and understanding His ways more fully (although it’s humanly impossible to fully know God, so maybe understanding Him just a little bit more). I plan to become a student once more and attend Gordon Conwell Seminary this fall. It’s partly to deepen my own walk with our Lord and partly for selfish reasons, as I do enjoy studying and being a student, but also, there is much for me to learn to have a deeper well from which to draw for future ministry to others.
I think back about the many transitions that my life has gone through: from high school to college to med school to residency to being a working doc to hanging up my stethoscope, from single to married to a wonderful wife to starting a family with 2 great boys to empty nester, from one end of the country to another, from sunny California to rainy Seattle. Each transition has brought me both excitement and melancholic reflection, but the one constant through it all, my anchor, is the God who loves me and calls me as one of His own. He lovingly sent His son to die for me, and so, I will do my utmost to live for Him. I know not the future, but with God leading the way, I look forward to what comes next.