Remember Your Leaders

Dear leader, bear your burdens well.

Dear follower, understand the burdens your leader bears.

Due to the nature of things, the vast majority of people in the world are followers.  Due to that fact, a follower is naturally spoken to throughout the course of their life on what they should do.  How should this sort of person spend their time?  How should this sort of person spend their money?  All the things which we view as so terribly important in this present age are taught according to the majority.  Unfortunately, this leaves a precious minority is a state of incredible difficulty.

To a man who grows up knowing full well that the Lord desires him to do something which other people deem 'great,' he must pave his own way and learn from a great deal of mistakes.  I suppose that in many ways this is simply how life works, and it is through these difficulties that a leader is formed.  But due to the incredibly distinct life the leader lives, he requires a great deal from those around him.

Dear leader, not everyone shares your responsibilities

Dear follower, your leader bears an incredible weight

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account.

-Hebrew 13:17-

This is the burden which the leader bears; to watch over your soul.  This is the sort of responsibility which keeps men awake at night.  The desperate urge for men and women to grow closer to Christ drives them.  So dear follower, obey your leaders and submit to them.  Do not aggravate them in the midst of their responsibility but rather do whatever you are able to lighten their yoke.  Dear leader, imitate Christ and joyfully serve the Church.

Dear leader, look ahead

Dear follower, imitate your leader's faith