Only one life

Only one life and it will soon be past, only what's done for Jesus will last.~Anonymous

I've had this sentence on my mind as I've prepared to move to Korea over the last month or so. I think about the comforts of my quaint American life and the familiar things I've come to depend upon so greatly.

Are they really worth what value I've attached to them? Can't I live without them?

As the days between now and when I am leaving grow fewer and fewer, so many things cross my mind. This past weekend I had a yard sale, selling just about half of my posssessions. After the long Saturday finally came to an end, I looked around my house and had that weird feeling I always get when I'm moving in to a new place or out of an old place.

CHANGE.

Sometimes it's a dirty word. It's that fish-out-of-water/exciting-adventure-about-to-happen sort of feeling. I feel awkward to a point living here even now. It's like I'm in a limbo of sorts. I'm not sure how I feel about this place of hanging in the balance between here and there. I go back and forth between excited about the incredible opportunity to serve God to being sad over leaving some of the most precious people on the planet. It's that dirty word again.

CHANGE.

So many times I've HATED change. HATED HATED it. And yet, God brought something incredible through each change in my life. I don't question what God has for me. It's the getting there that is overwhelming from time to time. It's buying the plane ticket and it being in my hand and how huge that is.

CHANGE.

It goes back to that sentence at the top. "Only one life and it will soon be past, only what's done for Jesus will last."
Am I willing to be changed in many ways-location, culture, comfort zone-in order to serve God in what He's called me to do? Am I going to be selfish about what I HAVE to have to live my life? These are the questions that have been rolling about in my mind lately.

I only have one life to serve my King. Just one. Do I want to live with regret about how I did or did not serve Him?