'You can have all this world, just give me Jesus'

The other day I listened to a sermon about living for Christ not only in the significant but also in the cold, the boring and the mundane. And the guy talked about how he and his wife had thought about moving to a third world country for a few years to be missionaries and they'd asked the opinions of others and one guy asked what they thought they would be doing differently, (bearing in mind this is an AWESOME couple, heavily involved in their local church and investing in people there) and they thought about it and realised all the things they would want to do are things they could, should and need to be doing exactly where they are.  And I couldn't agree more, I forget that I'm only here for a year and instead I've caught myself trying to get comfortable, to surround myself with familiarity, even if its new familiarity: I have my favourite places, people, foods here... goodness I even have a pet fish! And whilst its such a blessing to feel so at home here I'm wary not to forget that my time here is short and my every action and relationship needs to be intentional in the same way as it would be were I on a few week mission trip to Texas.
  But more than that I am learning and remembering and re-learning that all the comfort and security I need is found solely in the fact that I  belong to Jesus.  To look at the things I tear myself up to strive after and realise that they are MEANINGLESS in the face of my saviour... my first love.