This world has nothing for me and this world has everything

The things of this world will fade away. "There will come a time when every culture, every institution, every nation, the human race, all biological life is extinct and every one of us is still alive" (C.S. Lewis). I don't think he meant alive in the physical sense but alive because our souls live on (whether in hell or in heaven).

I am reminded of a song by Caedmon's Call titled This World. Here are the rest of the lyrics.

this world has nothing for me
and this world has everything
all that I could want
and nothing that I need

this world is making me drunk
on the spirits of fear
so when He says who will go
I am nowhere near

and the least of these
look like criminals to me
so I leave Christ on the street

this world has held my hand
and has led me into intolerance
but now I'm waking up

The things that I strive for, the things that take the most priority in my life... are they things that make an eternal difference? It gets harder and harder to choose to do things that has eternal significance because it means giving up the selfish desires of my heart. As I invest more and more into this world, it gets easier to do it again the next time.

You know, in January, a lot of my stuff was stolen as I was coming back to school for the winter quarter. My entire jewelry collection (some having great sentimental value), some photos, journals, and most painful were some of things that I had gotten from people in Paris (which I won't ever be able to get again). It hurt so much to think that the person who stole it probably won't even understand or appreciate it. It was painful to also think of how much I lost, in monetary value. The whole situation made me remember this: God gives me everything... ev-ery-thing and God can take it all away.