Was reading the reflections of a friend on his 3 mth mission trip to papua new guinea

One of the things that struck me was his observations that the way the short termers decorate their houses is different from the long termers. In the same way, are we decorating our earthly houses like we are short termers, or building lavish houses, putting our major resources in, like we are long termers in this earth?

The rich young ruler found it hard to follow Jesus as he had much to let go of. If he had sold all he had, and followed Jesus, it would be lifechanging to follow the Lord and witness all the things He did and said.. but presumably he left sad and all he had in the end were his possessions and missed the opportunity. The apostles lives were transformed after their time with the Lord.. to seek the Pearl of great price..