He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me, and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.
John 12:25-26

This struck me a couple days ago, and as I continue to reread it and the verses following I realize that I get so caught up in the "stuff" of this world and it makes me sick at how much time I waste doing things that don't matter. I want to be someone who truly learns what it means to "give their life away" for the things in this life that matter....to give it away to the One that spoke "life" into existence....to give everything for the cause of Jesus. Oh, if this could be the heartbeat of our lives here on earth.