I'm back in America, on my "home turf" as it were, for the first time in 6 months. And it's so very different than Korea. But it's not the big differences that are really getting to me. Sure, there are obvious changes, like the fact that people don't all look the same, or that I can understand everything that goes on around me.
But it's the little things that are really affecting me. Like eating with a fork instead of chopsticks. Or saying "hello" instead of "annyeonghaseyo." Or walking outside in shorts and a t-shirt instead of bundling up in 4 or 5 different layers. Or knowing where all of the plates and silverware in the kitchen are. Those are what is really striking me, what is really throwing me for a loop, what is sticking out to me as the most outstanding differences between these so very different cultures.
It seems that God puts more stock into the little details, too. He does not want grand expressions of sacrifice from us on occasion, while we ignore Him the rest of the time. What he desires is that we give our lives to Him in the little things - that we give our hearts to Him, not just our actions. If He has our hearts, if we are willing to let Him handle the little details, you can be sure that the big things will follow.
But it's the little things that are really affecting me. Like eating with a fork instead of chopsticks. Or saying "hello" instead of "annyeonghaseyo." Or walking outside in shorts and a t-shirt instead of bundling up in 4 or 5 different layers. Or knowing where all of the plates and silverware in the kitchen are. Those are what is really striking me, what is really throwing me for a loop, what is sticking out to me as the most outstanding differences between these so very different cultures.
It seems that God puts more stock into the little details, too. He does not want grand expressions of sacrifice from us on occasion, while we ignore Him the rest of the time. What he desires is that we give our lives to Him in the little things - that we give our hearts to Him, not just our actions. If He has our hearts, if we are willing to let Him handle the little details, you can be sure that the big things will follow.
Psalm 40:6-8
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—
but my ears you have opened—
burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll.
8 I desire to do your will, my God;
your law is within my heart.”
but my ears you have opened—
burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll.
8 I desire to do your will, my God;
your law is within my heart.”
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