This journey will sometimes present bad decisions in beautiful packaging…always read the label.
(Picture by Lisa R.)

Here’s a question would you sacrifice your moral standing for an amazing opportunity? When I made my decision to let go of Korea, I sent my resume to several companies. I decided it was time to use the degree I had gone to school for to its fullest potential. Let’s talk irony I have heard back from every (and I mean EVERY) single company I sent my resume to since making the decision to fill out the Korea application. I spoke to the representative of one company today. Here’s the opportunity the recruiter presented:  they would train me in every single facet of the company, an intensive training for eighteen months. My base salary for training would be upwards of 50,000 dollars (my brain literally went “WHAT?!” I may actually have said it out loud). I won’t even tell you how much they would pay me once I am trained and they have placed me, any where in the world that the company needs me. Yup world…I said WORLD. The kind of money they are offering means I would never have to worry about a medical bill, my mom wouldn’t have to worry about bills. We could take more vacations, I could go on every mission trip EVER. The financial freedom would be AMAZING. However, my conscience and my heart would have to be sacrificed for this gain. I would be lying if I said I didn’t struggle with the decision (I am human). The opportunity is out of this world. But I still can’t do it. Why? Because the product that the company manufactures is against my moral code, especially working for a cancer center.  Here’s a truth, if you sacrifice just the smallest bit of your conscience you open the door to losing it all together. No opportunity not matter how extraordinary is worth losing yourself for. Don’t be fooled the moment you lose your morals, you lose yourself.

“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money” (Matthew 6:24, NLT).

So what am I thankful for today? For the kind of growth that realizes that who I am is more important than what I have.