All through the Bible and in the lives of men and women following Jesus all through history, the response to a call from Jesus to follow him always comes with a decision point: to say yes to the new thing, we have to let go of some pieces of our life that we value for comfort, identity or status because they will weigh us down. As Cindy prepares to retire in August, she reflects on both scripture and her own life to illustrate both the real cost involved and the real gain.