Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Sacrifice

The topic of Sacrifice came up during bible study on Sunday. What do you understand by sacrifice? Some said it's giving up sth u hold dear unwillingly as how can giving up sth willingly be sacrificing? Priscilla disagreed to that tho.

Me too. At first I was thinking that sacrificing should be willing. If you're giving up sth unwillingly, it simply means u're forced to do so. Just think of all the ppl that we associate sacrifices with. Jesus, Mother Theresa, mothers in general... The list goes on. Every one of them sacrificed their life and time willingly. They had a choice, and they chose to sacrifice.

Then I thought it over, and decided that we need not be so nit-picky when understanding what sacrifice is. Regardless of it being willing or unwilling, sacrifices are made for love, gratitude or appreciation. Who would give up sth they hold dear for somebody, or for a cause they do not care about?

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