Sacrifice
I saw the sweetest example of sacrifice. A young boy picked up the last cream biscuit from the morning tea platter at church and sat down beside my daughter. He twisted it apart (how do kids learn that?) and looked at the two halves. In one hand he had the cream half, and in the other the plain. He looked back and forth between the two hands, then passed my daughter the cream half. The cream half! I couldn’t help but smile.
To sacrifice is to surrender or give something up, for the sake of something or someone else.
Mums make a lot of sacrifices. We make sacrifices in order to become mothers, and we sacrifice so much for our children once they are here. For the sake of our precious babies we surrender sleep and showers. For the sake of our toddlers we give up luxuries like gorgeous-but-impractical shoes and long lattes with friends. And when our kids are sick – we let go of whatever we’ve got planned, no matter the cost! Some of the sacrifices we make as mums are short lived. Others, change us forever. We often grumble about what we’ve had to give up but the truth is we’d all do it again in heart beat. That’s a mother’s love.
At Easter I’m reminded of a Father’s love. As a Christian I believe that for the sake of His children, God gave up His Son Jesus. I believe that God’s love for me is unconditional, incomparable, and beyond my understanding. And I believe that He demonstrated that love through Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. A costly sacrifice. A sacrifice that changed everything – forever.
For God so loved the world, He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16 NIV)
Beautifully shared.
Note the address! We are in Dublin for 5 days at Easter
I used to always make my mum have half of a scotch finger, cos as far as I was concerned they were “sharing biscuits”
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how sweet was the little boy
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agreed beautifully shared
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Beautiful . For me Easter is about the sacrifice too and the message of celebration; a celebration of the ultimate triumph of hope and love…
Happy Easter Cath
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What beautiful thoughts, Cath.
Happy Easter to you all xx
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Thanks for reminding us of that most important sacrifice of all. It kind of makes all our motherly sacrifices (important as they are) pale into insignificance.
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Great post, Cath!
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Beautiful post – so nice & concise! Found you through Zoey at Good Goog’s last post.
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That’s beautiful!
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Such beautiful thoughts. Thank you for sharing. I love to see kindness in others – especially children!
What a sweet example he gave! Thank you for these thoughts.
I saw your link at (in)courage. Glad I stopped by!
What a lovely picture of simple sacrifice! ThAnk you for sharing!
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Wow! So beautifully written and such an important message, thanks for sharing