Easter story about ultimate sacrifice
This Sunday is very significant for Christians.
Some call it the Easter season. Anyone can tell it is Easter by just visiting the Easter aisle at the grocery store. For some, Easter is about new clothes, a visit to church and Easter egg hunts.
Yet, the message of the resurrection is about sacrifice and hope. That is right — one Christ’s sacrifice and then as a result, the hope and assurance for Christians of eternal life.
We throw around the words sacrifice and sometimes that word is trivialized. But what is a real sacrifice? Is it an extra dollar, a tank of gas or a meal for a one time occasion a sacrifice? What does it mean to sacrifice?
Real sacrifice is giving up something that it results in difficulty on the giver. It is certainly not giving one’s second best.
I read about a Christian missionary in Chile who worked in a mission among the millions in the inner city of a large metropolitan area.
Grow lightsThis mission had the purpose to reach out to the families in the area — feeding the poor, distributing clothes and spreading God’s love in general by meeting the needs of the unfortunate.
In an interview, the missionary outlined some of her plans and the needs of the mission. Readers of this woman’s story who knew of the mission’s work were encouraged by the editors to respond with donated items. They thought that since there were Christians in America, some of those Christians might be willing to “sacrifice” some material things to reach out to the poor and in doing so show the love of God.
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A call was made upon Americans in their denominations to collect toys and gift items for distribution to the poor children in Chile. Shipments came in and the children were presented with some items from America.
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