[ A Living Sacrifice ] Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship
Recently I wrote on my blog about excuses. But God also be showing me that if I want to be a success in anything it will take sacrifice.
Recently I have been moaning that I have way to much on. The truth is I want the glory without the sacrifice.
I want to watch movies every night, have every night free to meet with friends, to have Sundays to wash the cars, Saturdays free to play basketball and golf all day. I want the time to spend two hours reading my books and the list goes on.
I bet any one reading this feels the same. The reality I can do all this but that would mean sacrificing my dreams that take time and effort to achieve which means something has to go.
At the moment if you ask my wife I sleep around 5-6 hours a day, WHY? Because life is just that hectic that the only way to complete my tasks and achieve what I want to achieve is being strict with my sleep.
I love more time with friends on the weekend but the reality is I try to give my girls the weekend as I don't seem them much in the week. I what to have a great relationship with my girls and if I don't give them the time that never going to happen, and they are worth the sacrifice.
You heard the saying "have your cake and eat it". The truth is as God told his follows, to follow him would be living a sacrificial life. For me to achieve the real passions I must sacrifice the life of comfort and ease.
BUT in the end I will receive more in my life than anything I ever sacrificed in the first place. I try to see the long term picture and keep focused on the goals and that ensures that the short term losses never compare to the long term gains
Question what are you going to have to give up to get to your dreams. NOTHING COMES WITHOUT SACRIFICE.
I live you with this. God had to watch his son on the cross so we could get eternal life (What a sacrifice) If even God had to sacrifice to gain who are we to think life will fall into our laps.
Remember "God gift to you if life, what you do with that life is our gift back to God"
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