As I listened to the news tonight, I heard many things about needing to sacrifice, and making choices to sacrifice. As the deficit committee contemplates how to cut our deficit, one of them said directly when asked how we were going to do this he looked directly at the camera and said all of us need to stop expecting we can have everything and maybe get by with a little less. The consequence is depression. Then I saw a story of a middle class family, not wealthy,who have 7 of their own children, and adopted 9 additional children because they have AIDS and will die in Africa. I thought how loving and kind this was.Then it hit me what a sacrifice that family, parents and kids, had to make to provide those chidren with AIDS a loving home. I asked myself, could I do that? Could I give up some of my many comforts to take in 9 children (or even 1 child) into our home so they could live a comfortable life and get good medical treatment? Not everybody can take in 9 children, however I think most of us can make some sacrifices. How about starting with the holidays? Is there one less gift we could buy? Can we pool our money together and give to a charity instead of buying one more sweater or tie to sit in a closet?
Just take some time and think about an area in your life that maybe you could spend less to give more.Even your time and/or a loving word. My challenge to you is to make it something hard to do…. a sacrifice.
Tell me about a sacrifice you have done or are going to make.