Sacrifice - A Thought for Lent
One day recently a 7th grader asked if she could interview me about my religion. One of her questions was: have you ever sacrificed for your religion? I guess I would change the question slightly to: has sacrifice been a part of your religion? Now that we are in the season of Lent this was a good question for me to ponder. Sacrifice, in one way or another, is a part of everyone ’ s life. It often involves a choice: I choose to sacrifice. In my pondering I found the most appropriate definition of sacrifice in this sense as “ the surrender of something prized or desirable for the sake of something considered as having a higher or more pressing claim. ” Wow, this sounds very noble! And indeed it is, to a degree. When it comes to the purpose of Lenten sacrifice I see sacrifice as a call to change my life, to be converted more to God ’ s ways — that for sure is a higher claim. So, what will I surrender for Lent? What is most precious to me? Time...