Day 53

I'm still thinking about sacrifice. Today it's more the ultimate sacrifice-Jesus Christ's life. A lot of us have such strong feelings and emotions for certain people in our lives (like family) and feel like we would be willing to give up our lives for them. But for anyone? Would I give up my life for someone even if they never tried to get to know me? Or listen to me? Or if they did know me, but chose to ignore me? Would I give up my life if it meant I gave them an opportunity to change their ways, even if they did take it?

I wonder if Christ thought any of those things at some point in his life. He knew that even though he was giving up his life, not everyone would realize what he did for them. In fact, most people wouldn't, and if they did, they would choose to ignore it and not use it to better themselves.

But he did it anyways. Because he knew that there were those out there who would recognize him for what he had done, and would partake of his gift he gave us. He gave up his life to give us the gift of life. We now have the ability to perfect ourselves throughout this life with the help of his ultimate sacrifice.