October 31 - Sacrifice

All choices hold some degree of sacrifice. We can only choose to do one thing or the other and something must be set aside in order to do so. Choosing our daily sacrifices creates a discipline that helps us to endure the larger ones we encounter. When we look to each day with the realization that today is only a stepping stone in our path, we can hold on with patience, perseverance and hope until the day when we step completely into God’s eternal reward and reap the benefits of our choice to follow Jesus.   

 
Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. - Hebrews 13:15