Quotes About Sacrifice

Well," replied Jesus, "the pearl has no value if all you seek is its value. But if you renounce the value of the pearl and give up everything simply because you are captivated by its beauty, then, and only then, will you discover its true value.

Genuine faith is not some weapon that shields us from the storms of life while pronouncing judgement upon others, but neither is it wholly self-destructive. Rather, it is a weapon that both shields and lacerates the one who wields it, offering comfort to the distressed and distress to the comforted. To advocate this kingdom of love, mercy and truth involves self-sacrifice and self-critique.

This vision fundamentally challenges what Peter holds to be the command of God and opens up a difficult dilemma: in order to obey the command of God he must disobey the command of God.

The love that arises from God is a love that loves anonymously, a love that acts without such self-centred reflections, that gives without thought. Our lives should be full of acts of love of this kind, and yet, by definition, they will be invisible to us.

authentic faith is expressed, not in the mere acceptance of a belief system, but in sacrificial, loving action.

Take this wine, my dear friend, and drink it up, for it is my very blood, and it is shed for you." All this makes you feel painfully uncomfortable, and so you shift in your chair and fumble in your pocket, all the time distracted by the silver that weighs heavy in your pouch.

In the logic of faith it is only by renouncing the wealth directly, saying, "I do not care about what I get from this sacrifice; all I want is you," that we discover the wealth indirectly.

It is in this way that we should approach the story of the pearl of great price: understanding that if we were to sell everything that we possessed in order to own a priceless pearl, then we would become the poorest of all, having nothing of value except for the pearl itself. We would not be able to purchase food or pay for shelter. We would be destitute. The only thing we would be able to do would be to sell the pearl. But then we would no longer have the pearl.

El amor ama las cosas difíciles.

Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.

Jesus was not SELFLESS. He did not live as if ONLY other people counted. He knew his value and worth. He had friends. He asked people to help him. At the same time Jesus was not SELFISH. He did not live as if nobody counted. He gave his life out of love for others. From a place of loving union with his Father, Jesus had a mature, healthy 'true self.

death is a necessary prelude to resurrection. To bear long-term fruit for Christ, we need to recognize that some things must die so something new can grow.

You Can't Do God's Work Your Way without Paying a Steep Price

Jesus had a full sense of what he was about. On the evening before his arrest, he took the role of a slave and began washing the twelve disciples' feet, even Judas

Love in practice is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.

el camino a la vida es a través de la muerte y resurrección por la crucifixión.

At give afkald på for sen forældrekærlighed er den eneste mulighed for at løse sig fra forbandelsen. Ordet 'afkald' kan føre til den falske antagelse, at denne nødvendige proces kan klares som en viljessag alene. Men sådan er det ikke.

Men netop den uelskede, som føler sig svag, har specielt meget brug for at give afkald på forældrekærligheden . Alt for megen energi er bundet til hans fortvivlende længsel. Mon det svage menneske, han anser sig selv for at være, overhovedet findes? Skal der ikke mange kræfter til at lade sig gøre så svag? Har styrken ikke skjult sig under svaghedens maske?

When Equus leaves - if he leaves at all - it will be with your intestines in his teeth.

If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.

But maybe it was only that Father was thinking that he must arrive in Memphis with the entire family household intact if he was to make a new go of things...He did enter so, and perhaps that is what sustained him in the years immediately afterward, sustained him and in some degree destroyed the rest of us.

Gradually, human societies started extricating themselves from the worst forms of oppression. Human sacrifice and deified rulers went out of fashion. Slavery was outlawed, and privileges were taken away from nobles. Human societies regained much of the lost ground. We are still not as egalitarian as hunter-gatherers --there are the poor and the billionaires-- but we are much better off than we were during the days of god-kings.

Not even Lucifer left Heaven until he was pushed.

Dört sene vard?r ki bir harbi umumi ç?km?? olup milyonlarca insan birbirini telef etmektedir. Tarihi be?eri dolduran bütün muharebeler, benli?ini öldürmesini bilmeyen insan?n bir gaye u?runa ölmesini ö?renmesi için Cenab?hakk?n ana verdi?i kanl? derslere benzer.