Giving

last leg of the race in 2009. 2 more weeks before the year comes to a close. reflecting back, what are the exciting things and the not-so good things that had happened in your life, directly impacting you in one way or the other.

very often we ask, what has it that I had received from others, which makes me loves him/her more? that if often sounds like we are made to receive only and and loving the person on that condition.
but really how many people will think that loving is a sacrifice and a sacrifice involves giving? Giving's never about thinking how little I can give (as long as I give it's okay) when the need arises, but it is at the moment you give what you can offer for the someone you loves.

Sacrifice involves letting go of something crucial which is a part of you, often involves a pain as well. As much as we say 'i love you' or 'we love someone', how much of your actions show that you truly love the person? For faith without works is dead.
Of course there is always an extent to how much we can give onto the person, which are determined by various factors you may say. Yeap totally agree on it but on a foundation level, isn't loving means having to give or sacrifice for that someone?

Just like Jesus who was born 2000 years ago, had sacrificed Himself for us on the calvary, of which He bore not just the sicknesses of man but the sins too. Above that because He had gone before us to win Satan in the battles that we are able to claim victories in His name. How wonderful is that sacrifice that the sole purpose of Jesus born onto this world is to be the light of the world, brings hope and salvation to the whole world. And asking any father, who would sacrifice his only son to bear the burdens of the world. A son is too precious for a father to even leave him. Yet God did just that, for us.

So on this year end, make a point to appreciate someone you love by giving, be it spending time or just buy a small gift for them. Though actions are small, yet the thought involved and the effort put in is enough to melt that person's heart and being opened to you. Ain't that what Christmas is all about too? :D