" Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?" -Elisabeth Elliot
The answer to this question is going to be different for everyone but every day, as Christians, we need to be thankful and offer everything up to God. Some days we may be required to sacrifice something that we, with our controlling human spirit, are not ready to let go of. Being thankful is hard to do in the midst of suffering because we can't see the bigger picture or understand why God has allowed this to happen. We just know that we are in pain and are very angry. This is where we have to offer it up to God, the Creator of the Universe.
Everything good that we have comes from Him: our friends, our husbands/wifes, our boyfriends/girlfriends, our children, our material possessions, even our health. All of these things need to be offered up to God.
We have to live a life of sacrifice because God demands our all in life. When need to trust in the Lord. Some days we may sacrifice things that we are not ready to let go of, but we can offer God the sacrifice of our broken hearts. All of our sorrows and gladness need to be given to God, day in day out (Elisabeth Elliot ). He who meets all of our needs perfectly according to His will, is all loving. He understands our pain and our desires. He is in control but by His grace He allows us to give Him our sacrifices of the flesh and the opportunity to grow deeper into a relationship with Him.
