Sacrificial Gift

Sacrifice.  It began at birth.  When Jesus came, He sacrificed the luxuries of heaven, the highest place, to come to this earth in the form of man, a baby, the lowliest place.  Jesus' sacrifice for us began at His birth and was completed at His death on the cross. "It is finished," He declared as He stretched out His arms of love on earth to the heavens, offering Himself up for us.  May Jesus' sacrifice of love inspire us all to offer up ourselves as gifts of love.