Sometimes we give up something and we think of it as a Sacrifice. For example, we might hear people say, "I sacrificed my family for my job."
The thing is though - that the word sacrifice has a very interesting meaning. It comes from two root words: Sacri and Fice. These words are Old English, and refer to "Holy" and "To make." It means, litterally, "To make Holy."
The word was a reference to the transformation of something from corrupted to something Holy.
With this in mind, we can then ask ourselves, what are we really sacrificing? Can we honestly sacrifice our family for a job? No. Not really. The job (a mundane, external work) doesn't make the family Holy.
Many things in life, that I used to think of as a 'sacrifice' were simply losses. Sacrifice means you've converted something into something Holy. But most of the time I was giving things up for things not important. In other words, it was not a Sacrifice, but loosing something out of ignorance.
To me, this topic is important. It's not just a topic of entemology, rather it has significance. It helps me see what I'm really giving up and if it's for the right reason. If I spend less time with the family, so I can make more money... am I making something Holy? Or am I loosing the family for something false?
It puts into perspective of what's Holy and what we should and more importantly SHOULDN'T be giving up.
The thing is though - that the word sacrifice has a very interesting meaning. It comes from two root words: Sacri and Fice. These words are Old English, and refer to "Holy" and "To make." It means, litterally, "To make Holy."
The word was a reference to the transformation of something from corrupted to something Holy.
With this in mind, we can then ask ourselves, what are we really sacrificing? Can we honestly sacrifice our family for a job? No. Not really. The job (a mundane, external work) doesn't make the family Holy.
Many things in life, that I used to think of as a 'sacrifice' were simply losses. Sacrifice means you've converted something into something Holy. But most of the time I was giving things up for things not important. In other words, it was not a Sacrifice, but loosing something out of ignorance.
To me, this topic is important. It's not just a topic of entemology, rather it has significance. It helps me see what I'm really giving up and if it's for the right reason. If I spend less time with the family, so I can make more money... am I making something Holy? Or am I loosing the family for something false?
It puts into perspective of what's Holy and what we should and more importantly SHOULDN'T be giving up.
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