1116) One consistent memory I will always hold about my mother is her willingness to sacrifice for us. If there were only four cookies, she always gave them to us and she would go without. But what if she gave the cookies to us but followed it with a heavy sigh and the stomping of her foot? Is this a genuine sacrifice or merely a mild tantrum that doesn’t reflect what sacrificing really is?

Sometimes we can get the idea that sacrificing for someone is more important than our relationship with them. We can also have this idea about the things we sacrifice to God. God wants, however, our trust and obedience to come before anything else. Without this, sacrifices have little to no meaning. 1 Samuel 15:22