Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1
“This world is so hungry. Surely someone needs what it is in your nature to offer. What do you do that causes you to lose all track of time? Where do you most often experience delight, and when do you sense God’s pleasure? Make an altar there, and climb on. You’ll love how it feels to yourself in the sacrifice of a work well done…and God will be more than pleased to accept it.”
Leigh McLeroy in The Beautiful Ache (Brenham: Lucid, 2010) 191.
Yesterday I asked readers to pray for my mother, one of my favorite givers. Thank you for your prayers. Mom made it through mitral valve heart surgery, and is stable in surgical ICU at University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She should be there for 4-5 days.
Today, McLeroy points the way to becoming a giver of all you are and all you have. Do what you believe God wired you to do, and then, “make an altar there, and climb on.” God is pleased when we sacrifice like this in service to others. It’s His design for our generosity.