Sacrifice with a price...

Today, I had the pleasure of visiting with a parent who has two children involved with sports here at CC. Regrettably the visit wasn't under the most ideal circumstances; you see this visit happened in the waiting room at Baptist Hospital downtown. Her son was going in for surgery to repair her son's jaw that had been broken in three places. He had metal plates put in under the skin and will soon have his jaw wired shut for 6 weeks. He didn't get in a car accident or fall off his skateboard. No, you see he was beaten up by several guys because he was trying to protect his friend from being beaten up.
What a situation to be in huh? This young man took a far worse beating then than the guy he was trying to protect. What would you do?

Psalm 82:3-4 says this:
³“Give justice to the poor and the orphan;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
⁴ Rescue the poor and helpless;
deliver them from the grasp of evil people."

Ultimately, this can be learning tool for a lot of people. Maybe the one who was spared the beating will learn about love and sacrificing for someone else. For those who did the kicking and punching, they might also see what sacrificing for another looks like. The funny thing is, the one laying in a hospital bed today likely stepped in because of his faith. A faith that taught him about another man who stepped in to take a beating for the actions of others. The metal that man received did not go into his jaw however but into his hands and feet.