The true sacrifice really makes all the difference and draws God's attention. It's the shortest distance between the dream and its realization. The true sacrifice gives power over any situation, enemies and whatever may turn against us. A person who sacrifices becomes like God, all things are possible for her. God was the first to sacrifice on the earth, in the Garden of Eden, when He killed an animal to cover Adam and Eve's private parts after they had fell into temptation. He did that to show us what we all should do to solve big problems and to conquer the extraordinary.
I want you to read the story of a woman who used to give just a piece of bread, some food to Elisha, a man of God. But the day she decided to sacrifice, then the extraordinary happened to her. Read and do your best to understand what she did. You too can do the same in this campaign of Israel and conquer the extraordinary. Perhaps, you've been facing a situation that seems impossible to find a solution, or maybe you have already given up on your own dreams, but if you do the extraordinary on the altar, from the the same altar you will reap the extraordinary.
After you finish reading, you can share this story with your friends and let's get ready for the Night Vigil on July 11th at 10pm.
"Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a notable woman, and she persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as often as he passed by, he would turn in there to eat some food. And she said to her husband, 'Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly. Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall; and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.' And it happened one day that he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there. Then he said to Gehazi his servant, 'Call this Shunammite woman.' When he had called her, she stood before him. And he said to him, 'Say now to her, ‘Look, you have been concerned for us with all this care. What can I do for you? Do you want me to speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?'' She answered, 'I dwell among my own people.' So he said, 'What then is to be done for her?' And Gehazi answered, 'Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old.' So he said, 'Call her.' When he had called her, she stood in the doorway. Then he said, 'About this time next year you shall embrace a son.' And she said, 'No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your maidservant!' But the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had come, of which Elisha had told her.' II Kings 4:8-17
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Bishop Carlos
