The Beauty of Sacrifice - a photo on Flickriver

            There are beautiful places, opportunities, moments, and gifts all around us. Some come at a price. Some require sacrifice. This is a very small example of a sacrifice in order to witness something beautiful, but I will share it with you. I started driving at 4:00 a.m. after two nights of very little sleep for almost a 2 hour drive to get to my location. The winds were blowing and blowing hard. I climbed up the steep sand dune while getting a literal sand blast in my face. The winds were picking up so much sand off of the dune at times it was hard to see because of how much sand was blown into my eyes. The sand would sting on my skin as the winds blew. The reward was definitely something very beautiful, but it came with a sacrifice of very little sleep and very harsh conditions both on me and my equipment. As I said earlier, this is a very small sacrifice for something beautiful. There was a much greater sacrifice that was made and the reward was even more beautiful than this. Christ Jesus died on a cross for the sins of the world that those who would believe in Him would have eternal life through Him. His death was not celebrated as a heroic act in the moment, instead He was mocked, beaten within and inch of His life, insulted, whipped, shamed, and crucified using one of the most painful torcher mechanisms known at the time by the Roman Empire. His reward was us. In all honesty I don't see how He got the better part, but because of His great love for us He desired to destroy the barrier that separated us from Him. Jesus had to take on the full wrath of God so that we wouldn't have to. He took the punishment that we deserved for our sin and He bore it on the cross. Oh what a Savior we have in Christ Jesus! "For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21) He took our place so that we would be clothed in His righteousness. It was the great exchange, it is the best gift we could ever receive and the most beautiful sacrifice that has ever been made!

Rodanthe Outer Banks, North Carolina. Shot at sunrise with a Canon EOS 5Ds and Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 ART.

Taken in: United States / North Carolina / Kennekeet Township / Uncle Jimmys Landing (show map)

Taken on: November 24, 2022

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