"And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out." - Mk. 9:47

When I give up something that I know causes me to sin, it must be a loss. It wouldn't be a sacrifice if it wasn't close to me. But to sacrifice a small thing--even a big thing--for an eternal good: is this a sacrifice or is this a key? Jesus hates my sin because He loves me, the sinner. I need a different definition of wholeness, if indeed it is better to enter life blind, maimed, crippled, poor, than to be whole and destroyed.