Giving Up is Not Giving Up!

“There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”  John 15:13

"Giving up" is not "quitting".  Giving up refers to "forgoing" or "relinquishing".  Quitting refers to stopping something.  Giving up is not stopping.  Giving up our time or our money or our comfort, in order to help someone else, is far from stopping.  Giving up something to help others is actually intentional and it is starting something good for others.

Lord, help me to give up.