"Perhaps this is one of the greatest hidden sacrifices -

Love continually interrupts us.

Nearly every meaningful relationship requires a continual dying to self.

Most of these sacrifices are small enough that they scarcely feel heroic,

yet they are often the very things through which Christ is formed in us.

As one writer observed, the great test of Christian love is not whether we would die for our brethren,

but whether we can patiently live with them.

The person who

talks too long,

arrives late,

asks for help at an inconvenient moment,

or sees things differently from us becomes an opportunity to practice the kind of love that "does not seek its own."

These little sacrifices are the hidden currency of every

healthy church,

family,

and friendship.

They are often unnoticed by men, but never by God.

"Through love serve one another" (Galatians 5:13).

The service is usually found in the small things."