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SOMETHING GOTTA BE SACRIFICED

Ever tried to receive something in great in life? Can you recall a moment that you actually achieved something great without giving up something great? If you say you can, I guarantee what you accomplished wasn’t all that great because trust me something gotta be sacrificed. Let’s explore a few examples.

I. SOUL STONE

During the Marvel Cinematic Event, Avengers: Infinity War, the main antagonist Thanos was collecting what is known in the movie as the Infinity Stones. One of the stones Thanos need to collect is the Soul Stone. Now in order to acquire the soul stone, Thanos was required to sacrifice something he truly and dearly loved. It may be hard to picture a supervillain being capable of such a thing but Thanos isn’t your typical supervillain. He was a creature much capable of love.

In fact he sacrificed his greatest love, his adoptive daughter Gamora. He exchanged his daughter’s life to what he felt like was the greater good. He took something that meant the world to him to literally gain control of the entire world. All the other stones didn’t require such a grave action but the plan couldn’t be completed without that huge sacrifice.

II. GRANOLAH

In the Dragonball Super manga a new story arc has begun entitled the “Granolah the Survivor”. Granolah much like many other anime characters experienced a grave loss. His planet was destroyed under the direction of the tyrannous Frieza. Hell bent on revenge, Granolah becomes willing to do anything to exact vengeance on the wrathful emperor.

Granolah one day is made aware of the power of the Dragonballs, a magical set of orbs created by an alien race called Namekians that grants the wish of anyone who summons the dragon from the orbs. The set of Dragonballs Granolah used was only a two-set orb that was created by the namekians of his home planet. When summoned Granolah asked the dragon to become the strongest warrior in the universe. That was a wish obviously out of the dragon’s power but the dragon was willing to compromise.

The dragon granted Granolah access to all his potential power that would be normally obtained in 150 years, in a single instant! The great sacrifice only allowed him to have 3 remaining years left barring the fact he isn’t killed before then. Think about how bad you must want revenge when you’re literally willing to give up your life force to destroy another’s person life. A great sacrifice indeed!

III. ABRAHAM

In the Holy Bible, Abraham is promised great name and descendants from God himself. So When God told Abraham to sacrifice his son Issac, he had to be looking at God like “My dude this don’t make any sense”….”Sacrifice my son? Is you good?” However, Abraham had faith in God and didn’t bulge from the mission given to God. Right before Abraham was about to sacrifice his son he was stopped by an angel and a ram was sacrificed instead. So in exchange for a name that is known through history, (think of how we address God as the ‘God of Abraham’) Abraham had to almost sacrifice his son!

Although his son wasn’t sacrificed Abraham did sacrifice his son in his heart better yet he sacrificed his own will! Almost guarantee that anybody else in that position would’ve abandoned God’s plan and decided to keep their son! Keep in mind Abraham had his son at an old age and waited a while for a child! Who would want to sacrifice their son after that? Nevertheless Abraham adhered to God’s plan sacrificing his will in exchange to be the Father of Nations!

IV. CONCLUSION

So keep in mind the next time you’re itching to achieve greatness. Before you embark on your journey ask yourself what are you willing to sacrifice? Because to gain anything you have to lose something! Word to Mother B! lol

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