A Living Sacrifice. . .
Steve Teel

Daniel Huffman is a living example of sacrifice. As a 6-feet-2, 285-pound defensive tackle in high school he had an imposing frame and a promising college football career ahead of him.

He also had an ailing grandmother who had raised him from seventh grade after his parents divorced. "I prayed about it for 3 weeks—I didn’t want to make a rash decision and didn’t want anyone to think I had rushed into it," he says. "And the more I read, the more sense it made." And the more obvious it became what he needed to do. "Every time I took her to dialysis, I read about organ donation," Daniel says.Daniel gave one kidney—and his football career—for his ailing grandmother.

Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden heard about Daniel’s act and said, "I’ve never heard of anything more valiant." So Bowden provided a scholarship at to Daniel at Florida State."I got my grandmother back healthy. I got a full scholarship to a school I grew up loving, a school that lets me work with the team and be on the sidelines. I got to meet so many neat people, to go on a lot of trips, and to speak to a lot of people about organ donation and its importance. Everything in my life has been a blessing. The Scriptures say you’ll get back more than you give, and I’ve gotten back more than 10-fold," says Daniel.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Romans 12: 1-2

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.