Sacrifice?

Haziq and Luqman - doing the floss!
guests young and old - happy a jolly time.
photographer's family + yatie & daughter
what a get together! TQ Matt and Yatie!

Eid - where do I go from here?

Eid Al Adha is about Hajj and about Sacrifices. We know of one husband and wife couple who went to perform their Hajj. The husband's parents came from Malaysia to look after their grandchildren! In my view a sacrifice on their part.....

Another husband and wife friends of ours Mr FND were also in Mecca performing their Hajj. Their children were looked after by Mr F's family. May mr FND and wife get Hajj Mabroor, and may Mr F and family receive blessings from God for their help.

Sacrifices? Some do so knowingly while others doesn't even know they were doing some great sacrifices - But God is all knowing!

I have a school friend who was paralyzed from his waist down after he was hit by a fallen tree during a thunderstorm. That was eight years ago! His wife has been by his side, and at the same time turned into a lone bread winner for the family. She transformed into being a mom, a wife, a nurse, a chauffeur, and an ever present soul-mate all at the same time.....Her sacrifices are of the highest order! But mention the word sacrifice to her, she will shrug it off with a smile and words of love beyond measure, "It is his sacrifice for all of us, being stuck to his wheel chair while trying all the time to keep us happy".

Sacrifice? The meaning of 'Korban' and the spirit of it goes beyond paying some amount of money to slaughter a goat. To sacrifice is to give the best part, to give up the thing we value the most and to do so solely to get God's approval and blessings. In this material world of today, a 400 ringgit is of no consequence to many people - but time is! Therefore we have seen many well to do people who easily pay money to participate in ''Korban" but only to elect a representative to be there on his/her behalf because he/she was too busy with something else which he/she was unwilling to sacrifice! I salute those people who due to scarcity of resources, willingly and sincerely sacrifices their time, their effort, and some even their pride in order to please God.....

Sacrifice? Victorious are people who are able to sacrifice their whims and fancies in favour of His acceptance. Glorious are those who are able to sacrifice his own needs and desires to please people they love. I know of one lady, a well known and successful person in her own right. She was a regular to a TV network with her motivational programme. In pursuit of spiritual excellence - after her marriage failed, she gave up every worldly things and moved to Mecca. What did she sacrifice? In the eyes of people like myself who is a mere observer, she has sacrificed everything, even being away from her own parents and children in order to pursue a higher order love - and that is her Love for Him.

I reflect long and hard - on this fourth day of Eid. Sacrifice? I will start with sacrificing something from within my list of desires, whims and fancies......ermm.....it is not going to be easy to give up blogging, or chatting, day dreaming about a Porsche, a Range Rover, a twenty million dollar villa some of these naughty list things on my mind.

To Haji FND and Hajjah, Haji Faizal and wife - Welcome back! You too have sacrificed in search of His blessings.....

Di sini, ada satu kisah benar 'korban'.

Matt - dan ayam percik!

Bismillah......makan nasi kerabu!

Juadah terhidang!

Sembang-sembang selepas lunch.

Gambar2 lunch at Yatie's and Matt's - Eid hari ke empat.