The Uncommon Life Daily Challenge from Tony DungySample

Friends--What Are You Willing to Do?

I always considered the members of my teams as family. But Tom Walter, the baseball coach at Wake Forest, has taken that "family" relationship to an entirely new level. He donated a kidney to one of his players.

Coach Walter didn't hesitate to volunteer to help Kevin Jordan, a freshman outfielder attending the school on a baseball scholarship. Kevin's athletic skills had not gone unnoticed: the New York Yankees had picked him in the nineteenth round of the amateur draft. But even that news didn't change the fact that Kevin was very ill. His first semester, Kevin was so sick from a rare kidney disorder that he was on a dialysis machine in his dorm room eight hours a day, attending classes and team practices when he wasn't. He wondered if he would ever be able to play ball again.

You may not be in a situation like Coach Walter and Kevin, but you may be called to do something else. It's not the "what" that is important; it's the "what will you do" that is important. As you strive to be like Christ, be ready to lovingly sacrifice something for others. It may be the most important thing He calls you to do.