Abraham and Isaac is definitely one of the most famous stories of the Bible. Abraham was a man to whom God spoke directly. One day, God told Abraham to take his son, Isaac, to a mountaintop and sacrifice him.
Although Abraham was hesitant, he was dedicated to showing God that he would do whatever he said, so he carried out the plan. They went to the mountaintop, and right when Abraham was about to kill his son, an angel sent from God appeared and told him not to do it, and that he had clearly demonstrated his devotion to God.
In return, God ensured that Abraham's descendants would be plentiful and very successful.
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Sacrifice is the act of giving up something meaningful to you in order to further the probability of the success of another interest. This is exactly what Abraham did. He was seconds away from killing his only son in order to prove to God that he was devout.
Sacrifice is all around. It exists in everyone's life; however, often times it is nowhere as severe as the story of Abraham and Isaac. Many times, sacrifice just means spending a little less time on something and devoting that time to something else, such as a single father spending less time with his kids so he can earn more money to support them.
Sacrifice need not involve the death or maiming of someone for another cause for it to be considered "true." What really must exist for this classification is the conscious effort to forfeit something with significance with the goal of bettering another aspect of one's life.
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