Rob Smitty donated one of his kidneys to a stranger. It was a noble and generous sacrifice. While browsing the Internet, Smitty developed an interest in people needing organs. He said his motivation involved doing something that would make his children proud.<\/p>\n\n
But his 10-year-old daughter wasn't impressed by his sacrifice. Amber said her father never comes to see her and never calls, not even on her birthday. "I don't think he's much of a hero," she said.<\/p>\n\n
Tennessee records show Smitty had not made child support payments to Amber's mother in nine months.<\/p>\n\n
Just as Amber is not impressed with her father's sacrifice, God is not impressed with sacrifice that takes the place of obedience.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[310],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[411],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3543,3960,4057,4091,4118,4199,4233,4236,4255,4552,4655,4792,4869],"tax_ctp_topics":[396],"class_list":["post-47560","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-capital-campaign","tax_ctp_tags-family","tax_ctp_tags-giving","tax_ctp_tags-grandparents-day","tax_ctp_tags-hardness-of-heart","tax_ctp_tags-hypocrisy","tax_ctp_tags-inconsistency","tax_ctp_tags-indifference","tax_ctp_tags-insensitivity","tax_ctp_tags-obedience","tax_ctp_tags-pleasing-god","tax_ctp_tags-relationship","tax_ctp_tags-sacrifice"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"\n