Compromise

 

 

Compromise is complicated. I think I’m compromising, giving more than I’m being given, then I find the other feels the same. We have both compromised and neither of us is content.

I have come to realize compromising to me is giving in completely, letting the other have their way entirely, standing aside formally.

I compromise more now than I ever have. I believe that is because I have learned the things that are most important. So I am not compromising so much as stepping aside and moving along until a decision comes along to which I must say “no.”

And I ask God what to compromise on.

I compromise on simple daily decisions, doing the laundry or allowing someone else to use the machines for the day, cooking supper for everyone or letting them create things for themselves, watching what my family wants to watch on television and waiting until a better time to watch the movie I’ve been saving.

 

But there are things I will not compromise.

Quality in my work

Quality in my relating to people

Standards for myself

Standards for others

Staying away from certain people, places and things

 

And more specifically:

Reading the Bible every day

Praying every day

Asking God to lead my day every day

Loving people who hurt me

Taking care of the people, pets and property God has given me

Safety

Preparedness

Staying busy

Using my time, money, and talents to the best of my ability (which may mean failing, but not compromising)

 

And another thing …

Praise God for compromise! It humbles us, strengthens us and sometimes humiliates us and at all times it makes us grow more like Jesus.

 

Compromise – 10-14-22 – 31 Days of Writing about Writing

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