Compromise
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Straight to the Cross
COLUMN: Fidelity
Compromise
by Mike Benson
Maybe you've heard about the family that became
fed up with life in the big city, so they decided
to move to the country and try their hand at
living in the wide open spaces. Intending to raise
beef cattle, the family purchased a large, western
ranch.
About a month later, some friends came to visit
and asked what they had named the new ranch. The
husband said, "Well, I was partial to the Flying
W. My wife wanted to call it the Suzy-Q. One of
our sons liked the Bar-J, and the other insisted
on the Lazy-Y. So we COMPROMISED and now we call
it the Flying W, Suzy-Q, Bar-J, Lazy-Y ranch."
When one of the friends asked, "Where are all of
your cattle?" the man replied, "Uh ... we don't
have any ... none of them survived the branding!"
Dear friend, some things should never be
compromised. That's especially true when it comes
to our morals. The Bible says,
"Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly
lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and
godly in the present age" (Titus 2:12).
Think about it.
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