Either/Or
1 Corinthians 8:9
“Radicalism hates time, and compromise hates eternity. Radicalism hates patience, and compromise hates decision. Radicalism hates wisdom, and compromise hates simplicity.”
—ETHICS
Every motivation, no matter how good, needs to be counterbalanced lest it becomes distorted. Love for another needs to be balanced by the freedom of the other, lest love becomes possessive and stifling. Every system and program, no matter how right it may initially seem, will need to be modified, for its very strength and virtue will finally become its undoing. Neither radicalism nor compromise, dominance nor submission, independence nor dependence are equally good options, for neither work in the long run. We are therefore faced with the difficult task of finding some middle way. This middle way is not the act of compromise, but the way of true wisdom.
Thought
Neither rugged individualism nor rigid communitarianism should characterize our lives as Christians, but a mutuality which calls us to freedom and responsibility.
What is your prayer thought for today’s lesson?