The art of Christ-like compromise….in relationships, ministry, leadership, and life.

Today I was reminded of a story my Grandpa told me a few weeks before I got married.

I remember one morning as we sat around the breakfast table in the kitchen of the farm house asking Grandpa, “So, do you have any advice for me before I get married?”

Grandpa paused for a while, stirring his half-cup of coffee and finally said, “You’re going to have to learn how to compromise.”

“What does that look like?” I asked.

Grandpa sipped his coffee and then said, “Well, one time Grandma wanted a new clothes line put up on the north side of the house. I wasn’t going to put it up on the north side because that is where I parked my truck. So I told her we were going to put the clothes line on the east side. She didn’t like that idea because she was afraid the wind would blow sand into the cloths. So, we comprised.”

I sat for awhile and when I finally figured out my directions I exclaimed, “Grandpa, the clothes line is on the north side. How is that a compromise?”