Week 31 Day 2

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On Intolerance

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

2 Peter 3:14

Yet with these prospects full in sight

I’ll wait thy signal for my flight;

For while thy service I pursue,

I find a heaven in all I do.

Lincoln was probably tempted to compromise many times during the Civil War, to negotiate a deal that would bring an end to the bloodshed. He could have brought a quick and peaceful resolution to the crisis by just giving in to some of the demands of the South. But to Lincoln, the eternal cause of freedom and equality were preeminently more important than temporal peace. “Often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb,” he wrote. Lincoln wouldn’t tolerate anything but a permanent and lasting solution—freedom and liberty for all. There are times in life when it’s tempting to give in, to find a pleasant means to an end. When you’re tempted to compromise, remember Lincoln. Don’t cut off your life to save a limb.