To compromise or not to compromise...

Today is just another day. Another day of working, eating, sleeping and other misc things needing to get done. Not anything special. I am amazed, however, how compromised people become. I talked with someone today who has little by little, taken advantage of. To the point they are no longer just being taken advantage of, but outright being wronged. Why? Initially to please the person doing it in hopes of receiving some type of reward, so to speak. Now, it is just to appease them. Sad. If I were to tell you that you would, say, be having an affair; or stealing an item from a store; or perhaps lying to someone you love I would hope you'd say, NO WAY! But how does a person go from being so dogmatic about wanting to do the right thing to actually committing the offense? Slowly, little by little, compromising yourself. It doesn't usually happen that a person wakes up one morning and says, "I think today I'll doing something terrible", no it is a progressive thing. We become desensitized over time. We justify the reasoning based on some wrong perhaps done to us. I have a news flash.......there is no right way to do a wrong thing. If you know it's wrong, there is NO justification for it. I need this as much as the next person. I have to remember to guard my heart and mind against those things that would cause me to stumble. Just one question I need to ask... am I compromising myself in some way? If so, I need to go to the source of all strength and ask for the one who can guard up my heart and mind to do so. There is a reason we have a conscience. It is to help guide us, but essentially since it can fail we have to remember that humanity has no good. None at all. I am thankful for God, his grace and that He loves and cares about me to be the guard for my heart and mind!