Keeping Peace.

Something isn't right. And you know it.

But you don't want to cause a ruckus.

It really does not sit well with you.

Yet you let it slide.

You go along with it.

You play the game.

Why?

Because keeping peace is easier.

Is it worth it?

In Pride and Prejudice there's a scene where Elizabeth (the oldest sister) begs her father to reconsider letting her little sister go to see the soldiers in another city. Elizabeth knows in her gut it's a bad idea... she also knows her father is only agreeing to let her youngest sister, Lydia, go because it will keep peace.

She asks him a critical question: is this worth keeping the peace?

Later on Lydia runs away with a soldier she meets.

This is a huge deal, especially in the movie's time period, and it could have been prevented if only Elizabeth's father had decided it was more important to be right than to maintain peace.

Jesus even told us, "I didn't come to bring peace but a sword..." 

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty positive keeping peace isn't worth it.

Not when given the choice of keeping the peace or bringing life. 

Because in every situation, I will choose life over death.

Every time.

It may be difficult now, but in the end it is so, so worth it.