Have you ever had a roommate? If you have ever had to share your living quarters with anyone, then you can consider yourself a roommate. There are good things and bad things about a roommate. Some people who are not married can’t afford to live alone. They have to share their living quarters with a roommate. There are different types of roommates, you are bound to experience. There is (1) the clean freak, the super clean one; (2) the slob, the opposite of the clean freak; (3) the party animal, party goer and music blaster; (4) the ghost, they are never at home; (5) the hermit, never leaves the home; (6) the kleptomaniac, things go missing all the time; (7) the passive - aggressive, avoids face-to-face confrontation, but always complaining; (8) the king/queen of the castle, feels that they are the reigning authority over the house; and (9) the perfect match, everything you are looking for in a roommate.
It’s difficult sometimes living with someone. We all are different. We all think differently. We all have weaknesses. When one of us is weak, we should be their strength. Sometimes our roommate will have conflicts. We know that you will not be in agreement with them all the time. The more you rely on Jesus and his word, the more you will be able to shift to try to avoid conflicts, and to learn how to deal with differences in a Godly nature.
As a roommate, you must compromise. We don’t get everything that we want and it shouldn’t always be about what we want. It’s agreeing to do what is right. Put yourself in other people's shoes.
We are always not right, nor are we always wrong. Most disagreements are a result from a difference in taste and perspective. How should you treat someone is found in Ephesians 4:32, “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.” Remember, Jesus’ forgiveness should help us to be compassionate to others.
So, whoever your roommate is, your parent, sibling, children, husband, or wife, you should always be respectful, considerate, loving, and caring. The “I can do what I want to do” rule only applies when you are a roommate of “1," and that’s you, by yourself. Even if someone moved in with you, it’s not “my house, my rules”. That’s being inconsiderate, selfish, and unGodly.
Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
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