My wife is mad at me, because she feels that I (we) are being taken advantage of by some fellow members of our church.  These two people consistently ask for a ride with us to church on Sunday morning.  With the five of us going to church, to add the two of them makes 7, and we end up having to take two vehicles (I drive my sedan and my wife drives our minivan).

She has become upset because I continue to tell these two individuals that I will pick them up for church.  My wife feels like they are taking advantage of us, being inconsiderate, etc.  The couple (a husband and wife) have their fair share of problems, and I feel like it is the Christian thing to do to consider to offer assistance to them.

Nevertheless, it is hard to continue to be gracious when the sacrifice I am making is felt more by my wife than myself.  She misses riding to church together, she worries about the mileage and the gasoline, etc.  I know I am doing the right thing, but it is hard to continue to do it without support.

Moreover, how often are we deterred from doing the right thing because the sacrifice is too high?  Surely, it is not too inconvenient to do the little things, but who’s doing the moderately inconvenient or extremely inconvenient things?

After all, Christ’s sacrifice would certainly fall into the ultimately inconvenient category.