TOGETHER

Ah, the joy of unity. That wonderful time of harmony. At least in theory. However, so often it doesn’t work that way.

I heard a comment once that one should agree to disagree. Somehow to be able to tell that we can have compromise in the mist of differences.

It is a wonderful concept. So very noble in its intentions. Yet not very realistic. At least I’ve never seen it work.

Because sooner or later people seem to let their egos get in the way. Sooner or later clashes come.

And when feelings get hurt it is hard to heal the breech. Sometimes down right impossible.

Now if you toss in the added ingredient of people decided to claim the Lord inspired their view and it gets even more complicated. Only it doesn’t have too.

But then you can always claim something is the Lord’s will. Even when it isn’t. Because the mind has this need to feel we are right.

Lost in the process is the true communion. Diversity was mean to be celebrated and not to be a battle ground.

But that is the problem. We allow ourselves to take this to the wrong level. Pride gets in the way.

Toss in some prayers and it all sounds so spiritual. Never works out that way in reality it seems.

I’ve sat in on too many church council meetings where the one thing that didn’t dominate was seeking the Lord’s will. Lots of opinions got mentioned.

Those all had to do with people’s desires. Sometimes they even were dreams. True hopes for the church’s ministry.

Only it got bogged down in so many ways Just way to many occasions when other things too priorities.

But this is where the heart must battle to listen. To let the Lord truly lead. All a fact that is well known.

But doesn’t get applied as we wish. Instead we just gravitate to the place where we find it safe.

Which is not always in the Lord’s will.