unity is the desire - Jan 22, 2009

The Transcontinental Railroad (T.R.R.) brought the East and West coast together. They had to depend on each other for the things they needed to live. Some places had the things that other places couldn’t because of the agriculture in their area wasn’t fit for it. The final spike they put into the T.R.R had a prayer inscribed on it about bringing the nation together in unity as the railroad had brought the East and West coasts together. 

We, as the Body of Christ, are also called to unity. We are all part of the Body – we all have different jobs. Some people are better at some things than others. Sometimes one person can do something amazing and another can’t do it quite as well. It’s alright, that’s the way we were designed. We all have to pull together to get the job done. 

We are all dependent on God, but we’re also dependent on each other’s gifts and talents. We are all in each other’s lived for a reason. We all have a special talent and gift to give each other. 

Sometimes my friends are there to show me when I’m stupid. Sometimes they explain things to me that I’ve taken very literal. Sometimes it’s to show me something I never knew or something I knew but was ignoring because I didn’t want to pay attention to it. They are also there to make me laugh and to bring a smile to my face, but they are mostly there to show me Jesus and His love.

I can see the love of Jesus through my friends by the way they love others. They are so caring of people. I see the way they help others and desire the best for their lives. I also feel them loving me through everything, even when I’m a jerk. They show me Jesus when they bust out on the car ride from Gville that we need to pray for ‘so and so’ and then whip out an amazingly beautiful prayer, right then and there. They show me love when they ‘adopt’ orphans so they can survive long enough for someone to actually adopt them. My friends share their fears, struggles, hopes, dreams and passions. They make me want to be more passionate. 

I’m thankful for my friends and the unity in Christ we all share. I pray we continue to build unity and bring more and more people into our unity. It’s a lost world out there and we need to reach them at school, work, and everywhere else we go. Like Brandon Heath’s song, “Give Me Your Eyes” says: 
“Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see”