If the kids are united

This week is the churches together week of prayer for unity and is a week when we are supposed to be focused on unity in our churches throughout the country.  As a church recently we have been focusing on community and how we can seek to serve those around us by trying to reach out and help where we can. It strikes me that the main thing missing from our community is in fact unity and the same could be said for so many other areas of life. 

Our families, workplaces, communities, country and sadly also many of our churches often lack the unity that is so important and central to what they are supposed to be about. Human nature unfortunately has a tendency to put  number one first before thinking about those around us.

The lyrics to the Sham 69 song which lends its title to my post for today say that if the kids are united then we'll never be divided. Now whilst this may not be the greatest song ever written its lyrics do in fact hold a great message. Any type of division that appears in our lives can almost always be traced back to a time when unity was broken in that situation.

When we are making decisions and having discussions that have the potential to upset unity I am always reminded of something I read a few years ago and have pinned on the notice board in my office. It reads something like "unless you are voting on the construction of nuclear bombs in your church cellar there are few decisions that could bring the end of the world but they could bring the end of presious friendships."

Whatever you are doing today try and keep a spirit of unity so that whatever we may fix or break today we don't mess up our relationships with each other.

Have a great day

God bless

Chris