Unity

Good Morning,
As I was contemplating my blog today, I remembered something that Chuck and I witnessed when we were living in the Czech Republic.
We were driving through a town that was long and skinny. There was a creek rushing down the side of the road on one side and houses and shops on the other. On the other side of the creek were many houses hanging to the hill side.
As we were driving up a hill and around a curve, with the sun as a backdrop, we could see two boys coming down the hill. One boy was about 14 and he was pushing an old wooden wheelbarrow. In the wheelbarrow was another boy, similar in looks and just a little younger. His feet were hanging over the edge and his hands gripped the sides.
Both boys were laughing at their own antics and we could see that they were having a lot of fun. As we slowed the car and drove by them, we waved and as they waved back, we could see them laughing, enjoying seeing the smiles on our faces. Chuck and I talked about that situation for a long time, enjoying the memory.
One of the things that the image makes me think of is brotherly/sisterly love. In Psalm 133:1 it tells us: How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! This Psalm is short, so read the whole thing to get the full context of the passage.
I like what it says because living in unity with your family, or your church family is very important to God. He reconciled the world to Him through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He exhorts us to be reconciler's. The problem, is that we seem to cause more trouble than we do good.
I've decided that the reason we do this is because we want what WE want, not what's best for everyone. We don't like to compromise. We don't want to give up anything even if it helps the other person. How selfish is that.
Brotherly/sisterly love means that you want the best for them, you work toward that good. In the illustration I gave you, the older brother was pushing the younger and both were receiving fun, but the older had to do the work. We could tell by his face that he didn't mind at all. He was having fun too.
When we give of ourselves, we always receive. It also promotes unity and that's God's plan for all of us.

Working for unity,
Sandy