October 19

One of the points in this week’s sermon was on unity.  And while our country is called the UNITED States of America, it is all but.  Quoting the Bible during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln said, “A house divided cannot stand.”  It almost seems to be getting to that point.  With racial divisions, and political divisions, it seems like everybody is on one side or another.  There is very little middle ground.  And each side think they are in the right so much so that they villainize the other.  This name calling and demonizing just makes matters worse.  And sometimes it seeps into the church.  Mask-wearers vs. non Mask-wearers.  Calvinism vs. Armenian.  Traditional hymns vs. Praise songs.  It is important not just to call ourselves united, but actually be united.  This do not mean that we cannot think individually, but that we as individuals work together and seek the same things, like telling others about Jesus and his saving grace.  Do not become so caught up in the world’s divisions (and the divisiveness here in America), that it breaks up the unity we can have as believers.