I often find myself looking at the world around me saying, “I wish we could all work together. No one seems to agree on anything anymore.”
You probably have the same thoughts when you look at the world around you. Everyone is “doing it wrong,” and fighting about the right way to do it, whatever “it” is. And at this point in human history, this is to be expected. There are so many of us, each with our own ideas, beliefs and frameworks, but there are few ideas, beliefs and frameworks that are cohesive across the board.
I specifically struggle with this when I think about how many churches there, each with its own set of doctrine, belief and denominational affiliation. But the other day, I heard a quote that made me feel better.
“Disagreement and arguing are bound to happen when something is open to all, truly, all people. The rich and the poor. The black and the white. The left and the right. The American and the European. People who are hesitant and skeptical and people who are bold and confident. Those hungry to learn and those learned and knowledgable.”
Christianity, and all religion, are big. They are movements dealing with individual souls and beliefs, and we are but humans, while God sits on His thrown, in control and above all. Amen.
-Cliff
Cliff’s Note: Unity is hard when movements are large.