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Unity

by Kristy Nofsinger  
10/10/2009 / Christian Living

Do you know those people, those complainers, those fault-finders? You know the ones...they don't like the songs we sing or the person who leads the singing either. They think the sermons are too long and the pews are ugly. Do you ever wonder how they got so unhappy? Are you one of those people?
It's so easy to let our fire for Christ burn out and leave us with nothing but smoldering discontent. Where did we lose it? Where did we get off track? How do we get back? So many times these are the questions we never ask ourselves or, heaven forbid, ask others. But the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! We do not have time to waste with simple politeness. Don't get me wrong, we can't change complainers with a chastening rod, but shouldn't we at least try? If we are examples to other people, then so is every single Christian-complainer out there. If we are to help the world, let's start by helping each other.
It deeply concerns me to hear of the unsettling that has been taking place for many years among the Church. Yes, it's true we have a purpose to win souls for Christ, but how can we ever expect to win anything when we are not unified. I cannot stress enough how I feel so deeply down in the very depths of my spirit that my message is unity. We must learn to live together, learn together, love together, and fight together or we shall be scattered in the wind. Unity is so very important and yet so very hard. How do you take millions of individuals and tell them that they must be as "one" as Christ has commanded? If I had that answer, well, I suppose I'd be more famous than Oprah. I don't have the answer, but I know where to find it. Christ holds the answer. It's in the answer book (that book the preacher always refers to on Sunday). I read it often and, to tell you the truth,I feel overwhelmed a lot. I have trouble filing all the information away in my brain. I've found bits and pieces of the answer...kind of like finding only a few pieces to the puzzle but not all of them so I don't see the whole picture yet...and I may not for years and years yet to come...so again, how do we take millions of people and make them as one? I think that if we spent more time studying together, praying together, seeking together....I believe the Spirit would step in where we fall short of the perfect bond. But alas we are all so busy these days. We have packed our lives so full of what this world has to offer that we have left little time for what the Spirit has to offer.
I speak for myself when I say I cry out for others. I so desperately seek the deep Christian companionship of others. I've found it with a few, but I desire it with many. I desire it with many from around the world. I want to truly know that I have thousands of brothers and sisters. I want my heart to be over flowing with the love from a community . I pray for it. I dream about it. I read about it in the early churches and I know it's possible with God, as all things are. I only wonder how many feel the same. How many are willing to lay aside selfish ambitions, desires, complaints, "I-don't-want-to's" and join hearts and souls completely, without looking back, for the cause of Christ? How many consider their life nothing for Christ? How many are willing to not consider themselves at all?

Kristy Nofsinger
http://christianexpedition.blogspot.com

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