The Unity

"Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." Ephesians 4:3 (NIV)

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I have let disagreements fracture what You meant to be one, certain my side of the argument mattered more than the unity You were asking me to guard.

I called it standing my ground.

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But You did not ask me to protect my opinions. You asked me to keep what You had already made one.

Unity was never something I had to create. It already exists in You. My only work is not to break what You have already built.

I have watched peace survive conversations that should have destroyed it, simply because someone chose the bond over being right.

I called it compromise.

It was You, holding together what pride kept trying to tear apart.

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Forgive me for prizing my own rightness above the unity You gave.

You already made us one.

My only task is to guard it, not build it.

Uniting Spirit, help me guard the bond of peace even when I want to be right instead.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for a unity that is Your work, not mine to manufacture.

Thank You for peace that survives disagreement when I let it.

Teach me to guard what You have already made one. Amen.

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