Unity

Have you ever felt like there was a time when things seem themed? For instance, I'll be dealing with some concept in my life and then the sermon I hear at church specifically addresses that concept, in addition to seemingly random emails from or conversations with other people that also hit on the same topic. It creates a theme for that time, be it a day, week or year.

Today's theme is unity. Oneness. My devotional this morning touched upon it. The scripture provided was: "That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me." - John 17:21

Then I looked at the Bible verse of the day on biblegateway.com. “[Sons of God] You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” - Galatians 3:26-28

And my Bible verse of the day on my Google home page: "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one." - John 10:27-30

Each verse resonates with the theme of being one. Unity.

Most of our lives we are inundated with messages telling us to compare ourselves to others, for the most part leaving us feeling better or worse, taller or shorter, thinner or fatter, and so on and so forth. Compare to contrast, not to find our commonality. Be independent. Be unique. Well, we are. But even our uniqueness blends together beautifully into our oneness. We are not all the same, but we are one. Each with his or her own specific role to play. Unified, through Christ, through God. We are all one. Or at least we all can be one. And should be?