Unity

Well, I'm working on my sermon (weird to say that) for the retreat. I'm enjoying working through this stuff.

I keep thinking that unity can be accomplished in our communites. I see it so clearly in the book of Acts with diciples. Am I just dreaming that it could happen. I don't think we can have perfect unity but I think we can have unity. So many things can happen that can stop it. Some of it is petty stuff and other things can make it truely hard to have unity. I am in a situation right now in our church that has been very hard, as I have started to study for this retreat, I feel the Lord yanking at me, asking me "how can you speak on this? you don't have unity with people who have hurt you." I keep using the excuse that they have hurt me and its healthy boundaries, but for some reason I think I have made it more than that. Yes it is healthy to have boundaries, but I also think we can use that as an excuse. So can I have good boundaries and still have unity? I would hope so. I keep thinking that if I allow myself to heal from the hurt, learn to love them as God loves them, then God will take care of the rest and unity is acheived. Maybe I'm just crazy right now. I just want to go to my church community and not feel anxiety about it. I want to be able to speak to those ladies and speak from a place of truth and peace. Anyway, please pray for me! :)

Jewels