I thank you for your prayers.
While people across our denomination have a great diversity of views on current social issues like the war, homosexuality, etc. In our meeting we came to see ourselves more clearly and our Master's call to love and unity also came into focus (Eph 4:15-16)
I'm hopeful that the General board meeting may have been transformational!. Time will tell. We had some really deep feelings and issues shared, including preliminary results from an in depth sociological survey of Brethren beliefs, which drew attention to our diversity. The process resulted in a sense that unity is hopeless - impossible without God's miraculous intervention. While I've felt this for some time, I've rarely had others confirm this sense. We joined in a covenant of prayer, received partners and agreed to pray daily for our denominations ministries and be in contact with our prayer partners each week. I am really excited about the sense of a new spirit already.
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It is so easy to get caught up in the belief that if we all just try harder that unity will come. That through our own "works" we can fix our differences. That's not to say that we shouldn't strive for that (unity), but we weren't born in unity. Our rough edges don't match up neatly with our neighbors rough edges - and it causes pain, even sparks. Only the 'balm of Gilead' can lubricate, soften, heal.
Great to see our denomination come to the end of itself and the begining of the Spirit. Seeking and striving for Him first - a great example.
Come Lord Jesus, come!
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