Unity VS Unanimity

Unity VS Unanimity. I watch Fireside chats by Dennis Prager. This one was episode 120 with 11 young people from around the world. It was twice as long as normal but was a very good one. I guess there are several things that are directing my thoughts toward the words unity and unanimity.  People are so different and yet the same. I don't know if that makes any sense. Just watch people smile. We like to see people smile. But everyone's smile is different. Some you see no teeth, some upper teeth, some lower teeth, some both uppers and lowers. But smiles are nice. If someone smiles at you, you feel more comfortable with them. In that way, they are the same but everyone is different. I meet with some men on a weekly basis of late. We were discussing differences in churches. Actually, the other three men are or were Pastors.  One Pastor told about going to a Black church and the door to the sanctuary was closed and he tried to push it open. The usher on the other side pushed back on it. Being a big man he pushed back even harder. It was humorous. But in a Black Church, there are certain times when you don't move. When someone is praying to God or reading scripture are times in a Black Church when you do not get up to go to the bathroom. In a White Pentecostal church when someone was praying is the exact time you would get up and move to find a bathroom if you needed one. That is what was happening in the pushing on the door incident above. Someone was praying or speaking to God in that Black Church at that moment and the usher was guarding the door to the sanctuary. The White man didn't know that and later apologized. Christians can be so different from one another yet they seek to be like God. The left politically in our nation want us to think exactly the same about everything. Climate change, abortion, marriage, gun rights; it seems if you disagree on any one point you are not awake. We have conservatives that are gay, but they agree with other conservative values. We have conservatives that are agnostic but will agree with many other conservative values. I believe on the right we have more freedom to think a little bit differently. We are not one-issue voters. I believe we can unite to support our country and not have unanimity in every value. For the past three years, I felt securing our southern border was the number one issue facing our country.  After the impeachment fiasco, the Russian Hoax, and so many other things anti- Trump I have begun to think the most important issue in our country is the corruption in government. The left is very united against anything Trump. It can be good even very good for the country and they will fight it if it makes Trump look good. I am not sure I fully understand this. The only thing that makes any sense to me is it is about power and control. The left does not have it right now and will do anything even if it is wrong to regain control. They will destroy the country to regain control if that is what it takes. That is how it appears to me. Kavanaugh was a good man and worthy to be a Supreme Court Justice but the left would destroy a good man to keep the balance of the court in their favor. I think we need to have unity to do what is good for our country and not have to think exactly alike. I see it in the different churches that I have visited in the last few months to promote my community prayer meeting. We are so different in worship styles and if you are a Christian Church, there is at least one belief that is central to Christianity. That salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone. But we can be so different in so many other ways. Just like the individual smiles I mentioned above.  I believe in spite of unimportant differences we can unite to promote the health of our community and our nation. One-third of our families are single-parent families today. Our families are hurting, and so is our nation. There are differences across the world as the Prager Fireside Chat pointed out, but we can have the same values and be united to change our world for the better. We need unity but not unanimity. I mentioned this fireside chat because I thought it was very good and related to my thinking about how different people are and yet the same.  God bless, LVZ.