Resolve the Conflicts
December 16, 2010 (Thursday)
A few days ago I wrote about my being blessed by hearing Pastor Scott Jones preach and that blog included a wish that you could have heard the sermons for yourself. Well, my wish was granted even before I wished it, because Scott’s sermons can be heard on the Internet by clicking here. I should have mentioned that before, but it’s taking me a while to get caught up on the practical uses of modern methods. I give you this guarantee: if you listen to Scott’s sermons about Mary and Joseph, you will learn something new about each of them. His messages each week are included on the website of the First Baptist Church of Rockport.
The Nate Berkus show on TV featured identical adult twins. They were asked to go to an antique show and, on a limited budget, buy the items necessary to decorate the foyers of their homes. On the Berkus show, they each saw a display of what they had bought and how they used it. They both did basically the same thing, and there was absolutely no knowledge on each twin’s part of what the other twin had done. Follow the link to The Nate Berkus Show to view the twins and their foyers.
Identical twins are the result of what started out to be one baby in the womb, but divided into two, during the first week of pregnancy. You might say, the two people that result are really one person in two bodies (my words–totally unscientific). The experience of these twins on the Berkus show is only one of many stories that could be told about identical twins. One per cent of births are twins, and thirty per cent of the twins are identical.
Most identical twins think alike. They get along with each other very well. As the statistics above show, most people are not identical twins, and, therefore, think differently from others. This diversity is to be celebrated, because it results in individuality, excitement, and innovation. It also results in competition and conflict. We have to work at resolving conflict in peaceful ways. The New Testament urges us to “walk in love.” True followers of Jesus Christ allow Him to make the world a better place by His leading them to “walk in love.”