UNITY

We are the same.

We laugh.

We cry.

We mourn and grieve.

We dance.

We celebrate.

We feel joy and pain.

We eat pizza and chips and cupcakes.

We love our families and friends.

We go to Disneyland.

We toast at weddings.

We walk our babies into kindergarten.

We move out.

We get lost.

We find our way.

We fall in love.

We sing the blues.

We buy our first car, our first house, our first groceries.

We bounce checks and pay off loans.

We drink coffee.

We complain about homework.

We lose parents and grieve hard.

We find community and celebrate.

We lose babies and our hearts break.

We meet babies and our hearts grow.

We make new friends and are made better.

We are passionately beloved.

We are welcomed.

We are created in His image.

We are died for.

We are relentlessly pursued.

We are gifted.

We are redeemed.

We are glory-bearers.

We are drawn.

We are chosen.

We are the same.

“One of the most destructive mistakes we Christians make is to prioritize shared beliefs over shared relationship, which is deeply ironic considering we worship a God who would rather die than lose relationship with us.” – Rachel Held Evans