A little boy’s friend invited him to church one evening. “I can’t,” he said. “I belong to a different abomination.”
We all belong to different “abominations!” That boy hit on something!
Jesus said, “People will see that you belong to me by your love for one another.” In his final prayer on earth, he asked that all who believe would be swept together in the love between the Father and the Son. And here we are, separated by our “abominations”—sometimes bitterly.
This is Howard Butt Jr. of Laity Lodge. Of course, the worldwide body of Christ has many differences. We need them! But remember, we are the body of Christ: various members, one body. Jesus himself heads this body, his glorious church. Our jobs are ecumenical. That’s the high calling of our daily work.
“By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”— John 13:35
