One Vision
- Allison Wilcox
- 4 hours ago
- 2 min read
How very good and pleasant it is
when kindred live together in unity! ~ Psalm 133:1
"I had a dream when I was young
A dream of sweet illusion
A glimpse of hope and unity
And visions of one sweet union..."
It's always fun for me on Fridays to find videos of songs (usually songs anyway) that tie in with one or more of the devotions for the week.
This week I want to share videos each day that speak to a particular scripture passage - an not necessarily songs we are used to hearing in church each Sunday. Today, Psalm 133 reminds me of a song by the band, Queen. (video here:
One of the influences for this song was Martin Luther King, Jr. who certainly unified this country in ways that the great divisions created by race can't ultimately legitimately stand up to - even when King was assassinated and even if King's dream isn't fully realized yet.
And Queen wrote this song not long after one of the greatest unifying concerts the world had ever seen: Live Aid in 1985.
So unity is something we give at least give a fair amount of lip service to. And claim to want and need and desire.
Yet, perhaps Freddie Mercury and band are onto something when they say it is a "dream of sweet illusion" - at least as far as things seem to be going. We cling to it in moments of passion and energy, yet...
...Yet, we sure seem far away from it, don't we? One look in the daily news reminds us of that.
Gracious God remind us that we are all one under you. Help us to see each other as siblings so that our dream of unity does not remain an illusion. Amen
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