A Family

   Today I would like to point out something that truly breaks my heart. And Ill do this by taking us all on another small journey. Let us go to our local "hood" or "ghetto" area. Some of you may be thinking, "why would I go there", or even "Im fine, I volunteer there every week", but stay with me, the area itself is not the focus.
   So you walk around this area and you start to take note. You may see babies or mothers crying, you may see drugs being handed off, or even worse. Then you turn the corner and you see something that makes you want to run. You see a gang leader and his entire gang about to fight another gang leader and their entire gang.
   You stay to watch and you realize one thing, the members of each respective gang ALWAYS have each others back. If one gets hit, the other members of their gang are on their way to help. Sure, they may be fighting, but they have an amazing UNITY!
   However, in the church, where our leader is Christ as we fight the world against sin and Satan, we sometimes lack that unity. We may not build each other up, but instead purely point out faults and continually tear down our "brother" in the faith. Its a shame that a thing of the world such as a gang understand unity at times more than the church. We are a family, and its about time that we start acting like one!