Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Agree.
Upon seeing the word prompt, I thought how wonderful it is when we all are able to be in agreement. Life is pleasant and easy. No tensions.
It seems all we need to do is scroll through social media or listen to the news, and the ability to live in agreement slips through our fingers as quickly as a grain of sand.
The ability to live in disagreement would be more wonderful than the ability to live in agreement.
According to dictionary.com, agree does mean “to harmonize in opinion”. We probably all can agree we are not going to be able to do this 100% of the time.
However, it also gives us this definition to think on: “to live without contention.”
This is surely doable.
Paul in writing to the church in Rome, addressed a time when they were disagreeing on certain foods permissible to eat, or not. It became heated and his advice to them can equally be for us today:
“So let’s agree to use all our energy in getting along with each other. Help others with encouraging words; don’t drag them down by finding fault.” (Romans 14:19, MSG).
The reality is we are not going to all agree. But let’s agree to use all our energy to getting along. Let’s encourage and build one another up. Let’s pray for the needs of one another. We can respect each other even if we do not hold the same opinion.
We can live without contention.
“Let’s agree to use all our energy in getting along with each other.”
Today I am joining … Five Minute Friday and Faith On Fire and Faith ”˜N Friends .
Visiting from over at FMF! Blessings to you.
Not sure this will ever happen pre-millennial kingdom!!! Today, Simon told his mom he couldn’t have gotten through the week without all the prayers. xo
I agree with you, Susan. But may we pray it begins with each one of us.
I am so grateful Simon had a good outcome for his week! It’s faith building to see how prayer works! xo
Living without contention. That’s a worthy goal. Thank, Joanne.
Agreeing to disagree with grace is the first step to harmony. Thank you for your words today! Dropping by from FMF.
With grace and by His grace. Have a wonderful weekend!
Oh my, we waste so much energy trying to prove our disagreements….trying to get others to agree with us. How much better spent would that energy be if we used it to encourage, to build up and to love! Things haven’t changed much since Paul’s day….
You are so right, Jennifer, not much has changed. May we use our energy wisely.
Amen!
Wouldn’t it be something if tomorrow the only things on the news and social media encouraged and built others up??? It could change the world! Since that’s unlikely, you’re so right that we need to be the voice of encouragement in a world that can be so discouraging. Visiting from #fmf, Cindy Wilkins
Yes, and may it begin right with us! Have a wonderful weekend~
We can indeed live without contention…and we should, because while we may not agree with other’ views, we can surely learn something from them.