A Common Goal

We’ve all seen them at some point when we’re driving down the road: roadkill! Here in Middle Tennessee we regularly see the remains of skunks, rabbits, cats, dogs, possums, armadillos, turkeys and deer after they have a fatal encounter with a vehicle. What was very interesting on Sunday morning was what the boys and I saw gathered around the remains of a deer. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so what you see in this picture tells the whole story. I don’t recall in my 37 years of life seeing something quite like this dog and these buzzards sharing this same deer carcass. I turned the car around and went back just so I could take some pictures. Who knew they could get along well enough to do this?

What about the church? There are times people who are supposed to be family can’t stand to be around each other. Brethren, it ought not be this way. We should love one another (Rom. 12:10); have the same care for one another (1 Cor. 12:25); look not to our own interests, but the interests of others (Phil. 2:4). We need to be getting along and working together in the church. We should be coming together to accomplish a common goal. If this dog and these buzzards can do this, why can’t we?

Brotherly,

Jeremy T. Butt