Gentle Whispers

 When I was at Clarion State College in the early 70’s, I was active with a group from the Campus Ministry.  We would put on programs of skits and songs at churches around the state.   Recently, one of the songs we sang has reappeared into my thoughts and with the change of one word has become relevant to my current beliefs and my hope for the current world situation.

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord;
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord;
And we pray that all unity will one day be restored.
Chorus: And they'll know we are Spirit by our love, by our love,
yes, they'll know we are Spirit by our love.
We will work with each other, we will work side by side;
We will work with each other, we will work side by side;
And we'll guard each man's dignity and save each man's pride.
Chorus
We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand;
We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand;
And together we'll spread the news that God is in our land.
Chorus (and I repeat the first verse and chorus one more time.)

     The word I changed is in the chorus.  I changed a specific religion referenced to “Spirit”!  I question if we can have true “unity” when we keep dividing ourselves by religion, politics, race, country of birth, gender, degrees of wealth, levels of education, and all the other ways we define ourselves while we are here in the physical world that don’t exist in the Spirit  world.  When we raise our consciousness to our Spirit level we can truly know “unconditional love” for ourselves and for “all”.  We must remember we are Spirit beings having a physical experience; not physical beings who will have a future spiritual experience.  We are Spirit now!  Love one another.

Peace,
​Roy Montgomery
 





 
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