I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. –John 17:22 & 23, NIV
Two obviously make more than one –and one is, of course, the loneliest number. A pair of heads are better thinkers than only one person who is hard-headed yet lightheaded. Two keep each other company, whereas one’s only trusted company is the wind. Two keep each other warm, when one feels the horrid zing of the winter night. Two can fight together where only one can defend itself. It takes two to tango, make a thing go right, and make it out of sight. (And yeah, I stole that line from a 90’s song!)
This is the reason why I’ve always admired long-lasting marriages. One year, they learn to like each other. Another year, they learn to trust in each other. The next year, they truly love each other. It doesn’t mean that life won’t rock the boat while they are manning it, but they do know how to cross the other side with victory and grace. In time, you carefully see them finishing each other’s sentences, enjoying each other’s tastes, and settling each other’s differences.
Two will have become one.
God also works like that, like a couple that has barely started their luna de miel. we get to know His thoughts, and He gets to know us. We understand what He likes, what He hates, and those little things He enjoys from us. His heart fuses with ours, and we can hear, taste, see, and enjoy everything He is and longs to do.
In time, we are found in Him, and He is found in us.
And here you are, scratching your head on your computer, thinking: “What does this have to do with Christmas?”
Dude, I’m getting there.
We must learn from a marriage in order to work with others. If we want a city that glimmers through the darkest night, if we want a city that is free from horror and filth, let us join hands and fight the good battle. Wasn’t Jesus that asked for us to be one?
Is “one” creating a spastic bochinche just to divide and conquer in the most egregious of fashions?
Is “one” pointing your fingers at the weaklings and spitting them in the eye?
Is “one” deifying yourself to your image and likeness?
I think not; I think not…