We are supposed to be one in Christ now, but we are not now, nor do we appear to want to be all that much.
If we did, we would make the effort and cheer those who do and have, instead of separating ourselves into very distinct groups of irreconcilably opposing beliefs.
Loving our neighbors, loving our brothers and sisters, even loving our selves, let alone following His Commandments, are still too much for all but a few of us.
More and more, I realize the many ways and reasons why I must count and include my own self and soul among those who have not yet lived up to His Law nor His Love.
Even now, after all these years and more than a few tears, my competitive, critical spirit is a still just a work in progress: lots of work and little progress.
I can hear Paul saying: "So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!" - Romans 7