Kelly - Genesis 45

As the brothers leave to go and fetch their father, Joseph tells them "Don't quarrel on the way!" How human is that? You've just been saved from the coming years of famine, offered the best of what Egypt has to offer, been through a tough family reunion, and are bringing good news to your dad. And yet, any 11 people together will manage to quarrel, to delay.

Even when we're offered all the joy God has to give, we quarrel. Even when we've got a purposeful journey ahead of us, we delay. The church is no different. We are creatures of entropy and do not like to move. We are also prone to quarrelling.

Where 2 or 3 are gathered, God is in our presence. Which is a really good thing, since it takes 2 or 3 to start a life-long grudgematch. I don't think we'll ever see a community of Christ, or of any sort, that call follow the command "Don't quarrel on the way." The challenge is to love each other through the quarrels, to trust in God to hold us together.