Life's Lemons: Unity evident on campus

Kaylene Vieselmeyer
Columnist
Feb. 26, 2004, Page 6

“How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!” Psalm 133:1.
I came across this Psalm the other day and it made me think about our unfortunate water situation this past weekend.
I usually don’t address topics like this, but there was something about the situation and the word ‘unity’ that wouldn’t leave my mind.
Right now many of us are making adjustments to new roommates or loses.
But seeing a campus come together in ‘unity’ almost made it all worth it.
Everyone seemed to worked together and pitch in where they could.
After the first day there was laughter in the hallways, but still tears in some eyes.
This reminds me of another thing that deals with positive faith.
We always seem to talk about faith, but what about having “positive faith.”
Faith is invincible and surpasses our human understanding.
Having faith that gets us through, around or over life’s obstacles. Faith that the sun will rise tomorrow and set in the evening keeps us going strong.
Faith relies on trust and hope. Having faith means believing that whatever the situation, good will prevail.
Many times when we take our eyes off this positive faith we are left with emptiness, self-pity, resentment and loss of focus.
We try to do it all on our own and forget about how we desperately need each other to help us through life.
The same is true when we look at the life of Christ.
When we lose that positive faith in Christ we lose track of His calling for us.
We give into the Devil’s ways and try to take the easy way out.
But if we arm ourselves for battle nothing can stop us, not even a little water.
“Take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one,” Ephesians 6:16.
So the best thing to do is keep that positive faith, trust God and look to the One who will see us through it all.
This positive faith and unity will help to season the road ahead and help us become a stronger Doane family.
Russell J. Fornwall once said, “Try to regard every problem that comes your way as opportunity rather than opposition.”