The Medicine of Unity

Sacred Song 133:1

“How good and beautiful it is when Creator’s children live together in harmony” – Psalm 133:1, FNV

There is a certain beauty when hearts are knitted together in unison. Harmony allows God’s presence to flow freely among us, and when God’s presence flows freely, anything and everything is possible. I was taught through the stories of my own people that unity for the tribe was never optional. Winters were endured because everyone gathered, worked, and shared. Battles were faced and survived because we banded together. Life itself depended on the circle, and not on the strength of one alone. Unity has always been the life-giving song we are called to sing together. It is a living demonstration of the Creator’s light wherever we are.

Sacred Song 133 describes the unity blessing. “How good and beautiful it is when Creator’s children live together in harmony” (verse 1). Living in harmony is more than a concept; it is a way of being. Where might you walk in greater harmony? To live this way with your relatives is what God requires and what honors our Creator. The psalmist says this blessing is like oil, fragrant and flowing, a gift that brings beauty. Unity is also like dew upon the land, refreshing and life-giving. When harmony dwells among us, our Creator commands a blessing (verse 3). Unity does not erase our differences. It gathers them like streams flowing together into one river, bringing life wherever it goes. We were made to be life-givers.

The medicine of unity teaches us to shine as one. Harmony among us becomes an incarnate testimony of our Creator’s light, visible in the way we love, forgive, honor one another, and honor all of creation. When we choose unity, we invite blessing to rest among us. Don’t you long for that blessing? Unity is the way. Unified light does more than brighten our own lives; it spreads outward, blessing homes, communities, and the world around us. Unity expressed in this way is both a gift and a calling, a reminder that we were created to reflect the beauty of our Creator together.

Medicine for the Day

I choose to live in unity, letting my light shine alongside other parts of creation that are different from me.