Will they Know by our Love!

Wow talk about an emotional week. If anyone has any extra prayers I could sure use a few. I actually don't even know how, but I have been drug into drama at a place I donate time, and it is all starting to get pretty hairy, I am so tired of grown people who say they are "Christian" acting like the kids in elementary school, rumors, lies, slander. Come on and get real. Don't we all have better things to do with our lives than try to drag other christian people down? Aren't we here for a purpose... God put us here to bring people to him, and we can't even get along with our "Christian" sisters??
Gimme a break. There was a song that we sang at a church we visited a few weeks ago. It is an OLD hymn, but the words struck me as the beginning of this "drama" was unfolding I noticed, and remembered these words.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acqRe5MxWA0&feature=related
I hope the link to the video works but these are the words. With a few of my own comments...

\ Carolyn Arends \ They'll Know We Are Christians
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord And we pray that all unity may one day be restored And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love They will know we are Christians by our love
Wow How true...
We will work with each other, we will work side by side We will work with each other, we will work side by side And we'll guard each one's dignity and save each one's pride And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love They will know we are Christians by our love
By our love, by our love
Work with each other? Not fight? not bicker and make things up to bring others down? Guard ones dignity? Not slander eachother? Hmmm...Save each ones pride? NOT Have pride in ourselves, and not trust each other with their God given gifts and talents?
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love They will know we are Christians by our love
We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand And together we'll spread the news that God is in our land And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love They will know we are Christians by our love
By our love, by our love
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love They will know we are Christians by our love
Hand in Hand? not hand to face, not fist to fist. With eachother, not Aganst! Why must we argue that our way is better, or prejudge others and insist they are evil? We Will walk together. We will spread the news that God is in our land, after we are done arguing... and slandering each other it will be too late. What Love? Do we as "Christians" have love for eachother? Do we pre judge and beat each other up, so as the people around us have absolutely NO evidence we are Christians?
Love is patient, love is kind Never boasts, not full of pride Always hopes, always trusts The evidence of Christ in us
Wow words we can all learn so much from... Look around and love on someone today, there are Non- Christians watching our every move... Make your moves count For God not aganst him!