The Creator and the created.

From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land.
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace,
it's the voice of every man.

From a distance we all have enough, and no one is in need.
And there are no guns, no bombs, and no disease,
no hungry mouths to feed.

From a distance we are instruments marching in a common band.
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace.
They're the songs of every man.

God is watching us.
God is watching us.
God is watching us from a distance.

From a distance you look like my friend, even though we are at war.
From a distance I just cannot comprehend what all this fighting is for.

It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves.
This is the song of every man.

I just downloaded the African Children's Choir CD It Takes A Whole Village. Ten years ago, my family watched them perform at the high school in the small town where I grew up. More recently, we saw them perform at a church in Greshan, Oregon. I remember when they sang the song above, called From a Distance and later, when my brother's preschool class sang this same song at a concert. I remember that my mom cried. She says it will always have a special place in her heart.
I believe that all humans, while we may be on different paths, are trying to achieve the same one thing or maybe, reach the same one person. At Mars Hill Church in Seattle, the pastor spoke about unity in the Body. But he said that unity does not necessarily mean uniformity. I think this makes unity more beautiful because it is an expression of being, rather than a state of being. Unity is more of an action and less of the same professed beliefs or doctrine. He then spoke of the cause-related society that we find ourselves in today. You have a cause. I have a cause.
What if our cause was the same?