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Psalm chapter 133, verses 1 through 3.

This is the whole chapter.

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity.

It is like the precious oil on the head,

running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron,

running down on the collar of his robes.

It's like the dew of Herman, which falls on the mountains of Zion.

For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

What a great psalm. And what an appropriate psalm. I think about this short prayer based on Psalm 133 coming out on a day in my country in the United

States where we vote on a president and the likelihood is

my country will be split right down the middle. I totally divided and not just totally,

but in many senses, bitterly divided. And here is God saying, things are different among my people, where it is good and pleasant

to see brothers and sisters dwelling together in unity.

Good and pleasant.

So it's good, it's right, which means this is something we ought to

pursue, and it's pleasant, which means this is something we want to pursue. This kind of unity

is good, meaning it's something God requires, and it's pleasant, which means it's something we desire. But how is that possible

to experience this kind of good and pleasant unity? And that's where verse two comes in,

because out of all the pictures the Psalm could compare unity to, like trees in a forest or stars in the sky or fish in the ocean,

whatever pictures we might think of when it comes to things coming together in unity.

Why is it like oil going down Aaron's beard? And the answer to that question is so good.

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