One of my favorite dvd's to watch is Little House on the Prairie, I just like the innocence of it! I was watching an episode the other day, it was about a man named Tinker Jones, in this episode the towns people are fighting about whether their church should have a bell or not! Of course Mrs Olsen wants to pay for it, so she can have her name on it...the other families just don't think that is such a great idea, so needless to say there is a lot of fighting going on. The episode centers around this guy Tinker, he is a deaf mute man with a heart of gold! He makes little animals and figures out of metal for the children, and one day they are all at his house watching him while he crafts animals for them, when they begin fighting just like their parents! Tinker is upset by this and stops them, and using a chalkboard tells them of his plan to make a bell for the church, he draws pictures to show the children their part, and so the children find all the metal they can on their farms to make this bell....I have seen the episode several times before, but it really spoke to me this time! Sometimes we fight and argue about some of the smallest things in our churches, and in our homes! Our calling is to win the lost and love our brethren..no we will not always agree about everything, but you know if we are truly serving God, and living a holy life, what is the problem? I want my life to have the spirit of this character, Tinker Jones! I want to be a peacemaker, my God is the peace speaker after all! The world we live in is filled with storms and uncertainty, people want peace and unity! I want peace to follow me everywhere I go. There can be no unity without peace...we need peace in our homes, in our churches, and in our organizations! Another thing is we need to be careful for the next generation, if we have little peace they will have none! Every decision and word affects them...I mean our children, but also new converts! Tinker and the children construct this bell, together, and at the end they put it up on the church and begin ringing it, and soon the whole town shows up. By the end of the show the parents all realize how trivial the matter really was..they learned a very important lesson from their children and Tinker! When people dwell in unity and peace a “bell” begins ringing for everyone to hear, it proclaims we are in unity and God is here, and is using us! My heart longs to be like Jesus, I want to bring peace and unity to everyone....although he is only a character Tinker displayed the attitude I want to have..... I love y'all....