Sacrifice Needed for Unification

Many Koreans and foreigners may wonder as they watch the six-party talks drag on whether it is at all possible for North and South Korea to ever reunite, given the fundamental differences in their ideologies of how it should take place.

The division of the two countries only serves to remind us of how necessary and appropriate reunification would be. As even Jesus pointed out thousands of years ago, division is a crippling disease that no one benefits from.

We see that unification only creates peace whereas division, for example, in the case of a divorce between a man and a woman, leads to the eventual break-up and destruction of the family.
Indeed, this idea of unification seems not only a desire of all Korea and Koreans, but a desire that burns deep within the heart of man. The idea of becoming one is expressed in all of the great religions of the world.

If we consider what God’s will may be for the two Koreas, we might recognize that it would favor unification, just as it would do so on the relationships between father and son, husband and wife, parents and children, world and country, for there we would all be united with God and God with us, and was that not, after all, the real crux of Jesus’ message when he talked about himself being one with God and us all having to be like him?

Still, the question remains, is the goal of unification possible, and how can the international community help the two Koreas achieve unification? Without doubt, the answer would seem to be: yes, unification is possible. Jesus’ example provides us the answer as to how it can be attained. The way that goal can be achieved is therefore clear, and can be summed up in one word _ sacrifice.

Sacrificing the differing ideologies and visions for the sake of unification may present the solution to what may seem to be an unsolvable problem. If the two Koreas could do this, and certainly this would require great humility from both sides of the divided peninsula, and if the world around it were able to follow suit and supported the idea of unification, perhaps the frustration, vexation and anguish of so many people might erode. Maybe the answer to a lot of the problems of the world, not only Korea, may become a little clearer for us all.