vying for position-pride

I came back to TZ and have been able to assimilate well.  Sometimes I come back (most of the time) to squabbles among the guards who watch my house.  This time is no different.  I have not heard any problems until two weeks in to my return. 

I give "refreshments" for the guards so they will not work on empty stomachs.  One of the guards is a lady who oversees the supplies for the guards and the dog.  She buys the things and prepares them.  One of the guards is jealous of her "position" with me and with the monies and the power she has to distribute these things.  I am having issues with two of the guards over margarine!!  of all things!!  One says he eats too much on his bread. 

It is amazing how the pride can enter our lives.  How we can feel justified in arguing over the smallest things.  How Satan can use even margarine to fight over when many are going to Hell without the gospel.  Both of these guards are leaders in their church.  How can we as Christians allow "a splinter" to cause such problems.  We need to not allow small distractions to cause division among Christians. 

Paul tells us in First Corinthians that we need to be unified in Christ.  1 Corinthians 1:10 says, "Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."