It was good to be back in the pulpit on Sunday after 2 weeks off. I needed these past two weeks to take care of my wife Rebecca as she recovered from total hip replacement surgery. By the time you read this, it will have been 3 weeks since her surgery. Rebecca is making great progress, and the doctor is quite pleased with how things are turning out. It's been an eventful summer for us in the Peak household, with Rebecca going under the knife twice. We're looking forward to not having any more surgeries for a while! Like I said in last week's Chimes: IGBED and EGBOK if we FROG.
And now it's time for sports: the Chiefs didn't do too hot during their first game of the season on Friday, September 5. Maybe it was the air in São Paulo, Brazil. Or the altitude. Or perhaps jetlag caused by the difference in time zones (São Paulo is two hours ahead of us here in Central Time). Yet, you say, the Los Angeles Chargers crossed even more time zones than the Chiefs to get to São Paulo. The Chargers should have been the ones with jetlag! Who knows? Maybe it was just an off week for the Chiefs. As the old saying goes, "it's only a game!"
Do you know what is much more than a game? God's love for each one of us. God loves us—and the entire world—with an indescribable love. God delights in us. And, best of all, God never has an off week. God's love always wins. I invite you to encounter God and other people whom God loves each and every week at McMurry United Methodist Church. Whether it's in person or online, I look forward to seeing you in church!
Grace & Peace,
Pastor Clayton