Dear Friends in Christ,

     The first Sunday in October we will be gathering with millions of Christians around the world to celebrate the sacrament of Holy Communion, remembering the death of our Lord Jesus Christ. We will share the Bread and the Cup, we wil repentantly confess our sins to the Lord, and give thanks to God for the richness of his love toward us.

     When you think about it, I mean really think about it, it is an unimaginable depth of love that God has for us, to have sent His only begotten Son to suffer for us, to take our sins upon himself, to be wounded for our wrong doing, so that simply by believing in Him we might be forgiven our sins and become joint heirs with Him in His eternal kingdom.

     Dennis DeLacure was the chaplain at Florida Southern College when I was a student there years ago, and I remember very vividly the Methodist Student Movement meeting at which Dennis spoke on Wednesday evening. He said that when his first child was born, and he held him in his arms for the first time, he felt such a flood of love as he had never known before. In that moment, he said he realized for the first time what it had actually cost God to surrender the life of his only begotten Son so we could be saved. He asked himself if there were any circumstances under which he would surrender that precious new life just on the chance someone else might be led to God, and he had to confess his answer was "none."

     It was no sure thing that every one of us would become a believer, no sure thing that He would not die in vain. And every day, men, women, and young people reject His offer of love and forgiveness because they love the darkness more than light. But every day thousands of others, all around the world, experience His love, grace and mercy when they receive Christ in their hearts, and every time someone does, the light shines a little brighter!

May God continue to bless you with Grace and Peace,

Bob

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