06/07/2026
As another week comes to a close, I'd like to leave you with a thought.
Many people today believe that this life is all there is. We work, we build, we chase goals, we make memories, and then one day it's over. If that's true, then every achievement, every relationship, every act of love, every sacrifice, and every dream ultimately disappears into nothing. The question every person eventually has to wrestle with is this: Why do we long for meaning if there is no ultimate meaning? Why do we hunger for justice if the universe is indifferent? Why do we feel that love, beauty, truth, and goodness are more than just chemical reactions in a brain?
The Bible begins with a different answer. It tells us that we were not accidents. We were created by a God who knows us, loves us, and gives purpose to our lives. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, "He has also set eternity in the human heart." The longing for something greater, the feeling that there must be more than what we can see and touch, is not a flaw in our thinking. It is part of how God made us.
Some people think Christianity is about being a good person or earning God's approval. It isn't. The message of Christianity is that none of us can make ourselves right with God. We have all fallen short. Yet God loved the world so much that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to live the life we could not live and die the death we deserved. As Ephesians 2:8-9 says, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast."
The Christian faith does not rest on wishful thinking. It rests on a real person who walked this earth, was crucified, and whose followers boldly proclaimed His resurrection even when it cost them their lives. The question is not whether you've figured everything out. The question is whether you've honestly considered the possibility that the deepest desires of your heart—for meaning, forgiveness, hope, and life beyond death—point to something real.
Jesus made an extraordinary claim: "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die" (John 11:25).
If you're skeptical, searching, questioning, or unsure what you believe, don't ignore those questions. Follow them wherever they lead. Read the Gospels. Ask hard questions. Seek the truth. Because if Christ is who He claimed to be, then nothing is more important.
We are thankful for every blessing God has given us, for this community, for our families, and for the opportunity to serve you each week. We pray that your Sunday is filled with peace, and that wherever you are in your journey, you know that God's invitation remains open:
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." — Matthew 11:28
