Taste and See that God is Good.

My reflections of Sunday services.  I have said it probably over a 1000 times, I love being a pastor in the United Methodist Church.  It has been one of the greatest gifts God has blessed me with, along side my wife and kids.  This morning we talked about Tasting and Seeing the Goodness of God.  I shared my story of being a food addict.  Yes food is a drug and it is my drug of choice.  I have used it to numb pain, to battle loneliness, and to hide from fears in life.  My life has been a constant yoyo of weight gain and weight loss.  Food has had its grips on me my entire life.  This morning I spoke on Psalm 34 and how the goodness of God that King David speaks about allows us to know that God is Awesome, God is a rescuer and God is Good all the time.   I know that I constantly need rescuing from myself or I will fall back to sin.  Luckily God has met me more than half way and is willing to never give up on me.   If you are struggling with an addiction find help, find a group of people that can love on you like Jesus loves.  Like Holy Communion Jesus calls his disciples to surround the table together and to not be alone.  In my life I have people that surround me and are my cheerleaders, workout partners, encouragers, accountability coaches, and people who get frustrated by me and my actions but offer me grace.  I need all these people around my table, doing life together so that we can experience, taste and see the goodness of God together.  If you don't have that community, I invite you to come be a part of our community at North Cross UMC.  We don't have everything right and perfect, we are a bit odd and obscure sometimes, but we do believe in these two words that we are Better Together.  The world needs people to surround a table to laugh, cry, love, pray and eat together so we may see that God is Good all the time.