Bishop Leah Hidde-Gregory will be here Sunday for the dedication of our Worship Center. A reception will follow the worship service.

The Mystery of God’s Amazing Love

Faith Family,

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as we wind down the first quarter of 2026. I continue to give thanks to our gracious God for putting you all in our lives. Your faithfulness and your enthusiasm fill my heart with joy and helps complete my hope in Christ. Every day I look forward to serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ alongside each of you and growing in our discipleship journey together. I pray as God has continued blessings us, may we continue to be a blessing to others.

What a few weeks? We have entered into our new worship facility, had our first two worship services. We have seen new faces join us for worship, and now we plan our Consecration Sunday, where our District Superintendent Bishop Leah Hidde Gregory will bring the Word and lead us in our Service of Consecration.

As I was moving into my new office, I came across some books that I haven’t picked up in a while. One of them, entitled “Lost In Wonder – Charles Wesley, The Meaning of His Hymns Today” by S.T. Kimbrough, Jr. As I began reading, I came across one of my favorite hymns, “And Can It Be That I Should Gain.” As I began reading Charles Wesley’s thoughts, I decided to share some of those thoughts, with my own. 

Charles Wesley struggled with inner turmoil, as do most of us. He tried to fill that emptiness with degrees, work and ministry. But it wasn’t until his failure, with his brother John in Georgia, that he began to take a hard look at himself. One of the questions that drove Charles is the first line of the hymn; “And can it be that I should gain an interest in the Savior’s blood?"

Charles yearned for the interest in accepting and trying to understand Christ’s Sacrifice. It wasn’t until the Holy Spirit spoke to him about his sins, the sins of the world, that they were one in the same. What he saw in America, and what he saw in England was just as bad as social sins taken place in the hearts of people. This revelation astonished Charles that he would become so interested in the Sacrifice of Christ.

The second stanza of the hymn reflects additional questions he often asked himself: “Died He for me, who caused His pain? For me who death pursued? It was hard for Charles to understand why Christ would die for him. But when he heard from the Holy Spirit, and accepted the mystery of God’s Amazing love, he wrote of discovery, “Amazing Love! How can it be that Thou, my God, would die for me?” 

God’s amazing love knows no boundary. God emptied himself of everything but love when He sent Christ to the cross. Therefore, our response should be emptying ourselves of everything except our love for God and for others. We may never fully comprehend the depth of God’s love. We may never fully comprehend the reach of God’s love. But we don’t have to comprehend it. We simply need to accept the mystery in God’s love and embrace it, while sharing it with others.

Charles ultimate discovery was that we must live in God’s love. So, if you have questions, as did Charles, may you discover for yourself this truth: “Tis mercy all, immense and free, for, O my God, it found out me.”

Faith family, the Holy Spirit is doing might things in Mid-Texas Conference! The Holy Spirit is doing mighty things in Kerrville Global Methodist. May we continue to surrender, commit, and follow!

I pray your continued journey in 2026 to be an Acts 2 Church will be found with limited stress and an abundance of peace and joy.

Have a blessed Week!

Pastor Frank