"CONNECT THE DOTS"
Remember when we didn’t have email or smart phones or computers? We had to write letters by hand, or color and paint by hand, too. If we wanted to play a game of Tic-Tac-Toe or Connect the Dots, we scratched it out on a pad of paper with a dull pencil. Kids would have to keep their hand steady if they were attempting to play these pencil & paper games in the back seat of a moving car. But these games, like today's electronic games, keep kids entertained and help make the car trip seem like it’s going faster. Otherwise, mom or dad would inevitably hear ad nauseam from the backseat: “When are we going to be there?” Well, six months and still going further into this pandemic have ALL of us asking, “When are we going to be there?” When are things getting back to normal? Patience is running thin. We keep trying to “connect the dots,” but the dots keep moving. Many of us are frustrated. Going “Covid Crazy” has become synonymous with Cabin Fever. We have started back in-person worship at Peace on Sunday mornings, but the sanctuary as of yet remains closed, per State directives. But, at least, we can give thanks that the Word of God still has free course, and its strengthening power to enable us to endure all things (as Jesus our loving Savior did for our sakes) still reaches our ears and encourages our hearts. I pray this “Summer’s End’ edition of our Words of Peace newsletter, likewise, will impart to you a little encouragement as you bear down through the remaining dog days of summer. Hopefully, it’s the last leg of the pandemic, too. Let’s pray for a cure, safety and patience in suffering - knowing that suffering produces endurance, character and hope! (Romans 5:13)

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