Week12 - New Covenant United Methodist Edmond

This week we visited New Covenant United Methodist Church in Edmond. This is a church we’ve been to many times. It was Danae’s church throughout high school and is attended by many people who are special to us. It is a “mid-sized” church compared to others we’ve visited. Normally conducting two services every Sunday, today was filled for a combined service due to our first day of spring snowstorm. Today’s worship was led by a fabulous praise band, complete with horn section accompanied by a choir composed of church members. They did a nice job of leading the worship without overpowering it. The pastor, Adrian Cole, always makes you feel like you’re in the living room of an old friend and today was no exception. The title of the sermon was “The Blindside.” Tying it to the movie, the sermon focused on Peter’s experience of denying Christ three times before the rooster crowed just as He predicted. Peter was blindsided by the realization of his betrayal. What occurred to me is that sometimes the surprise, or blindside, is something that happens to us and sometimes it’s our own behavior. We are blindsided by life regularly. However, God is never blindsided. He knows what’s coming and never leaves us. He’s not surprised by anything we do or anything that happens to us, but if we could look into his eyes afterwards, what we would see is His unconditional love. That thought, to me, is simultaneously convicting and comforting. I think Peter would agree.