With September underway, many folks are preparing to play, or watch, some form of football, soccer or baseball.  It's a busy sports season, but also a period when competiveness and the desire to be the best can go into overdrive.

I see it as I sit on the sidelines several times a week and watch my son at flag football practice, or when I drive past the local YMCA and glimpse several teams of youths running the length of a field with a black and white ball bouncing between their feet.

What's reassuring, whether you're athletically inclined or not (like me), is that when we have a relationship with God,  there are no winners or losers.

With Him, there's no competition for first place or the winning score. We are all the apple of God's eye. We are all worthy of His love - yesterday, today and forever.

Isn't that a great way to start the weekend - and the Fall sports season?

Psalm 136:2 - Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever.