Sharing is Caring

  ‘I was encouraged about you  because of your faith’     [1 Thessalonians 3:1-7]     Have you ever felt the limits of patience?  Therefore, have you ever prayed to God, 'God, how long should I endure this affliction?'  The longer and worse the pain and adversity we have, the more we feel the limits of patience.  At that time, we ask God "How long?" and cry out to God.  In Scripture Psalm 119, the psalmist did so.  Even though he put his hope in God’s word and longed for God’s salvation (v. 81), there was no answer from God.  So he prayed to God, “My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, "When will you comfort me?”   This is what Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 3:7 to the Thessalonian church saints: “Therefore, brothers, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith.”  I would like to think about Paul who was encouraged by the Thes...