"Therefore, brothers, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord."
1 Thessalonians3: 7 & 8 (NIV)
..."May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does from you.
May He strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones." 1 Thessalonians 3: 12 & 13 (NIV)
When I read this I know what Paul was feeling. I've heard, and received mail from people in four different churches today. I can't tell you how much like Paul I long to be with all of them, to hug them and just tell them how much I love them. But even more than that I long to encourage them to keep growing and going in Christ Jesus! We have an awesome Heavenly Family in Christ Jesus! What a blessing and privilege it is to call you my brothers and sisters in Christ. Friendships in Christ have eternal ties that bind, and will never end.
God has blessed us beyond imagination! Praise God from Whom all blessings Flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above you heavenly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
We may go through trials here below, but what an awesome Heavenly Father that more than supplies all our needs according to His great riches, in Christ Jesus. Bless be those ties that bind, and thank you my dear family in God! I love you all dearly!
