Paul's Joy and Crown

Paul’s Joy and Crown
Thessalonians 2.17-20

There were tear-jerking scenes on the television last night. Twin baby girls had been adopted by a couple from another country, who had found the children being advertised for adoption over the Internet. But another couple, from the children’s own country, thought the twins had been promised to them. Meanwhile the children’s natural mother changed her mind and said she wanted them back. Then, apparently to protect the babies from any more exposure to the bright lights of the media, officials from the government’s social agency took the children away for their own protection, and gave them into the care of foster parents. It was a legal, moral and emotional nightmare for all concerned...

Taken from Paul for Everyone Galatians and Thessalonians – by Tom Wright