Sycamore

Studying for this Sunday’s sermon on 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10.  Realizing that it was a little different for their church in ~50 A.D. than it is for ours in 2009.  Today, a lot of us expect everything to go perfectly - all the lights are green, an abundance of available parking spaces, everyone being nice and courteous.  When that’s the case, it’s a good day.

For the Thessalonians, it was a good day when no one stole their stuff or threatened their family.

It’s getting easier to see why they clung to the hope that Christ was coming back, and why many today are okay with Him taking His time.