We live in an age when good news seems mighty hard to come by. What's more, we live in an age when good news is hardly waited for. If we want to hear from our loved ones, they are hardly ever more than a button push away. We find the lag time on email difficult to bear, let alone letters that need to be physically delivered. Paul had no such luxuries. He likely waited for months for the news of the Thessalonians to be delivered by Timothy, and he was not disappointed. It was good news all the way around. In Thessalonians 3:6-13, we see Paul's thankfulness in God's kind provision, and see that we have much to gain from imitating him.
