Thought for the Week

Scriptures to Read:

I Thessalonians 5:14-18

Philippians 4:4-8

Psalm 40:1-5

Psalm 130:1-7

Psalm 139:1-6 & 14

Psalm 46:1-2 & 10-11

Psalm 136:1-4 & 23-26

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU to give thanks in "everything." I begin with a story Myron Augsberger told: "I was doing a preaching/teaching tour in India. We were invited to lunch. As we sat down, our host offered an eloquent blessing. We were served a veritable feast. They urged me to eat more. We were in modest surroundings but it was a sumptuous feast. As we left, I commented to my guide, 'These folks seem not to be as poor as I imagined. That was...