The Way of Eternal Comfort
"But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this, he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter. "Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word." (ESV) 2 Thessalonians 2:13–17 How can we live today, in the midst of what we see as a rampant opposition to the truth of Jesus and a misguided embrace of self above all things? How can we face the struggles, the challenges and the people we are surrounded by? We do it by clinging to our eternal comfort and good hope and asking to be comforted yet again i