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The "Good News" is that the "bad news" is wrong!

The economic forecasts on TV and in the news are disheartening to say the least. After you have tightened your belt one more notch and begin to examine your own self worth, may I suggest that you read what Paul wrote while in a dungeon and denied of every comfort...Philippians 4:1-13, and then I share this story with you...

A story is told of a king who went into his garden one morning and found everything withered and dying. He asked the Oak tree that stood near the gate what the trouble was. He found that it was sick of life and determined to die because it was not tall and beautiful like the Pine. The Pine was all out of heart because it could not bear grapes like the Vine. The Vine was going to throw life away because it could not stand erect like the Peach tree. The Geranium was fretting because it was not tall and fragrant like the Lilac, and so on and on throughout the garden. Coming to the Heart's-ease, he found its bright face lifted up as cheery as ever. "Well, Heart's-ease, I am glad amidst this discouragement to find one brave little flower. You do not seem to be the least disheartened." ‘No, I'm not much account, said the Heart's-ease, but I thought that if you wanted an Oak, or a Pine, or a Peach, or a Lilac, you would have planted one; but as I knew you wanted a Heart's-ease, I am determined to be the very best Heart's-ease I can.

Paul says: I've learned to be satisfied with what I have.........and that anywhere, at any time I am content.....Phil. 4:1-13 The "good news" is that the "bad news" is wrong!

 
Contrary to conventional wisdom, stress is not a
21st century phenomenon.
 

TAPC can't promise an end to stress, but we can promise to help you live better with stress through the love, support and fellowship of Jesus Christ.

See you in church,

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