Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey podcast

with your host, Emma, daughter. Thanks for joining. Second Thessalonians One is the only place

where we see Paul say, we ought to give thanks to God for you. Or said differently, we must thank God for you.

What could the Thessalonians have done that would

require Paul, Silas, and Timothy to thank God for them? Does anyone in your life have to thank

God for you? When I was in college, I worked at camp, and if there's any memory that I remember

the most vividly or clearly it's this one. It was work week and the optional week

before training officially started. And all of us girls had spent the whole day in the flower beds

pulling weeds, which is not my favorite activity, but picture a group of about eight girls

heading back to the cabin dirty, like literally covered in mulch, rushing to take showers

before dinner. As we start getting in line for showers, one girl's turn arises and she'd realized

she'd forgotten to pack a towel, which is honestly very tragic when you signed up to work at camp

for six weeks. That's a very crucial item to pack.

And don't get me wrong, someone from the camp totally would have gone and gotten her a towel,

but in this moment, she didn't have one, and we weren't in a hurry. And so she asked if she could borrow someone's towel. And in that moment, I'm thinking, absolutely not. I mean, I don't know if there's anything more

undesirable than getting out of the shower and having to use a damp towel. And so I've got to

confess, first of all, I didn't even acknowledge that she asked the question. But then this girl

who's sitting there waiting without skipping a beat, she just pipes in and says,

hey, you can use mine. Totally. She needed to shower just like I did. She only had one towel,

just like I did. But yet, she was willing to share. And I'm over here thinking, who shares

towels? Like, we're in a cabin. Everything's already damp and dirty and gross, and I'm disgusted,

but she chose to share. And as camp went on, I began to look up to this girl who shared her

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