Paul knew the words Jesus had said about the temple being destroyed and the social upheaval and the natural disasters and the persecution. He lived in the middle of it, even during his lifetime. It’s revealing that he didn’t get caught up in the worry.

Instead, he worked hard on his tentmaking and his teaching and his writing and his praying and his encouraging and his listening and his sabbath keeping and laughing.

I’m guessing about the last one. But I think that Paul laughed.

Paul...