Paul had a Wounded Heart

I would like you to read the first seven chapters of 2 Corinthians with this in mind:  Paul loved this group of believers  in Corinth but something had come between them–and it had broken his heart.

I have always loved this section of Scripture, but I don’t think I saw it as a personal letter until recently.  I think many of us read the letters in the New Testament as though the authors put chapters and numbers in them from the beginning like they were teaching manuals.  I know I can’t help but seeing them that way sometimes.  2 Corinthians is a book in the Bible, but I submit that it is also a very personal letter from Paul to the Church in Corinth. (more…)