Reminders from Habakkuk {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
I'm still in Habakkuk. When life is challenging, and chaos swirls round about, this prophet settles my soul and brings a fresh delivery of hope. "Are You not from everlasting, O Lord, my God, my Holy One?" (Habakkuk 1:12, NASB) One verse so rich with details about our...
Lay Our Lists Aside
Do you take notes? I admit I am a note-taker. I took notes in school and still take them in Bible Study, and during the sermon, and sometimes during a phone call. A stenopad might be seen on my counter so that it is always handy. As I prepare for vacation, I began to...
Blameless
"There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil." (Job 1:1, NASB) "There is a tremendous sense of freedom in living a blameless life. Job was blameless. Neither Satan nor any person...
Make
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Make. Make - to bring into being; to form, to create. God is the One who brings each of us into being. He forms us and creates us....
He Will Not Forget Us {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
It's been days of returning to the prophets and reading their words. Yesterday I shared Habakkuk's words (HERE) and the way his words point to the unchanging qualities of our God. He is wise, just, faithful, eternal, and always at work. This morning another prophet...
A New View of God
Habakkuk. A small three chapter book tucked away in the midst of the Old Testament. Habakkuk could have been alive today, in our country, and asking those same questions pertinent to the days in which we live. He saw the wickedness and injustices all around him. He...