We meet in Lois' lovely backyard to discuss, chat, have coffee and snacks. We are studying the prophets of the Old Testament and it's fascinating stuff. Today's lesson was on Habakkuk and I think it was my favourite one so far. Then again, my favourite book of the Bible seems to often be the last one I've studied...lol. But Habakkuk, what an honest and relateable prophet. He questioned the when of God's timing. Why wasn't God doing anything? Then when God told him that he planned to act and how he planned to do so, Habakkuk questioned the how of God's methods. How like us. How like me. God is either sovereign and in control or he isn't. All things work for my good, not just the pleasant ones that I "approve" of. I want to be able to say with Habakkuk that "though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food....yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in my salvation." I am working on it.
