Month: January 2019

You make mankind like the fish of the sea, like crawling things that have no ruler. Habakkuk 1:14 When I read of a tsunami killing 240,000 people, or when I read in the Bible about God killing thousands of Israel’s enemies, I have to wonder at God. Is life cheap to you God? Are we just…
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Are you not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. Habakkuk 1:12 I have a vivid memory from a childhood vacation during which we were at the beach when the wind came up and blew my beach ball out across the water. I burst into tears as I knew that…
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I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told. For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans . . . Habakkuk 1:5-6 Whenever I’ve struggled with some self-destructive behavior, I’ve always gone to God, asking for him to simply remove it. I prefer a painless surgical excision of my struggle…
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Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? . . . The law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. Habakkuk 1:3-4 I rarely write of politics. It’s just not what I do. If I had to write a blog 15 years ago though, I’d probably have spent a…
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Why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me . . . For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted. Habakkuk 1:3-4 The times I’ve questioned God most are when he just doesn’t make sense, or when I can’t feel him. I believe that God is loving and all-powerful.…
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Hosts of slain, heaps of corpses . . . And all for the countless whorings of the prostitute, graceful and of deadly charms . . . Nahum 3:3-4 As a child, I watched a movie in which a young woman’s wicked step-sisters treated her so cruelly, that I felt horrible for this fictional character. How could…
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The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength. Nahum 2:1 When I first began to dabble in pills, I had no idea that I could be an addict and I was clueless about the coming consequences. By the time I started engaging in immoral,…
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The Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. Nahum 1:3 In my addiction, I twisted God’s grace. Every time I used, I felt guilty, and asked forgiveness. I thought I meant it, but I didn’t change, so I was…
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He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:18,19 God gave us the child/parent relationship, in part, to teach us about our relationship with him.…
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You shall eat, but not be satisfied . . . Micah 6:14 In our jail Bible study recently, one of the guys who has struggled with addiction said that he was going to go to treatment as soon as he got out. He just had one minor medical procedure to take care of first. I warned…
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