What's your "totally awful, most unthinkable thing"? You know, the one thing that would be THE most awfulest thing in the whole world to happen. Everyone has one, don't they? I mean, I do. Whether its relational or spiritual or physical - makes no difference - its the one "happening" in your life that would be the worst ever. E-V-E-R. Its the kind of thing you don't want to tell anybody because you don't want to say it out loud, let along think about it. But you do . . . I do anyway. And especially now, for some DARK reason, with all that is happening around us, my mind goes there. I don't want it to but it does. I think Peter's totally awful unthinkable was his denial of Christ - and his happened THREE times. It must have just slayed him. I wonder sometimes how could he have even gone on after that. One word: redemption. Where our unthinkable is, God's redemption is. Our only hope - our only answer
When Jesus is all I have, He really is all I need. Right? I'm going to be honest here, actually brutally honest, and say that I wish that statement was true for me. I mean, I want it to be true. Does that count? I don't know about you but in my life I feel like I need more than Jesus. I need air and water and comfort and people liking me. I need things going my way and nice hair. Wow, do you think I'm a little self-involved?? Pardon me while I puke. 😬 Thankfully, God in His wisdom slaps me upside the head - I'm talking figuratively, here - with His Word. One of those teaching moments is from the Book of Habakkuk. He was a prophet during a horrific time. Actually, God was allowing the Babylonians to take over, that's how bad it was. Habakkuk was disgruntled to say the least. For over two chapters, he tells God exactly what is needed and what should be done. And God answers him - NOPE - not this time. By the third chapter, Habakkuk's pra