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I read these verses a few days ago, the day after we learned of Trisha (Bosman) Zylstra’s death and the death of her son who was born that day. She leaves behind a husband and twins not even two years old. And we don’t understand. How does a good and loving God allow this to happen? If he is God, then all things are in his hands, right? Then it is Him who took her and is allowing these babies to grow up without a mother. There are a lot of people with a lot of questions and really questioning God right now.

The prophet Habakkuk saw the terrible things happening to God’s people; he saw evil people prosper while the righteous were persecuted. And he asked God why? Many times in the bible we see God questioned as to why he is allowing bad things to happen to good people. From this we know it is ok to humbly question God. Habukkuk shows us how how. He humbly and respectfully lays his case before God. Then he does the most important thing - he takes the step we most often forget: he waits for God’s answer.

I will climb up into my watchtower now and wait to see what the Lord will say to me and how he will answer my complaint.
Habukkuk 2:1

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