I love to read. I have always loved to read. I remember as a child sitting at the breakfast table and reading the cereal box. I have Bibles with various translations, both hardcopy and on my Kindle. Same with books. While I love hardcopy books, I find they often have print that is too small for me. I can adjust the print size on my Kindle, so most often, you will see me reading on my Kindle.
I am currently reading a series by Linda J. White. In the book the main character is a woman who works with a dog doing K-9 search and rescue. In the series, she finds a faith in Christ despite multiple traumas. She is led to faith by a friend who not only speaks words of faith but displays the character of Christ Jesus.
At one point, the characters are faced with the concept of evil. What the author wrote as a response touched my soul … “It’s a crazy world, but I believe. Terrible things happen, but I believe. Death may come, but I believe.” [From “When Evil Finds Us: K-9 Search and Rescue Book 3” by Linda J. White]
How often when we face the evil and wickedness in this world, we ask the question, “Why?” Habakkuk went round and round with God over that question. He came to the same conclusion as the young woman in the book. He said it a bit differently, but the conclusion is the same. “…but I believe.”
Habakkuk 3: 17-19: “Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! The Sovereign Lord is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights.” [NLT]
“…but I believe.”
