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As I’ve been preparing the message for this Sunday, I’ve been looking back over the year. One thing is clear, all is not as it is should be around this rock we call home. Was it a happy year? To tell the truth, it would be easy for me to just look to my own family. Then I could say that yes, thank you very much, it was a pretty good year. But I can’t escape the feeling that I’m connected at a deeper level to the rest of creation. And so, I’m forced to consider the hurricane, the wars, the hunger, the diseases and a myriad of other factors that made this year less than happy. What do we say to all this? How should we think in light of all that we see around us?

I’ve chosen to recite Habakkuk this week. If you get a chance, read it, I think Habakkuk has something to say to us. There is hope friends. Despite all appearances to the contrary this past year and for the year that approaches, I still believe there is hope. The Rhythm of God is not always audible. Yet, like Habakkuk, I will wait quietly for the day…

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