I said in my post, Mentors in Lament, that Habakkuk was one of the people I look up to for lamenting well. In Habakkuk’s life and writings it is clear that lamenting does not equal “not trusting”. It is out of his lamenting and God’s responses that Habakkuk’s choice to trust and cling to and [...]
Archive for July 2nd, 2007
Habakkuk: Trust and Waiting
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Regret in Heaven?
Posted in Relationship with God, Sadness and suffering, emotions on July 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When I was in college I had a professor who asked why would God need to wipe away every tear from our eyes in heaven? I had never thought about it before. My assumption when she asked was that it would just be the residue of all the tears I had ever cried on earth. [...]