What do you do when you’ve prayed to God, or the Higher Power that is supposed to hear prayers, and you are left with nothing but silence?
Tag: injustice
Yod – The Prayer of the Aggreived
Yod is a psalm of the aggrieved. We can take comfort in these 8 verses at least, that God sees all suffering and injustice. By God’s inclusion of this faith-filled lament, we see that God desires us to turn to Him for our defense and comfort. We can lean hard on the words God has already spoken to us to sustain and guide us through our trials safely, without compromise or falling away.
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TETH: “Good” Revisited
In Teth, I asked “What is ‘Good’?” (May 20, 2022). I looked at Greek philosopher Aristotle’s word eudaimon. Let’s look now at the Old Testament (Hebrew) usage of that word in Psalm 119:68 to build on our understanding of what (and Who) is “good”.
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Habakkuk’s Faith
“but the just shall live by their faith.” – Habakkuk 2:4. Judgment is coming. The question is not “Does God respond to injustice?”…but “How do I?”
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Habakkuk’s Lament
“How long, O Lord, must I cry for help…Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds…the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes…… Read more “Habakkuk’s Lament”
