Often when things felt so broken and when I had news that was bad and hard times that didn't make sense when ministry was didn't go as I planned when my health was in a precarious place and I was in the hospital or even when I was in high school and I was struggling with how does this world work together when things seem unjust.

Sometimes this world can feel chaotic and confusing, candid, powerful people take advantage of the week and society can overlook or mistreat those who most need help.

As people who trust a powerful God, we can ask God, please help. Or God, what are you doing? Or God, why do you let those people add that way? Well, when we ask those questions, we sound a lot like the Old Testament Prophet Habakkuk.

Yep, today we are going to geek out again with another minor prophet and you will love how practical, accessible, and encouraging author Taylor Turkington makes this message.

So settle in and get ready for some great Biblical wisdom and practical encouragement on the 413 today. Here we go.

Welcome to the 413 podcast. We're so glad you're here. We're practical encouragement and Biblical wisdom set you up to live the I can life because you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

Now welcome your host, Jennifer Rothschild. Hey people, we're glad you're here today. I'm Jennifer and my goal is to help you be and do more than you feel capable of as you're living the I can life of Philippines 413.

I got to be honest, it's a little easier to live the I can life for me in November because it is nice and cool outside. I do not behave well when I get overheated. I'm just going to say, so I like it when the weather cools off. Do you see like the weather?

I'm your summer guy. I know you are. But I have to ask anyway. I'm just like sitting here thinking where has this year gone? I know right for real. Yeah, it's like we blinked. It's going by a warp speed.

I agree. I bet y'all feel this way too. I think the older we get the faster it seems to go. Maybe we just live more fully or appreciate it with our depth. I don't know, but it does seem to go fast. But speaking of this year, we're going to talk today. I told you about another minor profit. And if you guys are constant 413 family friends who hang out with as you know, we have done several episodes on minor profits because I have a major crush on the minor profits.

And I hope you've already noticed by now that when we talk minor profits, y'all, it is some of the most interesting life giving conversations, right? I think we had some podcasts on the book of Amos because I wrote a Bible study on the book of Amos. So we've talked about that a couple of times. I have talked to you a couple of times about courage in the book of Haggai who Haggai was a minor profit. Lisa Whittle was with us. And she talked about the book of Nahum.

I mean, this has been some good stuff, people. And then, of course, I wrote a Bible study, another one on the book of Hoseya. We're going to have all that on the show notes for those of you who get all excited about the minor profits.

But today is no exception. OK, but I have to tell you the worst thing that ever happened to me when it came to the book of a back kick. Oh, no. Yes. OK, so I think most of you know, but if you don't, I have the privilege of traveling and teaching women's conferences. OK, so this was back many years ago.

And it was right during menopause. I was like, in the thick of menopause, some of you know this, this season of my story, but I didn't know it was happening at the time, but it was menopause combined with blindness and all my hormones got so messed up. And I was just really depressed.

You know, last week, you talked about your brain was foggy, right? Like that's how I was all the time. And I just, I was doing my best. I just didn't know what it was. OK, so that meant that I was constantly having to reorient myself.

I'm reorient myself and forget. And if you don't know, I'm blind. So when I'm on stage, I'm like constantly paying attention to how many steps I've walked where I'm looking while at the same time I've got my scripture memorized of the message.

The whole thing my brain is firing on all cylinders. Well, this night, it was not firing. And so I was teaching out of the book of her back. And I already had been getting words wrong. And so like at one point in the message, I had said something about one. I was talking about something in the book of numbers. And so I told the audience to turn back to the book of November.

And I'm like, OK, I know that's not what it's called. What's it called numbers? Yes. That one. Right. November, the book in November. It's right before December anyway. So, OK, so that was just one example, but things were not going well.

So I get to the very end of this beautiful message. And Taylor is going to talk about this in a little bit. There's this beautiful hymn of praise in Habakkuk 3.

You know, where Habakkuk talks about when the olive crop may fail, you know, there's no.

Brain in the stall. Yeah, all that stuff. Yeah. All right. So I had just, you know, was really sharing the scripture. And then I get to this point. And with drama.

Any motion. I said to that audience who is hanging on every word. So if the olive crap fails.

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