St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, Epc

Most of my aquatic experience with boats has been with the motorized variety, but not all... I have known the thrill of taking a skirted kayak down river rapids in North Carolina, or the more mundane pleasure of working a canoe down a stream in Arkansas or Tennessee. While in Mississippi, my experience on the water was fishing farm ponds, using a single paddle to move the boat along. Only a few times have I been in an actual row boat, the kind that has two oars that fit in oarlocks (which are a kind of holder that attaches to the gunwale of a boat and acts as a fulcrum for rowing).             This work with oars to propel a boat to a destination is different than what you do in a kayak or canoe or paddling a boat. In this position, you actually face the opposite way from where you are trying to head the boat. You are actually looking backwards to go forward.             This is actually a good picture of the vision we see in Habakkuk. When faith ebbs, hope is almost extinguished, and the heart is broken, God