Today I welcome author Kara Hunt to visit with us. She has a compelling devotional about the prophet Habbakuk, and she shares about her upcoming release. Read on through to learn how you can enter a random drawing for a free book.

The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress

upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]!

-       Habakkuk 3:19 AMPC

One of my favorite books in the Bible is the book of Habakkuk. The prophet sees the wickedness taking place around him and wonders, with so much vileness going on, why is God so silent?

Habakkuk's story was written long ago but still rings true today. He didn't understand why God didn't intervene. With so much going on in our world today, many of us can relate. Our world seems to be going downhill fast. Why isn’t God doing something about it?

In this short book by the prophet, God explains to Habakkuk how the situation will be resolved. Habakkuk is initially shocked by God's answer, but in the end realizes God had a plan all along. All he had to do was wait and trust.

And that is all we have to do today as well. Nothing going on in our personal lives, in our nation, or around the globe has taken God by surprise. He's not ignoring the evil surrounding us - He has a plan!

That’s why I created the fictional town of Habakkuk in my upcoming novels. Paper Dolls is Book 1 in the Habakkuk Series, was released in February 2022, and is available now on Amazon. Book 2 in the Habakkuk Series will be released later this summer.

The characters in the novels face seemingly insurmountable obstacles, but like the prophet Habakkuk, they soon realize that God had a plan all along.
 
What are you waiting on God for?

GIVEAWAY—An autographed copy of Paper Dolls, Book 1 in the Habakkuk Series, will be given away (USA residents only) to a randomly chosen commenter. To enter the giveaway, answer the following question and leave your answer in the comment section. QUESTION: What is your favorite book in the Bible?

Paper can be torn and dolls can break.

So can humans.

Kite Tanner, a widow, struggles with the sudden loss of her husband.

Priscilla Martin, the minister’s daughter, pursues money and men with passion.

Lydia Dooley, a prayer-warrior, battles a brain tumor and a daughter who can’t forget the sins of her mother’s past.

Eve Stanton, a talented Christian singer and songwriter, is brought to her knees when the truth about her marriage is revealed.

Mary Rabin, kidnapped from her front yard at the age of eight, returns forty years later to reunite with the family and friends she’d fought for decades to find her way back to.

The bonds of family and friendship are tested.
 
Will the women’s faith in God and each other stand the test of time? Or will it crumple like paper?

Kara Hunt enjoys both fiction and non-fiction and has been a contributing author to the devotional Marriage Matters. Kara, an evangelical minister, hosts the Cheer UP! Podcast. She is a member of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA), the National Association of Christian Ministers, Faith, Hope, & Love Christian Writers (FHLCW), and American Christian Fiction Writers. She has garnered finalist and semi-finalist recognition in the ACFW Genesis Awards in the Mystery/Thriller/Suspense and Women’s Fiction categories. Kara and her husband reside in rural Missouri.

FIRST PAGE OF PAPER DOLLS:

Kite Tanner leaned forward to get a better look at the small crowd that had gathered across the road from her. She was a good distance away and the windshield needed a good cleaning, but the target was easy to spot. Five-foot-ten. Lanky build. Untamed black curls. Boyish good looks. The client profile listed his age as forty-one. She squinted and leaned in a bit more. The guy in her line of sight could easily pass for half that age. That was also in the profile.

She grabbed the Canon Mark III from her lap and double-checked to make sure it was still in silent mode. She tossed her purse on the van floor and began rapid shooting just as the target jogged toward a group of kids, who were running toward him. He lifted a young blond boy about the age of seven before the rest of the kids collided with his long legs. An Asian girl stomped to the side, folded her arms, and pouted. Without letting go of the boy, he scooped her up with his free arm. She flung her arms around his neck and smiled. The kids ranging in age from about five to twelve, wore dark green T-shirts with the name Gideon’s Club emblazoned in white across the front. They followed the subject down the street to a small red brick building with a steeple but no name on the outside. The man set the boy on the wooden railing that lined the walkway, then turned to open the door. The kids filed in, one after the other, a few stopping the line to talk with him. After the last one stepped inside, the boy jumped off the railing and ran into the church.

The target continued to hold the door open, chatting with the girl in his right arm until four other adults—three women and one man— approached from the side of the church wearing the same style T-shirts. He handed the girl to one of the women. Kite zoomed in on the women to see if any of them fit the “Botoxed bottle blonde” description the client gave. None of the women even came close. She lowered the camera and sat back. From the looks of it, her client’s husband wasn’t cheating on her. Apparently, the four hours every Tuesday night that he disappeared were not spent with another woman but with a group of kids. A group of kids who were excited to see him.

The question was, why was he keeping this from his wife?

Kite retrieved her phone from the dashboard mount. A quick internet search described The Gideon’s Club as a local Christian organization that reached out to kids in crisis. That explained it. She’d had the unfortunate privilege of meeting his wife, the outspoken assistant district attorney, Lauren DeMint, at the office a few days back. Not only was Mrs. DeMint a proud atheist, she also didn’t hide her disdain for children.

Kite flicked her eyes from her phone back to the windshield and wondered why a guy who obviously loved working with children—and from the way they reacted, the feeling was mutual—would stay married to a woman like that? She tossed her phone onto the passenger seat and laid her head against the headrest. Working for Jack Eagle and Eagle Eye Investigative Services the past eighteen months had her asking questions she’d never before thought to ask. Wasn’t her business to ask. She glanced at her opened purse on the floor.

Her recently delivered P.I. license stared back at her and reminded her that now it was.

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