Habbakuk - Expressing a sober view to God

When going through the book of Habbakuk in class, I have noticed that a couple key things. It starts off with Habbakuk already in a state of frustration, he seems that he is basically speaking his mind. He cries out to God saying "How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, 'Violence!' but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong?...." If you read on you will see that God did answer him. Although probably not with the kind of answer that you would expect. God answered by saying he will send the Babylonians to take Judea captive. You have to read God's description of them to realize what a force this is.
We can be so disconnected from what is happening here in the Bible. While if we draw this text into our day, we will realize that this is like us crying out to God to pour his love on our nation. We wait and wait, yet nothing happens. But when God sends his message it comes in the form of the Taliban to take us captive. Now this is only an example, and not something that I am saying will happen. But I believe that one thing we can get from this text is how honest Habbakuk was with God. He did not try to "dumb" it down for God, but rather he spoke what was on his heart. He spoke the things that made him restless at night. Through this all the most significant thing I believe he did was he would always wait for an answer. You will read that once God answered Habbakuk the first time, Habbakuk prayed again, pouring out what lay heavy on his heart. This is the type of two way communication that is supposed to take place. We so often pray and do not expect an answer. Here in Habbakuk is a challenge not only to pray what is heavy on our hearts and question what is happening but to also wait and wait patiently for God to answer. He will, in time...