Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation (Habakkuk 3:17-18).
Prayer: Lord, you said in your Word to give thanks in all things. Thank you when things don’t go right for me. Thank you when I feel like people have left me out. Thank you when I feel like other people got a better deal than me. Thank you for not making my life easy all the time. Thank you for heartache and trials. Thank you for all the things about me that I can’t change. Thank you for the doors that always seem to be closed. Thank you for the missed opportunities. Thank you for using these struggles to make me more like Christ.
~~Nicholas Beckham