I will be joyful in God my Savior
I opened my bible this morning and began to read the passage selected for the day. There are times when scriptures fall into my lap and I want to just brush them off and look for an easier or more warm and fuzzy lesson. God, however has a way of knowing exactly when to place the comfort and the warm fuzzes in your path and when not to as well. When I am faced with a somewhat less than happy faced scripture, well it at time feels like a bitter pill to swallow, especially when I am in the mood for a warm fuzzy moment. I woke this morning not quite myself. My physical body was less than cooperative and I wanted comfort. I sought something…….. God’s word met me very quietly and said: HAB 3:17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, HAB 3:18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. My human translation is this,...