Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, though the labor of the olive may fail and the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold; and there be no herd in the stalls - yet I will rejoice in the Lord...
"Here it is, what was kept back, it was set apart for you. Eat; for until this time it has been kept for you..."
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy out of the ash heap, that He may set them with the princes of His people. Ps.113:7,8
"For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise...."
“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things but one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part which will not be taken away from her"
"Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son"
I will bring the blind by a way they did not know, I will lead them through paths they have not known, I will make darkness light before them and crooked places straight. These things i will do for them and not forsake them.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your path.
But without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
"Therefore now you have sorrow, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you...."
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct your path
...forgetting the things that are behind and reaching forward to the things that are ahead...
I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it. God does it, that men should fear before him.
"You who have shown me great and severe troubles shall revive me again, and bring me up again from the depths of the earth, you shall increase my greatness and comfort me in every side"
"But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison".
"Therefore most gladly I will boast my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me".
"For indeed as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy" - Elizabeth
Write the vision, make it plain, that he may run who reads it. If you want to run, you must read.
Also, the heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.