Some days are wonderful. Other days are a slog. On those sloggish days we must choose to cling to the Lord despite our circumstances. That’s when I turn to one of my favorite passages in the Bible. Facing disaster for himself and his nation, Habakkuk penned these words several thousand years ago:

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,

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,

I will be joyful in God my Savior.

The Sovereign Lord is my strength; 

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,

He enables me to tread on the heights.

(Habakkuk 3:17-19)