"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy" (Job 8:21). Our mouths were
filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy” (Psalm 126:2)
"A time to weep and a time to laugh" (Ecclesiastes 3:4).
"Remember your Creator in the days of your
youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when
you will say, 'I find no pleasure in them'" (Ecclesiastes 12:1).
“When the almond tree blossoms” (Ecclesiastes 12:5b).
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the
gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while
every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even
more fruitful" (John 15:1,2). "Consider it pure joy, my brothers,
whenever you face trials of many kinds" (James 1:2).
"But blessed is the man
who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. He will be like
a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It
has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit”
(Jeremiah...