And the fields produce no food

"though the olive crop fails
    and the fields produce no food,yet I will rejoice in the Lord."
~Habakkuk 3:17,18

Crooked roads

"Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low.
The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth."
~Luke 3:5

Great gain (Amerongen)

"But godliness with contentment is great gain.

For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it."

~1 Timothy 6:6,7

Being watchful and thankful

"Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful."

~Colossians 4:2

Of the free woman

"Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman."

~Galatians 4:31

Why, Lord ..

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 "But I cry to you for help, Lord;

    in the morning my prayer comes before you.

Why, Lord, do you reject me

    and hide your face from me?"

~Psalm 88:13,14

The Lord is righteous

"But the Lord is righteous;

    He has cut me free from the cords of the wicked."

~Psalm 129:4

Righteous

"For the Lord is righteous, He loves justice; the upright will see His face."
~Psalm 11:7

Joy instead of sorrow

"I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow."

~Jeremiah 31:13

Rich in Faith

"Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be

rich in faith

and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love Him?"

~James 2:5

Alpha and the Omega

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.
Those who are victorious will inherit all this,
and I will be their God and they will be My children."

~Revelation 21:6,7