Joy of the Lord!!

Habakkuk 3:17-18.
With deep feeling, he said, "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, I will joy in the God of my salvation."

So what are we basing our joy upon today; the circumstances that surrounds us the things that we have for ourselves, our possessions.
Why are we being grieved today; is it because of the state that we are in and with all that is happening around us in this world.

Nehemiah 8:10
……Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

My sheep I know, they are My own,
I leave them not in trials alone;
I will be with them to the end—
Their hope, their joy, their dearest Friend. —Anon.

Pleasures of earth, so seemingly sweet,
Fail at the last my longings to meet:
Only in Thee my bliss is complete;
Only, blest Lord, in Thee. —Anon.

Happiness depends on happenings; joy depends on Jesus!