Habakkuk

So I am still on my journey through the minor prophets. I read something the other day that did something amazing for me. I will start with a little background.
We all know what this economy is doing, and for some reason it got it's grip on me last week. I was just terrified about how we were going to make it. I was picturing our life as my grandfather's was in the Great Depression. I just kept waiting for the stock market to crash. I cannot begin to explain to you the utter sense of anxiety I felt over this. For a week straight I prayed every night for God to take my anxiety about this and my stress over the money and the "what're we gonna do's" about the possible depression our country is headed for. I kept reminding myself of that passage in Matthew I think when Jesus says, don't worry hasn't the Lord provided food for the birds, and surley He loves you more than the birds. (at least I think it says something like that) Nothing seemed to help though. It was with me every morning when I would wake up, it would stay with me all day long, and when I went to sleep it was there lurking in my dreams. (I must say I do have a very good imagination) However I kept reading the Word. I had to force myself to continue on my routine throughout the day, because I knew if I didn't this anxiety could prove to be debilitating. I don't know if anyone else has ever experienced this kind of sheer panic about any one thing in particular but if you have then you know what I am talking about.
Tuesday night I read Habakkuk. I think I like the minor prophets because I can say I read a whole book in the Bible in one night! Anyway, Habakkuk was crying out to God asking why would He let the wicked and evil people in Judah go unpunished. He just didn't understand why it seemed that they were getting richer while God's faithful people seemed to be at the mercy of the ones in control. Habakkuk prophecied of Babylon coming and taking over Judah and treating all the people of Judah like slaves. Babylon was just as evil as those people in Judah, but God had a plan. So anyway, I am just reading along with the same nagging sense of anxiety eating away at me when I'm at the end and Habakkuk says something that just hit me like a ton of bricks. Habakkuk 3:17-18 "Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vine; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, (18) yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation." Man what a resounding lesson for me. It's not about taking my worry away, it's about me rejoicing in the Lord ALWAYS. He didn't want to take it away from me. Then I wouldn't learn how to rejoice in Him even in my hard times. I mean come on the people of Judah were taken captive, held prisoner, treated like slaves, and much worse, and Habakkuk still wanted to rejoice in God. I think I can handle rejoicing in Him through some financial troubles. The rest of the chapter does go on to say something about how God will make us surefooted as deer to climb over our mountains. So while we are rejoicing in Him, He is guiding us over, through, or from our challenges. I just thought I'd share with you all. Sometimes I hear from God when I'm not even listening! How amazing is He