Facing Discouragement

"Facing Discouragement" was my message title today at the noon hour. I have been reading the Book of Ezra and discovered that after initial success in rebuilding the temple, they grew discouraged and stopped building for 16 years. In that time frame, God sent the prophet Haggai and the prophet Zechariah to encourage them and they began building again. Well, I needed that. Thanks for Haggai's in the world. There are times all of us need encouragement.