I have become captivated with the verse found in Luke 1:45. It seems like a fairly simple verse at first read (and perhaps it is) but there is something wonderfully encouraging about it and universal.

"Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to her." (TNIV)

The passage is speaking of Mary, the mother of Jesus. It struck me that the verse is very clear on the reason that Mary is blessed – because she believed God would do what He said He would do. I wonder if one of the reasons we struggle as much as we do is because we cannot bring ourselves to this very simple place in faith…to believe that God will do exactly what He said He would do. Perhaps one of the problems people have is they do not know what God has said He would do in the first place.

As a side note you should know that the original greek word translated as blessed is makarios which can also be translated as happy.