I will restore to you
the years that
the swarming locust has eaten.
...You shall know that
I am the LORD your God
and there is no one else.
Joel 2. 25, 27
(We can dwell in despair
and devastation,
or consider what
this makes possible.
Bottom line: God redeems.
God works through
and weaves His redeeming
even in the really hard stuff.
There is not just hope
but incredible wonders
that are emerging,
even in ways we cannot
yet see or imagine.
How can His goodness
come from this?
Trust Me in that too.)
O LORD,
You do not just bring us through
the impossible stuff.
You strengthen us
for Your next appointment.
You are already restoring.
Help us to follow You
into the next needful step
and be faithful to You
even in the disorder
and brokenness
and shattered pieces.
Because You do not
leave us there.
You are doing a work
in this time and place
--and in our hearts--
we wouldn't believe,
if told.
The locusts in our lives
do not prevail.
But You do.
And in that truth,
we can stake our lives.
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