During my prayer... a Word from God came to mind...
"I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten --
the great locust and the young locust,
the other locusts and the locust swarm --
my great army that I sent among you. ..."
Joel 2:25
(my emphasis)
(my emphasis)
The promise to repay... restore... prepared my heart to reconcile...
Lately... in the face of persecution... deserved and undeserved... spiritual and emotional... the phrase... I will repay what the locusts have eaten... continues... making way for reconciliation... healing fresh hurts... before they scar...
God... in His sovereignty... takes credit for the army of locusts... in the eating away... there is purpose... ultimate good... beyond here... beyond now... waiting... in the new heaven... the new earth... creating the silver lining of hope... in a cloudy season...
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
1Peter 5:10-11
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