The Year of the Locust
Don't you love when God speaks to you through a song, when that song leads you to a passage of scripture, and when that scripture is exactly what is needed to encourage your soul? Yeah... me too! The song in question is "The Year of the Locust" by Andrew Osenga* and I hope you can take a couple minutes to soak it in, because it's simply beautiful. One line in the chorus says of God "He will restore the years the locust have eaten." I had to google what this lyric was referencing, since I'm not a biblical scholar (yet). It comes from Joel 2, and my goodness, this passage is wonderful! "I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord you God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame. You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I...
