{"id":12683,"date":"2024-11-09T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=12683"},"modified":"2024-11-06T07:49:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T12:49:33","slug":"locust-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=12683","title":{"rendered":"Locust Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181117_111441-e1556306182162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181117_111441-e1556306182162-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5463\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181117_111441-e1556306182162-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181117_111441-e1556306182162-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  The crops are growing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Thank you Lord!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from Charles R. Hembree<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are years in South Africa when locust swarm the land and eat the crops.  They come in hordes, blocking out the sun.  The crops are lost and a hard winter follows.  The &#8220;years that the locusts eat&#8221; are feared and dreaded.  But the year after the locusts, South Africa reaps it greatest crops, for the dead bodies of the locust serve as fertilizer for the new seed.  And the locust year is restored as great crops swell the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a parable of our lives. There are seasons of deep distress and afflictions that sometimes eat all the usefulness of our lives away. Yet, the promise is that God will restore those locust years if we endure. We will reap if we faint not. Although now we do not know all the &#8220;whys,&#8221; we can be assured our times are in His hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. John 5:4 (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: The crops are growing! Me: Thank you Lord! This is from Charles R. Hembree There are years in South Africa when locust swarm the land and eat the crops. They come in hordes, blocking out the sun. The crops are lost and a hard winter follows. 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