Just a thought by coppi

“The children of Zion can be glad and rejoice because rain has returned to nourish the ground.” (Joel 2:23). All this leads up to its climax in verse 25: “I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten.” What this meant for these people was that God would give back the harvests that had been destroyed.

The above scripture has great meaning to me.  I can remember standing in my twin sister’s home totally devastated, crying most of the time.  I knew my twin had all she needed on her plate and did not need me with all my pain and grief.  My dear friend, Dean, would call me and encourage me with the above scripture.  Hang in there Coppi, God loves you and He will restore your loses to you – not only worldly goods but love, friends, peace, etc.  At that moment in time my mind could not grab hold of what she was saying, but she never let up on calling me and encouraging me.  My friend is in heaven now.  I still miss her.  When we are passing through the storms of life, we need someone like Dean to remind us of God’s faithfulness.  No, my life did not “ bloom” over night.  I went through years of leaning heavily on Jesus and the scriptures.  But, in those years of training, I also learned things about me that needed to be corrected.  It was indeed a very long and painful time, but Jesus is faithful.  Grateful is a word that is imbedded in my heart.  Today, I have love, friends, joy, peace, and all the worldly “things” again – but what I am so very grateful for is what Jesus did inside me.  I feel like I am not the same person I was those long years ago – I think the “locusts” ate some of the uglies out of me. 

 “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in m 

 e will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Phil 1:6.

Just a thought by coppi