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Lord, You have said that You would repay the years the locusts have taken away yet for years the locusts have remained I and those I love feel strained this control by the enemy who ignores our "Get Thee gone" plea tantalises and taunts in a way it is sometimes difficult to pray I am asking Lord for my child a little naughty, a trifle wild that the enemy's malevolent schemes would not stifle his inner dreams though my heart aches I now feel strong for it is You to whom we belong Your presence fills this tiny room erasing my concern and gloom You promise a better way rewarding our faith day by day opening doors as only You can destruction and failure were never Your plan   Writing Prompt Write a rhymed poem that somehow encompasses your nightly prayer routine. Author Notes JOEL 2 25-27: What does it mean I will restore the years the locusts have eaten? So the meaning of the restoration of the years must be the restoration of those fruits and of those harvests which the locusts consumed. You cannot have back your time. But there is a strange and wonderful way in which God can give back to you the wasted blessings, the unripened fruits of years over which you mourned.

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