In the Old Testament, LOCUSTS plagued Pharaoh’s Egypt* and ate away** “the years.”

In the NEW Testament, John the Baptist ate locusts for breakfast.

1.4) God Can Redeem ANYTHING.

1.5) God Can RESTORE anything.

AND…

3) Something that looks and feels like a blessing or AWESOME OPPORTUNITY might have been sent by the enemy, in order to distract or derail or demoralise (or de-enthusiasmness) us from God’s Plan for our lives.

3.17) This alleged blessing may EVEN be allowed By GOD, as a learning experience or even TEST to see if we internalised and/or embraced the lesson of a previous season (or the other day. Or five minutes ago.).

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*In the Plague that, erm, plagued the unrepentant ancient Egyptians (who were enslaving God’s Peeps, aka the Israelites) in Exodus 10.

**Joel 1 and 2