Joel 1: 1-13

What the cutting locust left,
the swarming locust has eaten.
What the swarming locust left,
the hopping locust has eaten,
and what the hopping locust left,
the destroying locust has eaten. (Joel 1:4)

I know a God of abundance and believe in a theology of abundance.

But we also know plague, earthquake, fire, and flood.

We have each experienced a cloud of locusts descending, darkening our days, and eating away all that on which we have long worked.

I know a God of new beginnings, of resurrection, and renewal.

But even Jesus spent three days in hell, why should I be surprised to find myself there for a time.