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Thursday, December 14, 2023

"Rend Your Heart Not Your Garments" Joel 1-3; Revelations 5


"Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
    “return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13     and rend your hearts and not your garments.”

Joel 2:13.

Return to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
    and he relents over disaster.
14 Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
    and leave a blessing behind him.

One of the lowest points of my life. 
I went to my friend Larry for help. 
He referred my impossible situation to God. 
He told me to go to another room and just listen.
He said I was way too frantic.  
Sitting alone in a very unfamiliar place, 
I randomly opened the Bible to the Book of Joel. 
I put my bony finger on the page and
it landed on Joel 2:13. 
I'll never forget the moment. The Presence of God. 

And the same thing happened tonight. 
Fighting back tears, I sat alone at a restaurant and read:
Joel 2:13.
And the rain came down on my soul. Poured down!
How do I rend this heart of mine?

PHOTO: The rain clouds are about to burst in my heart. 

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