Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, in rock-ribbed faith:

“What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten;
what the great locusts have left the young locusts have eaten;
what the young locusts have left other locusts have eaten.” 
(Joel 1:4)

I’ve had days like this, Jesus.

In fact, I’ve gone through entire seasons when it felt like

I couldn’t finish handling one problem
before the next one showed up

I felt as though

I had been stripped of everything worth living for –
that there wasn’t enough of me left
to make it worth going on

But that was a function of my ignorance, wasn’t it?

In the insanity of that moment I couldn’t see…

…that You were preparing me

for wonderful things I wouldn’t have missed for anything in the world.

O God!

Next time I sink into that bleak state

please remind me not to take permanent action

to fix a temporary problem.

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1 Chronicles 29:15; Job 7:2-8; Job 3:1-11; Job 3:20-26; Job 6:2-17; Job 7:16-21; Job 9:27-31; Job 42:10-12; 2 Corinthians 1:8-9; Acts 27:19-25; Psalms 30:4-5; Lamentations 3:19-26; Hebrews 10:35-39; Mark 13:13

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper