Restoring the Locust Years (a song by Jeff Pribble)
This is a song based on Joel 2:25, a song of praise to the God who restores lost and misspent resources to those He loves.
Written and recorded by Jeff Pribble
© 2023 Prickly Pear Music
Lyric:
They descended like a thick black storm
A ripping, tearing, gnawing horde
They nibbled at, then gobbled up everything green
‘Til a wasted landscape taunted me
They departed with their buzzing wings
Reverberating memory of loss and grief
As time unwound I prayed against my fears
Lord, restore to me the locust years
Now You are restoring
You are restoring
You are restoring the locust years
You decided to take up your cross
Follow His leading, count your life as loss
When difficult testing came to shake your faith
You persevered, continued in His way
You depended on His daily bread
When the swarms devoured everything you had
You persevered through a veil of tears
Now He is restoring your locust years
Yeah, He is restoring
He is restoring
He is restoring the locust years
Rend your heart, and not your garments
Turn unto the Lord your God
Lean into the greatest kindness
For He is gracious and merciful
God delivered and defended us
He pushed away the foe and we were lifted up
Now we will eat in plenty and be satisfied
We will praise the name of the Lord our God
For He is restoring
He is restoring
He is restoring the locust years