Second Chance

“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten…. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered.” Joel 2:25, 32.

What a vivid word picture God gives us. In my mind’s eye, I look back over the years the enemy has taken and see his victims scattered over the fields of my time. Friends of mine were taken by drugs, suicide, and violence. They were prodigals, casualties of the great battle for souls.

Locust Years

I came close to being added to that list of fatalities. Like many young people growing up in the ’60s and ’70s, I succumbed to peer pressure and experimented with drugs at an early age. Within a few years, I was addicted. I used many different kinds of drugs, but “angel dust” and “downers” were what I used the most.

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