Have you ever felt that you were absolutely at the end of your rope, left without hope? Sometime during the years of 539 B.C. to 331 B.C. that is the way the people of Judah felt. It seems that their land had been ravaged by a plague of locusts which had had catastrophic consequences.

Once a harvest has been destroyed, you cannot repair it. If a building has burned to the ground, you cannot repair it. In those instances you need to start from scratch with a fresh start. Have you reached the end of your rope? Are all your options closed? Is there no more hope for a happy, meaningful life for you? Are all the career options closed? Is the family relationship shattered? Has our cynicism about government reached a point where confidence in our system is irretrievable? Have the moral and educa…