hand of the Lord may be in your losses. Understand that his intent may be to bring you back to himself. When your money slips through your fingers before you can close your fist, when one sickness comes on top of another, when you have more of the things of this world but get less enjoyment out of them, consider that the Lord may be teaching you something. Learn the lesson of Joel. But divine judgement in Joel ultimately spills beyond the borders of Israel and expands to eschatological proportions.