Pinch Me

Pinch me I must be dreaming

for this can't all be real?

Am I seeing things?

Am I in a trance?

I am being taken places and not by chance!

Pinch me I must be dreaming

for I'm still rubbing my eyes.

I'm certain I didn't get here

by my own demise.

I'm certain that You took Me,

but how in the world did it happen?

It's like things flipped and now I'm here.

You sure are good at being Captain!

Pinch me I must be dreaming!

Is this really my life?

Just yesterday I was alone and poor

but today I'm happier than a rich man's wife!

Never mind, don't pinch me.

I don't want to wake up!

For I'm living the dream and the dream is bliss.

I'm living life out with a twist

all because I followed you,

and the 'unknown' has lead to this!

***

“Yes indeed, it won’t be long now.” God’s Decree. “Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once—and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills. I’ll make everything right again for my people Israel:

“They’ll rebuild their ruined cities. They’ll plant vineyards and drink good wine. They’ll work their gardens and eat fresh vegetables. And I’ll plant them, plant them on their own land. They’ll never again be uprooted from the land I’ve given them.” 

God, your God, says so.”

‭‭Amos‬ ‭9‬:‭13‬-‭15‬ ‭MSG‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/97/amo.9.13-15.MSG

***

The Lord will reply, “Look! I am sending you grain and new wine and olive oil, enough to satisfy your needs. You will no longer be an object of mockery among the surrounding nations. I will drive away these armies from the north. I will send them into the parched wastelands. Those in the front will be driven into the Dead Sea, and those at the rear into the Mediterranean. The stench of their rotting bodies will rise over the land.” 

Surely the Lord has done great things! Don’t be afraid, O land. Be glad now and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things. Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field, for the wilderness pastures will soon be green. The trees will again be filled with fruit; fig trees and grapevines will be loaded down once more. Rejoice, you people of Jerusalem! Rejoice in the Lord your God! For the rain he sends demonstrates his faithfulness. Once more the autumn rains will come, as well as the rains of spring. The threshing floors will again be piled high with grain, and the presses will overflow with new wine and olive oil. 

The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you. Once again you will have all the food you want, and you will praise the Lord your God, who does these miracles for you. Never again will my people be disgraced.

Then you will know that I am among my people Israel, that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other. Never again will my people be disgraced.”

‭‭Joel‬ ‭2‬:‭19‬-‭27‬ ‭NLT‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/116/jol.2.19-27.NLT