… Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. Joel 2:13

For those who think the Old Testament prophets only spoke about God’s wrath, sorry. Not so!

God’s people were in sin. Joel was calling God’s people to repent. The threat of wrath was surely there, but look at how Joel pleads with the people to repent—not merely because of God’s impending judgment, but more importantly, because of God’s gracious, merciful, and kind nature!

Let us (and I include myself since I also need to be reminded of this!), repent of our sins, not merely because of God’s judgment, but because of God’s love and eagerness, to forgive, restore, and reconcile us to Himself!