In the end of his reflections on the trials and tribulations
of his people in Babylonian captivity, the writer of Lamentations makes this
final plea:
“Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our
days as of old.” Lamentations 5:21
While we live in the war-torn debris our lives, there always
lies a secret cry for the return to the days of peace and prosperity. The
biblical path to the restoration of our past successes lies in spiritual
renewal. It is God who brings about the spiritual renewal; God is the author of
our new beginnings. God will give us back the years that the evil one has
stolen when renewal has been wrought in our hearts in the place where God
experienced his war-torn debris – the Cross. – Ron Friesen
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