He Brings Restoration

I was thinking tonight how amazing our God is. No matter how many times we sin or do wrong, He always loves and forgives us. “I promise, God, I won’t do (insert sin) again.” But no matter what we promise Him and if we do break it or not, He is always  and constantly forgiving us. I try my best to forgive everyone that I need to forgive but if someone kept doing the same thing to me over and over, I honestly don’t think I could forgive them, let alone love and take care of them. But our God does. 

At the Village this last weekend we sang “You Bring Restoration” and it is truly a beautiful song. We also talked about it in my home group and it is a song that speaks to so many women in my group - and just recently, it speaks to me too. Not only did we sing this song, but Matt Chandler spoke on leaving guilt and shame behind. How fitting for them to play this the same weekend. It does no good to drag it along and to consistently look in the rear view mirior at it. Leave it behind! Thats where it belongs.

Here are the lyrics and the link to the video. 

You bring restorationYou bring restoration
You bring restoration
to my soul

You’ve taken my pain
You call me by a new name,
You’ve taken my shame
And in its place You give me joy

You take my mourning
turn it into dancing,
You take my weeping
turn it into laughing,
You take my mourning
turn it into dancing,
You take my sadness
turn into joy

Halleleujah!
Halleleujah!
You make all things new
You make all things new

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LcyQOLVS_U&feature=player_embedded

Just like the song says, He brings restoration. He takes our mourning and turns it into dancing, weeping into laughing and sadness into joy and only HE can do that. Not music, reading, or any other distraction. He takes our pain and shame and gives us joy! How amazing! I can’t imagine the weight on my shoulders if I had to carry every single shame through the day and every day.  

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. - 2 Corinthians 13:11 (ESV)

Restoration:[res-tuh-rey-shuh

n] noun

 1.the act of restoring; renewal, revival, or reestablishment.

 2.the state or fact of being restored.

 3.a return of something to a former, original, normal, orunimpaired condition.

 4.restitution of something taken away or lost.

 5.something that is restored, as by renovating.

 6.a reconstruction or reproduction of an ancient building, extinct anima showing it in its original state.

 7.a putting back into a former position, dignity, etc.

God clearly tells us to be restored and comforted. It is so hard at times to except this and let go of our sins. But I find comfort and peace from God within this verse and song. 

Hope you find this encouraging. I know we all need to be reminded almost daily that God does not want us to hold onto our guilt and shame! He sent His son to die for us BEFORE our circumstances. Amazing.

Thanks for reading! 

Brittany