What is restoration? Restoration is the act of returning something to it's former, unimpaired position. It means renewal and revival.  If we are being honest with ourselves, there are things in our lives that have impaired our vision spiritually. We have been hurt in a way that we have trouble feeling or experiencing something the same way. Satan uses these experiences to attempt to tear us away from God, from be restored to the promises He has for us.

In the midst of these battles, I find the most obvious ways Satan tries to work is to confuse us in ways that completely alter our sense of self. That try to turn us away from God. He condemns us and makes us feel guilty by the way we look at our behavior.

Honestly, my most recent spiritual battle has been a fleshly one, one that I have battled before in a much different form. It has shaken my core and has caused me great heartache. It has caused me to look at certain people and things in a new and unsavory light that I do not like. Yet, my pursuit of God in it has been the strongest ever. I have delved so much into the word, been bold in the asking of prayer, and in my prayers there has been constant stream of God's faithfulness. Through it all, the one word that keeps coming to my mind and being said in my prayers is RESTORE.

It's easy to give up, it's easy to take your eyes of the prize, but at the beginning of this journey, God placed a Word so Deep in my Heart- that it has been the truth that I have held onto throughout it is: "He won't win"...

Now, perhaps you are struggling with something- a spiritual battle so intense that you just want to run. I want to encourage you to stay the course- delve deep into the Word. Know what Christ says about you: that anyone in Christ is a New Creation, that you are wholly and dearly loved, He knows our inmost parts and created them specifically for us, He knows the hairs on our heads, and the truth that You are His Beloved- He died so that He could take on all of this.  Lay it on Him. If your struggles are earthly, fleshly- I pray that your heart be renewed to know that He is your Prince of Peace, be bold in sharing with others, and rest in the knowledge that Satan won't win. He is restoring you to himself- the ultimate reward.

"Restore us, God Almighty: make your face shine on us, that we may be saved"- Psalm 80:7

"Restore to me the joy of your Salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. " Psalm 51:12

Praying for all who read and share this with someone who might need it. "Rejoice in the Lord, for He is good- His Love Endures Forever!"