God Restores
It's a promise!
Last year my family was healing from the loss of our second child.
Though he was never born, I couldn’t understand the pain from a miscarriage until experiencing one with my wife.
We also have a few friends who have had similar experiences, and it hurts to see loved ones go though that as well.
As painful as this was for my family, I’ve learned that suffering touches every family in different ways.
Family loss, unemployment, broken relationships or friendships, pain, suffering, depression.
Each one hits us differently, but all of them can leave us wondering how to keep going.
The list is endless, and at times it can feel like the devil will attack us until we give up.
In these moments, we know it’s a spiritual battle.
The enemy is attacking our faith.
He continues to send plagues and pestilence to wear us down.
Even when it feels like God has let bad things happen to us, there is still a promise in scripture to remind us that suffering is not how the story ends.
Joel 2:25 says,
I will repay you for the years
that the swarming locust ate,
the young locust, the destroying locust,
and the devouring locust—
my great army that I sent against you.
See, locusts are a symbol of evil armies that come and try to ruin the good in our lives.
They swarm, eat everything in sight, and take it all, leaving us with nothing.
Even when we feel we have nothing left, look forward to God’s promise.
God’s promise is more than just surviving a plague, it’s the restoration of what feels permanently lost.
He will repay and restore the years that the locust have eaten.
On April 1st 2025, we learned we had lost our baby.
Today, in January 2026, my wife is eight months pregnant.
That is my testimony.
God Restores.
I’ve seen it with my friends, my family, and my church family in many different ways.
Restoration doesn’t always look the same, but it is always possible.
If you’re in a season where everything feels like it’s been taken away from you, this promise is for you.
I can’t wait to hear your story of how your life has been restored too.
G. Banks
Some Housekeeping
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