Restore Us, O Lord!
I have had close friends in my life over the years. Some of us have stayed close. Our relationships have grown deeper over the years. However, I have had other close friends, and we gradually drifted apart. Time and distance have a way of eroding relationships. The same is true for our relationship with the Lord. We start off very close to Jesus when we get saved, but if we don't keep in close touch with Him, we get farther and farther apart. The people of Judah had drifted very far from God. In fact, they had run away from Him in some ways. They finally came to their senses and cried out to the Lord. (Lamentations 5:21) "Restore us, O Lord, and bring us back to You again. Give us back the joys we once had." That may be a prayer that you need to pray today, or you may know someone who needs to cry out to the Lord for restoration. I pray we will all do whatever it takes to be restored. We have to take the first step in coming back to the Lord. We have to admit our sins, a...