Be Restored, Rebuilt and Repaired!

“In that day “I will restore 
   David’s fallen shelter
I will repair its broken walls 
   and restore its ruins
   and will rebuild it as it used to be,
so that they may possess the remnant of Edom
   and all the nations that bear my name,”
      declares the Lord, who will do these things.
Amos 9:11-12 (NIV)

Sometimes we reap what we sow and the fruit of our choices results in messing up our lives. Sometimes it's just a trial and in the end we are out of sorts and everything is out of place. Whatever it is we know we aren't where we used to be or where we know we are supposed to be. 

The good word is that God wants to restore you, to repair you, to build you up so you may possess what he has called you to possess.

Father, Spirit of the Living God, we call upon you to restore us, to repair our broken places, to build us up again, and help us to possess that which you have given us. Praise be to you in us today!

There is no arguing with a fool

Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times,
   for the times are evil. 
Seek good, not evil, that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
   just as you say he is.
Hate evil, love good;
   maintain justice in the courts.
Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy 
   on the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:13-15 (NIV)

There's no arguing with a fool. Sometimes you just have to wait things out before it's time to speak or act. A friend of mine once said that people aren't ready to hear something until they're ready to hear it. Love good, do the right thing and hate evil. Be prudent about your words.