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Restoration: the action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition. Psalm 51:12 says "Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. A familiar prayer, a familiar place.  Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Give me the joy I had when I first got saved. Uphold me with a willing spirit. Help me to willingly surrender my life and desires to you. God is all about restoration. In fact, in the past, present and future He is actively restoring what was lost in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve sinned. God sent His only begotten Son to restore our broken relationship with Him. Revelation talks about how He will restore the Earth when Jesus comes back. Acts 3:21 21 Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. Even in our day to day God is in the business of restoring. He is restoring broken relationships, friendships, families, finances, health, hopes,

"You can turn it all around, It’s hard to understand sometimes, Is there a master plan? How do I make sense of everything I’m going through? Maybe it’s not ours to know so we have to learn to let things go. And simply try to make the most of every day. And have faith that somehow we will find our way. So count it all joy, All that you’re going through. No matter what you’re going through Even when you’re feeling down Count it all joy, Each moment's a gift to you No matter what you're going through So turn it all around." To listen click here: Count it all joy - Bebe & CeCe Winans I grew up listening to that song and it means more to me now than it did when my parents would play it throughout the house as a kid. My dad would always tell me growing up to “Count it all joy”, now as an adult I can better understand the magnitude of what that means. In James 1:2-4 it says “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because yo