Quotes About Restoration

The passing of Time is the greatest misconception of reparation.

Initially, at the creation, these offices were indeed entrusted to all men, but they were all lost through the fall. Christ has restored these offices to believers.

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end. —William Shakespeare

When God set out to redeem his creation from sin and sin's effects on it, his ultimate purpose was that what he had once created good should be utterly restored, that the whole cosmos should once again live and thrive under his beneficent rule.

No matter what sin you find yourself in, turn to God. Let Him forgive, heal, and restore.

One works hard to prop up an illusion that sucks the life out of them, and the other works hard to make their home a place that restores them, nurtures them, and gives life to others.

But don't ever forget: adultery is also biblical grounds for forgiveness, healing, and restoration.

Hurt him. Hurt him and save him

I am awaiting the return of the nerves to the epidermis. They're being pretty damn slow about it.

We have a Savior Who took on our humanity to take on our shame. We have a God Who knows the pain of betrayal, abandonment, humiliation, and violence, Who shows us that wounds can be healed and can be purified. It's okay if your past is messy.

Sometimes the world loses its face. it becomes too base. The task of the poet is to restore its face, because otherwise man is lost in doubt and despair. It is an indication that the world need not always be like this; it can be different. When I wrote...that I accepted the salvational goal of poetry, that was exactly what I had in mind, and I still believe that poetry can either save or destroy nations.

My first restoration was on 'Napoleon,' trying to put the French version in with the English version, and it was most unsatisfactory.

One of my priorities is giving victims the right to choose different paths to restoration and to healing. It's prioritizing having restitution available for economic harm, having victim services for the trauma and also recognizing that victims are far more than simply pieces of evidence to be used in order to secure a lengthy prison sentence.

There is something that happens when victims and offenders meet. Offenders and victims are able to see each other as human beings, with names and families.

I realize we can destroy ourselves in ways so deep we'll never return to the place we were before we started the destruction" - Valentine

God calls us to life, to love, to healing. We merely have to find our way home.

I was doing many things with God in mind but not really spending time getting refilled by God and His abundant love at all.

We both have some shattered edges," he whispered. "But maybe God isn't afraid of our brokenness. I hope he's not, anyway.

We both have some shattered edges," he whispered. "But maybe God isn't afraid of our brokenness."~Eli

Maybe God doesn't always fix what's shattered. But he can make something new and beautiful out of what's been broken." ~Violet

Damaged kids were like seeds landed in the wrong ground. Parts of them grew crooked. But they could still grow strong with the right care.

And I specialize in fixing things up and restoring them to their former glory." She wondered if that talent extended to humans, maybe even humans who never really had a former glory.

Summer and Winter, constantly chasing each other, wounding what the other heals and healing what the other wounds.

The prodigal son has been welcomed home with open arms." "Really?" "Well," Thomas amended, "with reluctant, irritated arms, anyway.