Do you remember what happened after that? I didn't. As they were leaving with their shame and their guilt, God gave them clothes and said to them "You don't have to walk with that--here are the things that will cover your guilt and your shame." Because we don't HAVE to carry that with us. We aren't SUPPOSED to carry it with us. If God is in the business of restoring His people the greatest part about what He says in Amos is that it IS going to happen. There are no conditions on this. It's not if you pray more or you go to church more or you journal more or you promise Him more. He doesn't ask anything of us...our Father in heaven has already done it, and He is here to give it to us. ALL we have to do is believe that God is going to do it. It's only because of God's greatness. This is the promise and the hope of what we have as we move forward. God will take everything that is broken and will build it up again.
He restores. And He restores no matter how big or small. God takes that which is broken and builds it up again.
He loves doing that.
Whatever it is in your life, minor or major, needing restoration, God said I will do it.
The good news is that God has PROMISED to repair and restore us.
And He will do it unconditionally because of his ever bounding grace and mercy.
Pretty powerful stuff.
