God Is a God of Restoration

God is in the business of restoration, and He wants to make us whole in every area of our lives. I remember when I desperately needed to recover from the abuse in my past. I had thought that when I was old enough to leave home, I would leave the pain behind, but the problem was in my soul—my thinking and emotions. I needed healing and restoration so I wouldn't continue to be poisoned by things that had happened to me all those years growing up.

Isaiah 61:7 (AMP) says, Instead of your [former] shame you will have a double portion; and instead of humiliation your people will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double [what they had forfeited]; everlasting joy will be theirs. This scripture shows us that God can completely restore us—no matter what we've been through. And He wants to bring us to a position that's better than if we had never gone through the messes in our lives. He wants to give us double for our trouble!