So this is a painting I did last year called "City of Hope" which is all about Restoration. It's from a song titled "City of Hope" by Amanda Cook from the album: Brave New World. The lyrics are:
Once we were a barren land
Dry from disappointment
But Heaven, like a heavy rain
Revealed Your heart for us
Now we're dusting off our instruments
In You we've found our will to live
What was once a wilderness
Is teeming with new life
You are mending the broken-hearted
You are making all things new
You're rebuilding out of the ruins
A city of hope with the ones You love
Adoption is our heritage
Chosen from the orphanage
The Father's great inheritance
Bestowed upon us all
You are mending the broken-hearted
You are making all things new
You're rebuilding out of the ruins
A city of hope with the ones You love
We're the ones You love
We're the ones You love
We're the ones You love
We're the ones You love
You're rebuilding out of the ruins
A city of hope with the ones You love
You are mending the broken-hearted
You are making all things new
You're rebuilding out of the ruins
A city of hope with the ones You love
I love that God is a god of restoration and healing. He takes the broken pieces of our lives and makes something beautiful from those broken pieces. He wants to restore relationships, dreams, our joy, memories, failures, etc.. He's so good!
Be blessed this week!
Terri