God Will Restore What You Thought Was Wasted

Whitney Hopler

Dreams die hard. A marriage you'd thought would last forever could end in divorce. A business you'd worked hard to build could fail, leaving you in financial ruin. A child you'd invested your life into for years could make choices that grieve you deeply. When your dreams are ruined, it can seem as if a swarm of locusts have invaded your life and gobbled up whatever sense of hope you have. But God promises to restore your hope - and your life - even if you've lost many years to the locusts of destruction.

Here are some ways you can turn to God for restoration:

Adapted from After the Locusts: Restoring Ruined Dreams, Reclaiming Wasted Years, copyright 2002 by Jan Coleman. Published by Broadman & Holman Publishers, Nashville, Tenn., www.lifewaystores.com, 1-800-448-8032.

Jan Coleman is a former journalist, humor columnist, and legislative aide in the California State Senate. She's written features for national magazines and is a contributing author to dozens of book compilations such as the Chicken Soup for the Soul and God Allows U-Turns series. Active in their church, she and her husband teach seminars to help people find their passion and ministry. They live in Auburn, California.

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