“and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭30‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬

It’s never the end.

We can look at the mess of our lives and all it’s cost us, but even taking the long way home still brings us home.

For God, restoring lost fortunes and positions is the incidental afterthought. His greatest desire is that we return in both heart and soul in obedience to his word.

Jeremiah 29:11–For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

It’s never the end until we abandon the process altogether. He never gives up on us, we give up on him.

And when he restores us, he redeems us for a hope and a future with unmistakable compassion.

It’s never the end with God. He never gives up on us.