📖 Scripture: Haggai 2:3–5 (NLT) 3 ‘Does anyone remember this house—this Temple—in its former splendor? How, in comparison, does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all! 4 But now the Lord says: Be strong, Zerubbabel. Be strong, Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people still left in the land. And now get to work, for I am with you, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. 5 My Spirit remains among you, just as I promised when you came out of Egypt. So do not be afraid.’

🎯 Focus Statement: Coming home can stir both joy and grief. Sometimes what we return to looks different than we remembered, and sometimes we have changed too. God never asks us to pretend there has been no loss. Instead, God invites us to be strong, trust His presence, and step courageously into what He is creating next. Home is not simply about recovering the past—it is about discovering God's faithfulness in a new season.

👉 Call to Action: Take a few minutes today to name one thing you miss about the "old" season and one thing you hope God might do in this new one. Offer both to God in prayer and ask: "Lord, help me embrace what You are creating next."

 

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