July 1

I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you. — Joel 2:25 BSB

It is God who says, "I will restore." Only His divine hand can accomplish it. Christ is the one who restores because He has made atonement for us.

Wherever there is a Christian hurt by sin or sorrow, the face of Christ on the cross shines with healing. "By His stripes, we are healed." By His wounds, our wounds are healed. His face was marred so that the disfigurement of sin in our faces might be transformed into beauty. Through His sorrows, our sorrows are comforted.