Rebuilding

As the Jews rebuilt the temple they shouted for joy, but some wept (Ezra 3:11-12). Rebuilding is a time of joy and grief. We rejoice in a new direction but we grieve the loss of an old way of life. We recognize that we can “never go home again.” In life you must move forward; Forward through seasons of happiness, forward through times of pain. We build and rebuild until we are perfected by the Lord (2Co 3:18).