Rebuilding Begins with Grieving the Status QuoChange starts when we acknowledge what’s broken and allow ourselves to feel the weight of it. Nehemiah saw the reality of Jerusalem’s devastation, and it broke his heart.
In Nehemiah 1:2, his brother and others return from Judah, and he asks how things are going. The report is devastating—Jerusalem is in ruins, its walls broken down, its gates burned. The people are in trouble and living in shame. Though Nehemiah had never been there, this news cr...
Grieving The Status Quo
