We made it to Restoration. And while it may be the last part of the 4-part Biblical Narrative that we dive into at Jubilee, it certainly isn't the end of the story.

The coolest part about Restoration is that it doesn't "end" the Biblical Narrative. It actually catapults it back into all of Creation. It invites us into this robust and complex and weird and super cool idea that the story actually never ends. 

What...?

Our hearts are the strongest muscles in our bodies. 

And it's a good thing, because we give our hearts a lot to manage. Not only do they have a crucial physiological job, they have a profound emotional one too. Our hearts carry the deepest of our pain and often flutter at our most joyful moments.

They also tell a story. At Jubilee 2025, Russ Whitfield drew the analogy that our hearts are like cassette tapes: we record onto our hearts different stories and messages. These recordings form a "mixtape" on our hearts, and those mixtapes say a lot about us.

There are so many things fighting for our fear. There are deep injustices that wound nations and communities. There is mistrust, brokenness, and pain in our relationships. There's deep hurt within ourselves that doesn't often even see the light of day.

There is so much in our world that is so, so good. But there is also so much that is so, so bad. 

We know you feel it. We feel it, too.

You know we're in a critical state when the first speaker at Jubilee says, "I don't have to ask you if you're exhausted. I just need to ask: how exhausted are you?"

Yikes.

But have we stopped to wonder why?
...why are we so tired?
...why are we expecting ourselves to do so much?