People like to talk about the good old days, but they typically don’t bring presidents back. Only one chief executive has ever been returned to the White House after having previously been defeated: Grover Cleveland was both the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States. One person who anticipated this turnaround was Grover’s wife, Frances. As the Clevelands vacated the White House after losing the 1888 election, Frances instructed a staff member to “take good care of all the furniture and ornaments in the house…we are coming back four years from today!”

Jerusalem remembers…all the precious things that were hers from days of old.

Lamentations 1:7

When Jerusalem was overrun by her enemies – the result of disobedience to God’s direction – her citizens desperately wanted things to go back to the way they were in the days of old. You may be feeling much the same way as you consider the myriad of ways in which Americans and their leaders have slipped away from truth. But it’s not too late! The Lord is patient and anxious for His people to call His name once again.

As you pray today, ask God to bring your nation back to His “precious things.”

Recommended Reading: II Chronicles 15:1-7