For the last 20 years, the TV show “Survivor” has been a phenomenon. The reality show audience has been captured by the question “Who will survive to the end?” Yet, isn’t that our question as well? With the ups and downs we can expect to endure in life, we wonder “can we survive?” Sometimes we get stuck in the “downs,” mired in pain that we can’t seem to overcome. Today’s lesson guides us with our Shepherd toward restoration.