If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: (2 Chronicles 6:38)
God earnestly invites those who have strayed to return to Him. There are forgiveness and life for those who accept the divine invitation to return (see Rev. 22:17).