The Grace to Begin Again: For anyone starting over—in faith, discipline, relationships, or purpose.

The Grace to Begin Again

For anyone starting over.....in faith, discipline, relationships, or purpose.

There are seasons in life where it feels like everything familiar slips away.
The fire that once burned inside of you grows dim.
The purpose you once walked in with certainty now feels distant.
The faith you once declared boldly now barely whispers through your prayers.

I know that place.
Not too long ago, I found myself there.

I’ve long known that I was called to ministry. I served faithfully. I led, prayed, poured out, and stood in the gap for others. But somewhere along the way, I felt myself slowly drifting.
Not all at once.
Just a quiet, gradual fading.

It wasn’t because I stopped believing. It wasn’t "church hurt" in the typical sense. But in one of the darkest seasons of my life, I felt utterly unseen.
I was showing up for others while silently drowning.
And no one noticed.

Eventually, I stopped trying to stay afloat. I walked away. Not from God entirely, but from the version of ministry that once felt like home.
Part of me was tired.
Part of me was disappointed.
But a deeper part of me was running....from my calling, from the weight of expectations, and honestly, from the pain I hadn’t fully processed.

And yet, God never stopped pursuing me.

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!”

(Isaiah 43:18–19)

That verse hit me differently one day.
I had been rehearsing my regrets. Replaying the moment I walked away.
Feeling disqualified because I hadn’t stayed the course.
But then I realized—God wasn’t asking me to perfect the past. He was inviting me to perceive the new.

“Do you not perceive it?”
What a question.

Sometimes we’re so fixated on the failure behind us that we miss the new thing God is trying to do right now.
He says He’s making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Which means even in the dry, seemingly deserted places of our lives, grace still flows.

“My grace is sufficient for you…”

(2 Corinthians 12:9–10)

There’s a holy kind of grace that meets you not at your strongest, but in your weakest moment.
The kind of grace that doesn’t need you to have it all together before God calls you back in.
It’s the grace that says: I still choose you. I still want you. Your weakness is not a disqualifier, it’s the very place where My power shows up.

That’s what God whispered to me.

When I finally got honest about my exhaustion…
When I let go of the shame of leaving…
When I stopped trying to earn my way back to His presence and just received it…

I found grace to begin again.

If you’re in a “starting over” season…

Let me say this to you with love and boldness:

You are not too far gone.
You are not disqualified.
You are not alone.

Whether you’re trying to rebuild your faith…
Reignite your discipline…
Restore a relationship…
Or return to a calling that’s been sitting dormant for years…

God’s grace is enough.
Right here. Right now.

A Prayer for Your New Beginning

God, thank You that You don’t discard us when we drift.
Thank You that even in the wilderness, You are making a way.
For the one reading this who feels far from You, remind them that grace is not earned, it’s received.
Help them to forget the former things, and embrace the new thing You’re doing in their life.
Let them feel Your power in their weakness.
And give them the courage to begin again.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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