Beforeword: Welcome to week 3 of my birthMONTH journey — a sacred pause, a time to reflect, to renew, and to realign heart. This week is restoration. You don’t have to travel to a tropical island to be renewed (though it doesn’t hurt!). God invites us to experience deep healing and soul-refreshing restoration wherever we are.

Restoration means allowing God to meet us in our broken, tired, or weary places—and trusting that He is making all things new.

Restore Me Again

Restore me again,
O Breath of Life—
where I’ve been running on empty,
where days seem like one long night,
where the spark has dimmed,
and joy feels like distant memory too far to reach.

Yeah … meet me there.

In the middle of the mess.
In the depths of my spirit.
In the quiet that screams louder than noise.
Meet me in the hush where healing takes place.

Restore me—
not to who I used to be,
but to the me You dreamed when You first said, “Let there be.”

Pour peace into places I didn’t even know were bleeding.
Shower mercy into the cracks I’ve tried to hide.
Let Your love rebuild what I thought was lost—
not back to before,
but forward into what is to be.

Take the broken pieces,
the bruised hopes,
the delayed dreams—
and breathe new meaning into them.

Make beauty rise
where ashes lay.
Make purpose bloom
where doubt once sway.

Restore me again.
And again.
And again—
until I shine with the glow of Your purpose,
until I walk in the unconditionality of Your love,
until my rest becomes Your testimony in me.

Restore me again,
O Breath of Life.

The challenge: How to participate

This week, take intentional time each day to create space for restoration. That might mean

• sitting quietly with God for 10 minutes,
• journaling about a place where you need healing,
• walking in nature,
• or even taking a restorative nap without guilt.

Restoration is an act of surrender. It invites God to do the work of healing while we rest in a “soul vacation” in Him—right where we are—giving Him access to our tired hearts.

Who’s ready to make space for wholeness this week?

Thank you for joining this birthMONTH celebration. Click here for the overview of this journey!

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