My computer was slowly dying. As a virtual executive assistant by day, I demand top performance from my computer and it just wasn’t keeping up. It would crash just before I was diving into a large project or it would give me a scare with a flicker of the blue screen of death. My device didn’t use to be this slow. It used to operate quicker, more efficiently.
The “turn it off and on again” attempt to make it run faster just wasn’t cutting it anymore. So, I took everything off my laptop that was of value to me and reset the computer it to factory conditions.
It took 8 hours to reset.
A few years ago I went through a major emotional crash. Like a computer, I was running efficiently despite several demands on my regular and spiritual life. I was active in full-time ministry; counseling women, mentoring marriages, coordinating events, and giving most of my time to the church. But an outside situation caused me to emotionally crash and skid to a complete halt.
I was shut down for a long time. Internally, I couldn’t figure out how to do life again. For those of you who were with me through my pain, I’m so grateful for you as you walked with me through my deep struggle. I tried to find my “reboot” button, but it just wasn’t to be found for a long time. For years I waded through deep grief and tried to remember how to fully function.
Recently, I’ve been hearing “Divine Reset” in my spirit. I feel it during the day as I’m working. I hear it resonate in my soul at night when I’m lying down. I see it echo off the pages of scripture as I sip coffee in the morning.
At the very moment I called out to you, you answered me! You strengthened me deep within my soul and breathed fresh courage into me. Psalm 138:3
‘For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord. Jeremiah 30:17
Like a spark of electricity sending power from a divine source, I feel a surge of excitement to “be myself again.” To fully embrace a divine reset. I don’t know what this looks like yet, but it gives me hope in the wake of my emotional crash to live “normally” again. Hope is a powerful thing.
If you have crashed, spiritually, emotionally, or otherwise, my prayer for you is to invite the Lord to speak to your heart, to remind you of his love. Read the scriptures above and hear the good Father speak them over you. I pray you will see his goodness throughout your day today and feel and know that he has good things for you. Regardless of what has happened in the past, perhaps there is a divine reset on the horizon that will bring you back to yourself; who you meant to be from the beginning.