Michelle’s Story: How God Reached Me Again
Some of the most powerful testimonies come from people who quietly found their way back to God after feeling lost for a long time. Today’s story comes from one of our subscribers, who wanted her journey to encourage someone who may be struggling to reconnect spiritually.
** THE TESTIMONY — “ROHO Helped Me Find My Way Back to God”
"I grew up in church. I knew the Scriptures. I knew about God’s love. But life took some turns that I didn’t see coming. I went through heartbreak, disappointment and a few losses that shook me in ways I didn’t talk about. Little by little I stopped praying. I stopped reading anything faith related. I felt far from God and I honestly didn’t know how to come back.
When I finally admitted it to myself, I realized I had been away from God for almost six years. I wasn’t angry. I was just tired. And I felt ashamed for staying away so long.
Then about three months ago, a friend forwarded me a ROHO devotional. I remember thinking, ‘I’m not in that space anymore.’ I almost deleted it. But something told me to open it.
The message talked about how God reaches for you even when you stop reaching for Him. I don’t know what happened, but those words hit me harder than I expected. I sat on my bed and cried because it felt like God had been waiting for me the whole time. Not to punish me. Just to let me know I wasn’t forgotten.
Since that day I’ve been trying again. Slowly. Quietly. Some days I pray for five minutes. Some days I just sit still and breathe. But I feel connected again. I feel like God is close. ROHO came at the exact moment I needed it, and it helped me believe that God still wanted me."
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Scripture for Meditation
Isaiah 43:18-19 (KJV): "Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert."
Beloved, God does not ask you to rehearse your years of distance or shame. He is far more interested in what He is about to do in your life right now. Your six years away do not disqualify you from His new mercies—they are already breaking forth.
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NKJV): "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart."
Family, God's heart toward you has never wavered. Even in your silence, His thoughts were of restoration, not rejection. When you reach toward Him—even tentatively, even in five-minute prayers—He leans in to meet you.
Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV): "It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."
This morning's mercy is fresh. This afternoon's grace has not been spent. You do not earn your way back to God through perfect devotion—you simply show up, and His faithfulness does the work.
Walking It Out
1. Start smaller than you think you should. Five minutes of prayer, a single Scripture read slowly, sitting in silence—these are not consolation prizes. They are holy beginnings. Commit to one spiritual practice this week that feels doable, not impossible. Consistency beats intensity when rebuilding.
2. Tell someone you are returning. Share your decision with one trusted believer—a pastor, a friend, a family member. Not for performance, but for accountability and community. Michelle's breakthrough came through a forwarded devotional. Your breakthrough may come through speaking your intention aloud to another soul.
3. Anticipate the shame and name it as a lie. When your mind whispers that you've been gone too long or that God is disappointed, answer back with Scripture. Write down one verse that contradicts that lie and read it daily. Shame thrives in silence; it dies in the light of God's Word.
A Prayer for You
Father, I come before You as I am—not as I wish I were, not as I will be, but as I am right now. You see the weariness, the distance, the years I turned away. And still, You reach. Still, You wait. I am choosing today to reach back, even if my hand is trembling. Forgive me for the lie that I had wandered too far to return. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation. Let my small steps toward You become the beginning of a new season in my life. In Jesus' name,
About the Author
Rev. Nicholas S. Richards is an ordained minister, author of Destiny DNA, and founder of ROHO. For over 11 years, he has written more than 6,000 daily devotionals reaching believers worldwide. Learn more about Rev. Richards.