After my stroke, I learned that God’s Spirit has the power to breathe
life back into the places that feel empty, broken, or without hope.
“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again!” (Ezekiel 37:5, NLT)
Those words hit me deeply. Because after my stroke, I felt like dry bones. My speech was gone. My right side didn’t move. Even my energy felt drained. It was like the breath had been knocked out of me.
But God wasn’t done. Slowly, He began breathing His Spirit back into me. Not in one big, dramatic moment. But little by little. A single word returned. A small step forward. A laugh with my boys at the dinner table. Each moment felt like God whispering, “Live again.”
That’s the gift of new breath. God’s Spirit has the power to bring life where we only see loss. He can revive what feels dead, broken, or too far gone.
And it’s not just my story—it’s His promise for you too. Maybe your “dry bones” are a broken dream, a hurting relationship, or grief that feels too heavy to carry. Whatever it is, God can breathe His Spirit into it. He doesn’t just help us survive. He makes us live again.
So when life knocks the wind out of you, remember this: the same God who breathed life into dry bones is breathing life into you today.