Becoming Again: What Easter Teaches Us About Starting Over

New beginnings are typically imagined as dramatic events that include a move or achievement and a moment of sudden understanding. But Easter tells a different story. It tells the story of becoming again. Not through noise, but through return.

Resurrection only comes after something has died. That doesn’t make it the end of your story. It means your story is being rewritten in grace

Before the resurrection came silence. Waiting. Uncertainty. That sacred moment existed in the silence as an unseen transformation unfolded.

The prospect of starting all over again often feels overwhelming to many women. We think it has to be dramatic. We believe we must reach states of preparedness or perfection before we begin anew. Newness emerges from darkness according to the lessons of Easter. In quiet places. When we rise without knowing what our plan is.

Starting Over Is Not Failure

Society teaches us that the conclusion of a job or a relationship means we have experienced failure. Resurrection always follows the death of something. The conclusion of an event does not signify the termination of your journey. Your life narrative is receiving a transformative rewrite through grace.

Easter calls us to cease acting and instead engage in active listening. To release shame. What appears buried may actually be transitioning into new existence.

Your Becoming Might Look Different Now

Your return does not require you to be the woman who existed before. Jesus chose not to revisit the tomb to provide explanations. He returned without attempting to prove his identity to others. He walked out transformed — quietly, completely, whole.

You’re allowed to do the same.

The softness within you today surpasses any strength your past efforts ever achieved.

The truthfulness of your current gentleness exceeds the sum of all your previous attempts to demonstrate your worth.

Let this season whisper: Your becoming requires no explanation. You only need to walk in it.

You do not need to explain your becoming. You only need to walk in it

The Gift of the Second Beginning

Easter isn’t just about beginnings. It’s about beginning again. And again. And again.

Because becoming is not a one-time event. It is rhythm. It is grace with a long memory. Your commitment to rise after each moment of being broken open shows true resilience.

During this Easter season please give yourself permission to let go of any expectation for a new beginning.

Choose to transform yourself peacefully and faithfully.

Not for applause.

Not for recognition.

But because resurrection lives in you too.