Restore Your Heart

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Can God Heal My Broken Heart?

Do you wonder if your broken heart will ever be restored? 

Today, I share how God can heal your broken heart in three practical steps. 

Restore Your Heart starts right now. 

Welcome to Restore Your Heart. I’m your host, Sheryl Giesbrecht Turner. Each week, I bring tips and tools from God’s Word to help you identify and overcome triggers, trauma, or tragedy. When your heart is hurting or broken, God’s heart breaks right along with yours. If you are anything like me, you have asked questions like -- why am I going through this? Or how long will my suffering last? Or will this pain ever stop? You have felt abandoned and alone. Be encouraged, you have found a friend here who knows. God understands each hurt. God cares about each loss. Everything that has happened to you has broken God’s heart. Let’s get started.

 Sheryl here, I have great news! Your wounded and broken heart can be restored.

 We’ve all seen those home improvement shows when a house is demolished before it’s fully rebuilt. Your heart may feel the same way -- totally devastated, everything wrecked and ruined. Restoration can happen in our physical bodies, minds, and hearts, but first it must begin in our spirit. This is the miracle we’re going to talk about today. Psalm 34:18, “The Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” I can’t wait for you to experience peace, freedom, and hope. I am so excited to share how it works!  

Restoration is the process of returning something to its former condition.  

How does this happen? Jesus is searching for those who need restoration. When He finds us, broken heart and all, he gently guides the rebuilding process. Like when a shepherd finds a stray lamb, he gently carries it to safety and to the green pastures of restoration. Jesus is the restoring Good Shepherd, in Psalm 23, “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul…that word restore in the Hebrew means – repentance. In this definition, restoration is an ongoing, continuous process. He restores my soul –literally means, he will bring back from my wanderings. As the Good Shepherd, searches to find lost people -- His sheep (THAT’S you AND ME!) and restore us into a relationship with Him. 

The first step to spiritual restoration is to admit you need God.

A connection with God begins with a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. You might be wondering “how can God love me? 

You might say, “Sheryl, you don’t know all the wrong things I have done.” If this is something you might say, I can relate -- Before I committed my life to Jesus, I believed the lie, “my sin is too much for God to handle.” I wondered “how God can forgive my sin – it’s too much for God to forgive.” That’s when God’s people and His Word entered. A teenage alcoholic and drug addict, one summer, I volunteered at a Christian camp, while I was there, I rebelled. But the camp staff loved me with Jesus’ love and spoke a Bible verse to me, 1 Peter 4:8, “Love covers a multitude of sin.” I finally understood and believed – God accepted me just the way I was. God’s love covers every sin committed in the past and in the future.

Let me assure you, God loves you no matter what bad things you have done. Romans 5:8, “God demonstrates His own love for us in this, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” God does not ask us to clean up our act. He already loves us with His perfect love, we are created for a relationship with Him. 

Because of our sins, we are separated from God, who is holy. Romans 3:23 tells us, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” In Romans 6:23 we learn, “The wages [payment] of sin is death, but the gift of God is

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Hey sweet friend, 

When’s the last time you laid awake at 3 a.m. and that same old tape started playing in your head? 

“You’re too much.” 

“You’re not enough.” 

“You should be over this by now.” 

“If people really knew the real you…” 

Maybe you’re a young mom, bone-tired from another sleepless night, changing yet another diaper, wondering through tears, “When am I ever going to feel like myself again?” 

Or you’re in mid-life and the heaviness on your chest just won’t lift—you’re smiling for everyone else while something inside is quietly falling apart. 

Possibly, you’re single or widowed, and the silence in your house feels louder than any crowd ever could. 

I’ve been in every single one of these places, sister. And I am here to offer you real, lasting hope. 

I’m Sheryl Giesbrecht Turner, and for years I believed the lie-knots the enemy had carefully tied around my heart—knots that whispered I was shameful, unforgivable, invisible. Knots that kept me performing, hiding, aching… and far from the freedom Christ promised. 

There was a season when I couldn’t even get out of bed. Depression had me in its grip, and shame told me I should be over it, that a good Christian wife and mom shouldn’t feel this way. But one knot at a time, the Holy Spirit gently taught me how to unravel those lies and re-tie my soul to God’s truth—the truth that I am accepted, secure, and significant in Christ. 

I went from a hope-less dope-fiend to a dope-less hope-fiend—and friend, He can do the same for you. 

That journey became the heartbeat of my book Unraveling the Lie-Knot, but more than anything, it became the cry of my life: hearts can be restored. 

And that’s exactly what this podcast is all about. 

Welcome to Restore Your Heart. 

Every week, we’re going after the exact lies that are stealing your peace, your joy, your motherhood, your marriage, your hope. 

We’re naming them out loud—because lies hate the light—and then replacing them with the truth that sets us completely, beautifully free. 

You’ll hear raw, honest stories from women just like us. You’ll walk away with simple, Scripture-soaked steps you can use the very moment the lie shows up again. 

And most of all, you’ll know—deep in your soul—that you’re not alone, and you’re not stuck. 

Because Jesus didn’t just come to forgive you. He came to untangle you… to heal what’s broken… and to restore your heart to the full, beautiful rhythm He created it for. Your abundant life can start right now. 

So if you’re tired of the knots… sick of struggling with shame… If you’re ready to trade discouragement for freedom, deception for clarity, depression for unshakable joy… Come sit with me. 

New episodes of Restore Your Heart with Sheryl Giesbrecht Turner drop every Monday. 

Search for Restore Your Heart when you get your podcasts, hit subscribe, and let’s unravel those lies—together. 

Because the heart God is restoring in you? It’s already whole in His eyes. Let’s help you feel it… believe it… and live it—starting today. 

Tune in for hope, sweet friend. I will be waiting for you. God’s got you—and your heart is safe with Him. 

Thank you for joining me, I am excited to be part of your journey. Please share this episode and hit subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes. I can't wait for you to experience God's peace, comfort, and wholeness.

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