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The Storm Is Passing Over
by La-Kee
Yesterday, when I informed my dad of yet another cousin’s passing, he immediately prayed. Then he said:
“Tell the family to keep their hands in God’s hands and trust Him. The storm is passing over.”
He had seemingly applied this phrase to a situation that felt like the storm was just hanging out in one place—right over us. Not passing at all.
We’ve experienced multiple deaths in a short period, just as we did during the COVID Christmas season. I felt the need to do a quick study on storms. Here’s what I learned:
1. Storms are violent because of imbalance
They restore equilibrium.
Similarly, grief feels chaotic because something has been ripped out of balance. Like storms, grief intends to heal.
So grieve. 🦋
“The whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.”
— Romans 8:22
2. Storms cannot last forever
They physically exhaust their fuel.
A storm ends because it weakens, shifts, or breaks apart. Therefore, grief must end. 🦋
“His anger is but for a moment, and His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.”
— Psalm 30:5
3. The storm is something we pass through—not something we stay in
The most dangerous part of a storm is when direction changes and pressure shifts—a space that feels unbearable.
But transition means movement.
Keep moving. 🦋
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you…
When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned.”
— Isaiah 43:2
4. God is not waiting until the storm is over
He is with us in the storm.
Though we may be hurting or afraid, faith is remembering where shelter is found. God will take care of you. 🦋
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
— Psalm 46:1
5. Storms look darkest right before they break
Clouds are heaviest when they are about to release.
He will provide relief from your pain. 🦋
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
— Psalm 147:3
6. Storms reshape the land without destroying its purpose
Floods deposit nutrients.
Winds strip away anything fragile.
What remains is changed—but now more fertile, rooted, and capable of sustaining life than before.
In this way, devastation and preparation coexist.
You are being prepared—not destroyed. 🦋
“After you have suffered a little while, God will restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.”
— 1 Peter 5:10
The storm moves us through grief toward restoration—restoration in our faith, in our hearts, and most importantly, in our relationships.
Not pain-free… but moving nonetheless.
We see life’s heaviness, and dad was pointing to God’s steadiness.
We are tired.
We are grieving.
We are weathered.
But we are not abandoned. 🦋
So when my dad said:
“Keep your hands in God’s hands. Trust Him. The storm is passing over,”
he wasn’t denying our pain or minimizing our losses. He wasn’t being cliché—pretending the wind wasn’t strong or the rain wasn’t heavy and disorienting.
He was speaking from a deeper truth than what we can see through our tears.
He understands that God’s faithfulness is not measured by a single season’s weather. That understanding has been forged through years of trusting God before, during, and after his own storms and losses.
Through experience and a long view—far beyond today’s pain—he knows this:
Storms don’t erase foundations.
They test them. 🦋
While the storm passes, we will keep our hands in God’s hands.
The storm really is passing over. God will balance the worst storms with the brightest, sunniest skies.
“Suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope.”
— Romans 5:3–4
God is still good.
Thank Him for this wisdom. 🦋
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