After the Storm — Joy Will Come


Come sit with me for a moment.

Not to fix anything. Not to rush through the day. Just… sit.

Let’s talk about the storms we walk through in this life.

Because we all have them. Every one of us.

It doesn’t matter what your bank account says. It doesn’t matter how strong you look on the outside. It doesn’t matter how many smiles you use to hold yourself together.

Storms don’t care about appearances.

Some storms arrive quietly—like a heaviness you can’t explain. Some come crashing in—loud, impossible to ignore. Some stay for a season. Some pass quickly.

But the real question isn’t why the storm came.

The real question is:

How do we walk through it?

How do we stand in the middle of the wind and rain without losing ourselves?

The Storm Does Not Stay

One thing I’ve learned—sometimes the hard way—is that storms do not stay.

Even the longest ones. Even the ones that break you open a little. Even the ones that make you wonder if you’ll ever feel like yourself again.

Storms move.

You have been through things you didn’t think you could survive—yet here you are.

Still breathing. Still standing. Still finding your way.

Maybe softer now. Maybe wiser. Maybe a little more tender than before.

But still here.

Storms do not come to destroy you. Sometimes they come to reveal you.

To show you what is real, what is strong, and what your heart was never meant to carry anymore.

And when the storm passes—and it will—you see the world differently.

The air feels clearer. Your breath settles deeper. Your spirit understands things it didn’t before.

The Presence That Holds Us

When I’m in the middle of a storm, I lean on something greater than myself.

I believe in God. That is where my strength comes from. That is what holds me when I cannot see my way through.

But you may use a different word.

You may call it the Universe. You may call it Love. You may just call it that quiet knowing deep inside your chest.

The name is not the important part.

What matters is that something meets us when we are at our breaking point.

The stillness that sits with us in the dark. The strength that appears when we thought we had none left. The whisper that says, “Don’t give up.”

You may call it God, or the Universe, or something deeper — but we all feel that quiet presence that holds us through the storm.

Don’t Give Up

If you are in a storm right now — please hear me:

Don’t give up.

You don’t have to be strong every moment. You don’t need answers today. You don’t need to pretend you’re okay.

Just keep breathing. Keep waking up. Keep taking one small step at a time.

Storms feel endless when we are standing in the middle of them. But they are already moving. Even now. Even if you can’t see the clearing yet.

You are not behind. You are not failing. You are not alone.

This is not the end of your story.

Whisper:
After the storm — joy will come.
Just hold on.

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