The Storm That Tried to Break Me and the Faith That Carried Me Through 🦋

The Storm That Tried to Break Me and the Faith That Carried Me Through 🦋

There’s a kind of growth that only happens in the most difficult storms, the windy, gusty, wild seasons of life that knock the breath out of you and make you wonder if you’ll ever find your footing again.

The kind where your prayers turn into whispers, where strength feels like survival, and where faith is tested in the quiet spaces no one sees.

I’ve been there! I have been in the car whispering “why?” I have been there in the middle of the night replaying every “what if?” I been there standing in the storm holding on for dear life. And I’ve learned that even when God feels silent, He’s still working.
He’s not punishing you, He’s preparing you.
He’s not breaking you, He’s building you.

I know because the storm that tried to break me became the one that built my faith.

🦋 When Growth Looks Like Standing Still

I’ll never forget one night during Chloe’s journey, it was months after her crisis, a night when I thought we were past the worst of it.

She’d been doing better. Smiling more. Laughing again. Little glimpses of light were returning.
And then, out of nowhere, the dark clouds rolled back in.

That night, she was supposed to lead a skincare demo for our mom and daughter business, just something small, something fun.
She’d practiced for days. She was excited. But when it was time to go, she froze.
Her chest tightened, her breathing quickened, and she whispered, “Mom, I can’t do this.”

Everything in me wanted to fix it, to step in, to shield her from the gusts that threatened to undo her. But instead, I took her face in my hands and said quietly,
“Chloe, you don’t have to be perfect. Just show up.”

She nodded, wiped her tears, and walked out the door.
Her hands trembled as she spoke, but she did it.

That moment wasn’t a calm sunrise, it was a windstorm of fear and bravery colliding.
But that night, I saw something stronger than perfection, I saw courage in motion.

That’s what growing through life’s storms looks like.
It’s not the mountain-top moment. It’s the small, sacred steps of faith when the wind still howls.

🦋 The Refining Storm

I used to think strength meant control, being steady, capable, calm under pressure.
That was my world in medicine: procedures, chaos, ICU alarms. I knew how to fix things there.
But motherhood doesn’t come with protocols or standards of practice.

And when your child’s pain becomes deeper than anything you can heal with your own hands that’s when the real refining begins.

Because God isn’t asking me to control the outcome.
He’s asking me to trust Him in the storm.

He’s not punishing me.
He’s preparing me.
He’s purifying my heart through the very wind and rain that feel relentless.

That’s the sacred tension of being a Warrior Mom, you’re fighting for your child’s healing while God’s quietly fighting for yours.

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned.” Isaiah 43:2

In the waiting, in the relapse, in the quiet prayers whispered into pillows God was growing both of us.

He reminded me that growth doesn’t always look like sunshine, rainbows, and steady progress.
Sometimes, it looks like roots gripping the ground when the wind won’t let up.

“Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” James 1:4

There were nights when I cried in silence and mornings when I questioned if I could do it again.
But every time the wind picked up, God whispered,
“I’m not finished yet.”

He was teaching me that the storm I feared was strengthening the foundation I’d stand on next.

It actually reminds me of a new song by Emerson Day “This House Won’t Fall.”
Because that’s exactly what faith looks like in the storm, the winds may howl, the rain may pour, but when your foundation is built on God, you will not fall.

Your house stands.
Your heart stands.
Your faith stands.

Because the One who built it still holds it together.

👑 From “Why Me” to “Here I Am, Lord”

Somewhere along the way, my prayers began to shift.
I stopped asking “Why me?” and started saying, “Here I am, Lord. Send me.”

That doesn’t mean the storms stopped coming. It means I stopped fearing them.
Because when God calls you into the wind, He never leaves you there alone.

And maybe you’re standing in one right now, drenched, exhausted, unsure if you’ll make it through.
You don’t need to control the forecast.
You just need to hold on to the One who calms the wind.

“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:14

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9

🔥 Warrior Mom Truth

You’re not being undone, you’re being rebuilt.
You’re not being buried, you’re being rooted.
You’re not being punished, you’re being prepared.

God is using this storm to refine you, deepen your faith, and strengthen your roots for the calling ahead.

“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” Proverbs 31:25

So if you’re in the middle of the wind right now, take a deep breath and remember
the storm isn’t meant to destroy you.
It’s meant to refine you.

🩷 The storm that shook you will one day be the story that strengthens someone else.

Keep rising, Warrior Mom.
Keep showing up with trembling hands and a trusting heart.
Because even here, even now, He’s with you in the wind.

“He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.” Psalm 107:2

With grit and grace,
🩷 Jenn/Warrior Mom

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