By Ryan Kelly –

Storms have a way of unsettling us. They arrive without warning, linger longer than we expect, and leave us asking questions we may never fully understand. We often want to know why we are in the storm and when it will finally pass. Yet so often, those answers remain just beyond our reach.

What we can know is this: we are never alone in the storm. God does not wait for the skies to clear before drawing near. He walks with us through the wind, the rain, and the uncertainty, steady and unshaken even when everything around us feels out of control. As Scripture reminds us, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you” (Isaiah 43:2).

No matter how fierce the storm may seem or how long the clouds hang overhead, God remains with us, holding us fast and refusing to let us go. The storm may test our strength, but it can never remove His love. When we cannot see the shore and do not know what comes next, we can rest in the assurance of His promise: “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5).