🏊‍♂️ Swimming Through the Storm

When Faith Is Just Showing Up

Aug 20, 2025

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you…”

— Isaiah 43:2

This morning, the storm wasn’t just outside—it was raging inside my heart. The kind of weariness only spiritual warfare brings: doubt pounding, fear whispering, shame lurking, and everything in me fighting just to get up and move.

But I showed up at the pool before sunrise with every ounce of heaviness on my shoulders, desperate for a breakthrough.

The Battle in the Water

I started slow, letting the water hold my tears, my stress, my questions that don’t have answers yet. As I swam, I prayed with every stroke.

40 lengths.
1,000 meters.
36 minutes and 27 seconds.
Heartbeat steady at 137.

Some laps felt like sinking. Others like little victories—breathing in, breathing out, one prayer at a time.

Raw Reflection: God in the Middle of My Mess

Honestly, I wanted to quit so many times. Every fear shouted, “You’re not enough.” Every lap was another small surrender:
Jesus, meet me here.
Not in perfection, not in polished victory, but in the storm—the middle, where faith is simply refusing to stop.

And God did meet me. Not with instant peace, but with grit to keep moving. The storm didn’t vanish, but His presence never let me drown.

Real Takeaway

You don’t have to wait for your storm to pass to seek God. Sometimes faith means showing up right inside the chaos—tears, doubts, weariness and all. Sometimes God’s answer isn’t calm waters, but company in the deep.

If all you can do is keep swimming… keep swimming. Your weakness is welcome. Your fight is seen. God is still writing your story, one lap at a time.

A Prayer for Fellow Warriors

Lord, for everyone reading this who’s in their own storm, strengthen their heart. Remind them You are with them in the waters. Give courage to go another lap, faith to trust Your timing, and hope to see You—right in the middle of the waves. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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