Faith Will Outlast The Storms. Poem by Carl R Nicolas

Faith doesn't always manifest itself as a roaring wildfire.
Sometimes, it can be compare to a small portable heater
in a single, quiet room.

Outside, the winds are howling.
Snowstorms rage.
Temperatures fall to zero…
to negative ten…
to places where breath itself feels fragile.

But inside that room,
there is warmth.

Not because the storm stopped.
Not because winter surrendered.
But because something small
is stronger than the storms raging outside.

That is faith.

Faith does not have to be the size of a mountain
to reach the height of its power.
It can begin as a whisper of serenity,
a flicker in the chest,
a quiet "I will endure"
when everything around you says, "You will not."

That tiny ember becomes your iron shield.
That gentle calm becomes your fortress.

And while the world measures strength
by noise and magnitude,
faith measures strength
by endurance.

A small heater can outlast an entire winter.
A small seed can split open stone.
A small candle light can command an entire room of darkness.

That is Faith.

Never underestimate
the quiet power within you.

Faith pulls you forward
when doubt tries to drag you back.
It anchors you
when chaos tries to scatter you.
It lifts you
when the cold of circumstance
tries to freeze your destiny.


Faith does not deny the storm,
it outlasts it.
Faith carries you beyond horizons
you cannot yet see.

For within that tiny spark
lives a force stronger than fear,
stronger than despair,
stronger than any storm you will ever face.

And when winter passes,
as it always does,
you will rise,
not merely warmed…
But whole again.
Carl Nicolas.