September 2, 2025 • 22 mins
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This episode is all about strength, resilience, and the storms we face—both in nature and in life. We’re diving into the power of hurricanes, the lessons they teach us, and how these natural forces mirror the challenges we endure. From the science behind tropical cyclones to the human stories of perseverance, this one will inspire you to stand firm when the winds of life start blowing.
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This episode is all about strength, resilience, and the storms we face—both in nature and in life. We’re diving into the power of hurricanes, the lessons they teach us, and how these natural forces mirror the challenges we endure. From the science behind tropical cyclones to the human stories of perseverance, this one will inspire you to stand firm when the winds of life start blowing.
🌟 Special Treat! Our Labor Day Sale is live at iLilyink.com—enjoy 15% OFF sitewide through September 5th. It’s the perfect time to grab your planners and stay inspired every single day.
📲 Follow us on Instagram: @InkAndImpactPodcast for behind-the-scenes moments, motivation, and more.
🎧 Tune in now—because the storm may rage, but your roots can run deep.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ink-impact-podcast--6678694/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
They are naturally created machines that operate with the energy
of ten thousand nuclear bombs. They're tropical storms with wind
speeds that can reach up to two hundred thirty miles
per hour, capable of generating enough electricity to power the
entire United States for months. They are tropical cyclones. In
(00:33):
the Pacific Ocean they're called typhoons, and in the Atlantic
they're called hurricanes.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
When I first heard that, I had the pause. Ten
thousand nuclear bombs, one storm with the strength to move
entire cities, uproot trees and scatter lives across miles. That's
(01:07):
just that's not just a weather pattern. That's raw power.
But here's the thing. Every storm has a name, every
storm has a path, and every storm has a season.
And as I think about that, I realize, so do
(01:28):
we welcome back to Ink and Impact, the podcast where
we take life complexities, the ink of our stories and
turn them into impact. That last today, I want to
talk about hurricane season, not just the one on the news,
(01:51):
but the one in your life, the one you can't
see coming, the one you feel deep in your bones
before the clouds even gather. Because if there's one thing
I've learned. It's this. Storms don't schedule appointments, they don't
knock before they enter either, and they rarely travel alone.
(02:15):
But the same way meteorologists prepare us for hurricanes, God
prepares us for life storms as well, if we're paying attention.
So let's start with the science, because you know I
(02:37):
love to anchor everything in truth before we drift into metaphor. Hurricanes,
also called tropical cyclones, are born over warm oceans near
the equator. Mkay. They thrive in heat. They need at
(02:58):
least eighty degree water to survive and strengthen. Without that heat,
they fizzle. They fizzle out before they even begin. Isn't
that something? Heat is both their fuel and their weakness.
Too much cold water and the storm dies. But as
(03:21):
long as it stays in the warmth, it grows stronger
and stronger until a Category five, one of the most
destructive forces on Earth. Now here's where it gets interesting.
In our own lives, storms often form the same way.
(03:43):
They start in a warm place, usually close to heart,
a conflict, an unchecked emotion, a temptation we let summer
too long. And just like hurricanes, these storms gather energy
from what we feed them. The more heat, the stronger
(04:07):
the storm. Matthew chapter seven Versus twenty four through twenty
seven says it best. The rain came down, the streams rose,
the winds blew and beat against the house. Yet it
(04:31):
did not fall because it had foundation on the rock.
That verse is our hurricane prep plan in one sentence.
Build on rock, not sand. Because the storm is coming.
(04:55):
It's not a matter of its wind. And here's another fact.
Hurricanes rotate. They spin around an eye, a calm center
(05:15):
where everything is still while chaos rages around. The center
remains quiet. That's the spirit of God and us. That's
the peace that surpasses all understanding, that calm center that
(05:40):
doesn't change even when the outer bands are tearing everything apart.
But only if you stay in the center. Some of
us keep running to the outer bands of our life, business, distractions, arguments, pride,
(06:06):
when God is saying, come to the center, because that's
where you'll survive the storm. The story of Hurricane Katrina
(06:28):
is not just about loss. It's about resilience, rebirth, and
the fight to hold on to identity when everything familiar
has been washed away. And in the midst of that chaos,
something beautiful happened. Sports became a source of hope. Basketball
(06:54):
became more than a game. It became a reason to gather,
to revealed, and to believe again. The scene from the
movie Hurricane Season captures that spirit perfectly. A coach standing
(07:15):
before his team, not just players, but a young team
of young men who had lost homes, family members, and
a sense of security, reminding them of what it means
to never give up. Listen to this.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
You exiled by the hurricane fellas, I loos homes people
that you love. You were even called refugees in your
own country.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
You know, refugees.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You're Americans, Patriots ever.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
And a whole lot of folks thought that you would
never succeed.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
But that's all.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Right, that's okay, because no matter what happens tonight, you've
already won because you refuse to give up on yourselves.
You refuse to give up on your teammates, and you
refuse to give.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Up on knowledge.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Who in this.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Locker room is gonna give up tonight?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
You've already faced the storm.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
You looked at that monster, you looked at her in
the eye, and you survived it.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Because you're here, You were here, You already won.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I need you to give me sixteen minutes. You give
your sixteen minutes.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Of your best and win or lose.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
You will always have this bullet, You will always have
each other, and you will always have yourself. Who wants
to play some basketball?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
When we talk about hurricanes, Katrina always comes to mind.
It's been twenty years, two thousand and five, one of
the most deailious hurricanes or storms in the US history.
(09:56):
Winds hit one hundred and seventy five miles per hours,
levees broke, Entire neighborhoods in New Orleans were swallowed, Families lost, homes, history, everything.
(10:18):
But here's what stood out to me. After the water receded,
people rebuilt, not overnight, not without pain, but big by
brick by brick, community by community. They came back, And
(10:44):
isn't that something. The storm didn't define them, Their recovery did. See.
Katrina taught us that preparation matters, but so does resilience.
(11:06):
Life will flood your streets. Sometimes it'll strip away comfort
and convenience, but even in devastation, there's a foundation worth
rebuilding on. The question is what's your foundation? Is it
(11:28):
sand that washes away or solid rock? Jesus said in
Matthew seven versus twenty four thro thr uh through twenty five.
Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them
(11:49):
into practice is like a wise man who built his
house on the rock. The rain came, the streams rose,
and the winds blew and beat against the house. Yet
it did not fall. That means the storm came, It
(12:12):
wasn't avoided, but the house did firm. So when the
Katrina moments hit your life, when everything feels submerged, what
(12:40):
keeps you grounded? What keeps you grounded? Y gotta say
that again. Is it in the pinions of people, your
paycheck or the promises of God? Because one of those
(13:06):
things never shifts even when the lovee breaks. If you're
in a storm right now, don't just wait for the
winds to calm. Ancure yourself, prepare your heart, Surround yourself
(13:32):
with people who can help you rebuild when the flood
waters recede. And remember, your story doesn't end with the storm.
It begins with how you rise after it. There's something
(14:01):
about the eye of the storm. In the middle of destruction.
There's this eerie calm, no wind, no rain, just quiet.
(14:21):
But here's the catch. It doesn't last, the other side
of the storm is still coming. That's life, isn't it.
We crave peace so badly that sometimes we mistake a
pause for the end. But storms don't disappear just because
(14:43):
we found a little calm. The eye of the storm
teaches us this peace isn't found in circumstances. It's found
in the one who never moves, no matter how many
(15:07):
miles per hour the wind blows. In Philippians, chapter four,
verse seven says, in the peace of God, which surpasses
all understanding, will guard your hearts, in your minds, in
Christ Jesus. Now that means even when the storm passes
(15:36):
or spends around you should I say, there's a fortress
in your soul that keeps you grounded. So maybe you're
in the eye right now things feel calm, but you
(16:01):
know chaos is waiting on the other side. Take this
moment to breathe, yes, but also prepare speak life over
your situation, anchor yourself in truth, because peace is not
(16:23):
the absence of trouble, it's the presence of God in
the middle of it. So what do we do after
the storm? Here are three truths I want you to
(16:49):
hold onto. Number one, prepare before the flood, before your foundation,
and now spiritually, emotionally and financially again spiritually, because your
(17:13):
spiritual reality for your relationship with Him all depends on
your emotional outcome and your triggers that happen when you
are going throughout your day to day life, and that
helps with your triggers when it comes down to your finances,
so they all are intertwined. The storm isn't the time
(17:35):
to start looking for the shelter. You need to prepare now.
Number two, don't confuse survival with stillness. The eye is
not the end. Stay alert and keep faith active. What
(18:03):
does that mean right? It means don't confuse survival with stillness.
Literally literally, your survival is not you being covered cause
you are sitting still. Chaos can still be introduced into
(18:28):
your life. You're not immune to the storm and needs
you to stay alert and keep the faith active. In
order for you to be an active warrior, you have
to know what it means to be under attack, so
you have to stay diligent, stay aware, be active as
(18:51):
a warrior in His word and understanding that you need
his armor to be able to fight this battle on
the daily basis, including the storms number three, rebuild with
(19:19):
purpose when the water is received. Don't just put life
back the way it was, field it stronger, wiser, and
deeper in God. I need you to reflect on that one.
(19:42):
The only way to rebuild with purpose is to understand
that you went through the storm. Okay, you got out
of the storm. You came out wiser, stronger, deeper in
(20:02):
God's faith, in God's innerstanding of what it means to
have the waters recede and be out on the other side.
To understand that the storm will come, but you are
(20:24):
prepared for the fight because you've came out stronger in
the other in the past, one in the one prior.
Storms will come, hurricanes will form, but you you're stronger
(20:50):
than the wind because you're anchored to the rock that
never moves. Thank you for joining me on this episode
(21:11):
of Ink and Impact. If this spoke to you, shared
with someone who needs a reminder that storms don't last,
the strong foundations do, and also hold on to the
(21:36):
rock in your life, which is God. Follow me on
Instagram at inc and Impact for more conversations like this,
and Hey, don't forget my eye. Lily collection is still live.
Planners designed to help you Stay grounded even when life
(21:58):
spends until next time. Stay rooted, stay ready, and keep
building even after the storm
They are naturally created machines that operate with the energy
of ten thousand nuclear bombs. They're tropical storms with wind
speeds that can reach up to two hundred thirty miles
per hour, capable of generating enough electricity to power the
entire United States for months. They are tropical cyclones. In
(00:33):
the Pacific Ocean they're called typhoons, and in the Atlantic
they're called hurricanes.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
When I first heard that, I had the pause. Ten
thousand nuclear bombs, one storm with the strength to move
entire cities, uproot trees and scatter lives across miles. That's
(01:07):
just that's not just a weather pattern. That's raw power.
But here's the thing. Every storm has a name, every
storm has a path, and every storm has a season.
And as I think about that, I realize, so do
(01:28):
we welcome back to Ink and Impact, the podcast where
we take life complexities, the ink of our stories and
turn them into impact. That last today, I want to
talk about hurricane season, not just the one on the news,
(01:51):
but the one in your life, the one you can't
see coming, the one you feel deep in your bones
before the clouds even gather. Because if there's one thing
I've learned. It's this. Storms don't schedule appointments, they don't
knock before they enter either, and they rarely travel alone.
(02:15):
But the same way meteorologists prepare us for hurricanes, God
prepares us for life storms as well, if we're paying attention.
So let's start with the science, because you know I
(02:37):
love to anchor everything in truth before we drift into metaphor. Hurricanes,
also called tropical cyclones, are born over warm oceans near
the equator. Mkay. They thrive in heat. They need at
(02:58):
least eighty degree water to survive and strengthen. Without that heat,
they fizzle. They fizzle out before they even begin. Isn't
that something? Heat is both their fuel and their weakness.
Too much cold water and the storm dies. But as
(03:21):
long as it stays in the warmth, it grows stronger
and stronger until a Category five, one of the most
destructive forces on Earth. Now here's where it gets interesting.
In our own lives, storms often form the same way.
(03:43):
They start in a warm place, usually close to heart,
a conflict, an unchecked emotion, a temptation we let summer
too long. And just like hurricanes, these storms gather energy
from what we feed them. The more heat, the stronger
(04:07):
the storm. Matthew chapter seven Versus twenty four through twenty
seven says it best. The rain came down, the streams rose,
the winds blew and beat against the house. Yet it
(04:31):
did not fall because it had foundation on the rock.
That verse is our hurricane prep plan in one sentence.
Build on rock, not sand. Because the storm is coming.
(04:55):
It's not a matter of its wind. And here's another fact.
Hurricanes rotate. They spin around an eye, a calm center
(05:15):
where everything is still while chaos rages around. The center
remains quiet. That's the spirit of God and us. That's
the peace that surpasses all understanding, that calm center that
(05:40):
doesn't change even when the outer bands are tearing everything apart.
But only if you stay in the center. Some of
us keep running to the outer bands of our life, business, distractions, arguments, pride,
(06:06):
when God is saying, come to the center, because that's
where you'll survive the storm. The story of Hurricane Katrina
(06:28):
is not just about loss. It's about resilience, rebirth, and
the fight to hold on to identity when everything familiar
has been washed away. And in the midst of that chaos,
something beautiful happened. Sports became a source of hope. Basketball
(06:54):
became more than a game. It became a reason to gather,
to revealed, and to believe again. The scene from the
movie Hurricane Season captures that spirit perfectly. A coach standing
(07:15):
before his team, not just players, but a young team
of young men who had lost homes, family members, and
a sense of security, reminding them of what it means
to never give up. Listen to this.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
You exiled by the hurricane fellas, I loos homes people
that you love. You were even called refugees in your
own country.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
You know, refugees.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You're Americans, Patriots ever.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
And a whole lot of folks thought that you would
never succeed.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
But that's all.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Right, that's okay, because no matter what happens tonight, you've
already won because you refuse to give up on yourselves.
You refuse to give up on your teammates, and you
refuse to give.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Up on knowledge.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Who in this.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Locker room is gonna give up tonight?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
You've already faced the storm.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
You looked at that monster, you looked at her in
the eye, and you survived it.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Because you're here, You were here, You already won.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I need you to give me sixteen minutes. You give
your sixteen minutes.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Of your best and win or lose.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
You will always have this bullet, You will always have
each other, and you will always have yourself. Who wants
to play some basketball?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
When we talk about hurricanes, Katrina always comes to mind.
It's been twenty years, two thousand and five, one of
the most deailious hurricanes or storms in the US history.
(09:56):
Winds hit one hundred and seventy five miles per hours,
levees broke, Entire neighborhoods in New Orleans were swallowed, Families lost, homes, history, everything.
(10:18):
But here's what stood out to me. After the water receded,
people rebuilt, not overnight, not without pain, but big by
brick by brick, community by community. They came back, And
(10:44):
isn't that something. The storm didn't define them, Their recovery did. See.
Katrina taught us that preparation matters, but so does resilience.
(11:06):
Life will flood your streets. Sometimes it'll strip away comfort
and convenience, but even in devastation, there's a foundation worth
rebuilding on. The question is what's your foundation? Is it
(11:28):
sand that washes away or solid rock? Jesus said in
Matthew seven versus twenty four thro thr uh through twenty five.
Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them
(11:49):
into practice is like a wise man who built his
house on the rock. The rain came, the streams rose,
and the winds blew and beat against the house. Yet
it did not fall. That means the storm came, It
(12:12):
wasn't avoided, but the house did firm. So when the
Katrina moments hit your life, when everything feels submerged, what
(12:40):
keeps you grounded? What keeps you grounded? Y gotta say
that again. Is it in the pinions of people, your
paycheck or the promises of God? Because one of those
(13:06):
things never shifts even when the lovee breaks. If you're
in a storm right now, don't just wait for the
winds to calm. Ancure yourself, prepare your heart, Surround yourself
(13:32):
with people who can help you rebuild when the flood
waters recede. And remember, your story doesn't end with the storm.
It begins with how you rise after it. There's something
(14:01):
about the eye of the storm. In the middle of destruction.
There's this eerie calm, no wind, no rain, just quiet.
(14:21):
But here's the catch. It doesn't last, the other side
of the storm is still coming. That's life, isn't it.
We crave peace so badly that sometimes we mistake a
pause for the end. But storms don't disappear just because
(14:43):
we found a little calm. The eye of the storm
teaches us this peace isn't found in circumstances. It's found
in the one who never moves, no matter how many
(15:07):
miles per hour the wind blows. In Philippians, chapter four,
verse seven says, in the peace of God, which surpasses
all understanding, will guard your hearts, in your minds, in
Christ Jesus. Now that means even when the storm passes
(15:36):
or spends around you should I say, there's a fortress
in your soul that keeps you grounded. So maybe you're
in the eye right now things feel calm, but you
(16:01):
know chaos is waiting on the other side. Take this
moment to breathe, yes, but also prepare speak life over
your situation, anchor yourself in truth, because peace is not
(16:23):
the absence of trouble, it's the presence of God in
the middle of it. So what do we do after
the storm? Here are three truths I want you to
(16:49):
hold onto. Number one, prepare before the flood, before your foundation,
and now spiritually, emotionally and financially again spiritually, because your
(17:13):
spiritual reality for your relationship with Him all depends on
your emotional outcome and your triggers that happen when you
are going throughout your day to day life, and that
helps with your triggers when it comes down to your finances,
so they all are intertwined. The storm isn't the time
(17:35):
to start looking for the shelter. You need to prepare now.
Number two, don't confuse survival with stillness. The eye is
not the end. Stay alert and keep faith active. What
(18:03):
does that mean right? It means don't confuse survival with stillness.
Literally literally, your survival is not you being covered cause
you are sitting still. Chaos can still be introduced into
(18:28):
your life. You're not immune to the storm and needs
you to stay alert and keep the faith active. In
order for you to be an active warrior, you have
to know what it means to be under attack, so
you have to stay diligent, stay aware, be active as
(18:51):
a warrior in His word and understanding that you need
his armor to be able to fight this battle on
the daily basis, including the storms number three, rebuild with
(19:19):
purpose when the water is received. Don't just put life
back the way it was, field it stronger, wiser, and
deeper in God. I need you to reflect on that one.
(19:42):
The only way to rebuild with purpose is to understand
that you went through the storm. Okay, you got out
of the storm. You came out wiser, stronger, deeper in
(20:02):
God's faith, in God's innerstanding of what it means to
have the waters recede and be out on the other side.
To understand that the storm will come, but you are
(20:24):
prepared for the fight because you've came out stronger in
the other in the past, one in the one prior.
Storms will come, hurricanes will form, but you you're stronger
(20:50):
than the wind because you're anchored to the rock that
never moves. Thank you for joining me on this episode
(21:11):
of Ink and Impact. If this spoke to you, shared
with someone who needs a reminder that storms don't last,
the strong foundations do, and also hold on to the
(21:36):
rock in your life, which is God. Follow me on
Instagram at inc and Impact for more conversations like this,
and Hey, don't forget my eye. Lily collection is still live.
Planners designed to help you Stay grounded even when life
(21:58):
spends until next time. Stay rooted, stay ready, and keep
building even after the storm
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