Washed in the Word: When the Waves Come Crashing

She's not drowning--she's being developed. The waves aren't to destroy her; they're to call her deeper.

There are some seasons when life doesn’t just shake you—it drenches you. The kind of season where the waves don’t wait for you to catch your breath. Where grief is not polite, and breakthrough comes wrapped in exhaustion. Where one moment you’re on your knees in worship, and the next you're crumbled on the floor in tears.

That's where I've been.

Over the past few months, I've experienced what I can only describe as wave after wave of deep, personal, spiritual, and emotional intensity.

My beloved Aunt Ethel grew ill and as the worship music played in her hospital room, I prayed, I felt her last breath, and I watched her pulse cease as she stepped into eternity while in my arms. That kind of sacred heartbreak can't be neatly explained. While grieving, I also endured unexpected tension and fallouts within my family. Less than a week after we laid my aunt to rest another family member passed away. At the same time, a long-awaited breakthrough came—justice was finally delivered for my daughter. A battle I had carried in the depths of my spirit as a mother was answered. Glory to God!

All of this occurred while navigating the chaos and constant demands of my job, where leadership, deadlines, and expectations swirled like storms around me.

Yes, I've been in the deepest of waters.

By the grace of God I haven't drowned.

And that's the part I need to testify about.

Washed, But Not Washed Away

Here's what Holy Spirit has taught me through it all:

"You are being washed, not wasted."

The waters of hardship don't come to ruin you.

They come to reveal you.

To cleanse, not consume.

To refine, not erase.

Ephesians 5:26 says Christ sanctifies and cleanses His bride "with the washing of water by the word." It's a poetic verse—and it's a process.

When you're washed in the Word, everything else has to be stripped: pride, pretense, unhealed places, unbelief, and remnants of the old man. The Word goes deep and sanitizes where we've been silently bleeding. It doesn't just make you look clean—it makes you whole.

This season, I haven't always felt like I can brave the crazy waves of life. But every time I turned to His Word, I discovered the waves were not the final word—He was. The creation can never supersede the creator.

Anchored in Christ, Not in Circumstance

Grief speaks loud. It speaks louder than your plans and goals. It can be so loud the chaos chokes out clarity. Those are the moments when you must intentionally decide what grounds you.

And if you've ever lost something precious in your arms—like I did with my Aunt—or had to serve family through storms, smile while fellowshipping at church, or hold a poker face in the workplace, then you already know: only Christ can anchor a soul in water like that.

Hebrews 6:19 says, "This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast…" Hope isn't optimism. It's not wishful thinking.

Hope is the weight that keeps your soul grounded when life starts tossing everything else overboard.

And that hope has a name—Jesus.

Walking Forward While Wet

I'm still walking forward—wet from the waves but washed by the Word.

Every fallout, every tear, every late-night prayer hasn't been in vain.

The water didn't come to bury me.

It came to baptize me in His boldness again.

This is what I now know more than ever:

"God doesn't stop the waves—He calls you to Him and teaches you how to walk on them."

So, to every sister reading this who feels waterlogged by life, hear me clearly:

You are not drowning. You are developing.

You are not finished. You are being formed.

You are not forgotten. You are being fashioned for His glory.

Let the Word wash you.

Let Holy Spirit anchor you.

And let the boldness of your next step silence the storm.

Washed in the Word. Now, WALK IT OUT.

This moment is not just for reading—it’s for responding.

Let the Word move you from stillness to surrender, from insight to implementation.

Reflection Prompt:

What has this season washed up in your heart?

Is it disappointment? Hope deferred? Hidden fear?

Let the Word address it. Let the Spirit transform it.

Take 10 minutes this week to sit before the Lord and ask:

“Lord, what am I still carrying that You’re trying to cleanse in me?”

📖 Anchor Your Faith in These Scriptures:

• Isaiah 43:2 – “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you…”

• Psalm 93:4 – “The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters…”

• John 7:38 – “Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”

Let these passages wash over you like waves of truth.

🗣️ Bold Declaration:

“I am not drowning—I’m being developed.

I am not falling apart—I am being washed in the Word.

I will not fear the deep, because I am anchored in Christ.”

Speak it aloud. Let your soul hear your spirit.

🎯 Bold Action Step:

Choose one area of your life where you’ve been hesitant to move forward.

Now take one simple, obedient step—no matter how small.

📍 It could be scheduling a conversation, journaling through your fears, or saying “yes” to the next thing God is asking of you.

Then tell one sister you trust or share it below. Boldness multiplies in community.