Faithful Cycles: When You Try Too Hard to Belong Real Life. Real Struggles. Real Truth. Truth Cycle: You change how you talk. You change how you dress. You laugh at things you don’t think are funny. All just to get a seat at their table. But no matter how hard you try, it’s never enough….
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When We Teach What to Think Instead of How
Faithful Cycles: When We Teach What to Think Instead of How Real Life. Real Struggles. Real Truth. Truth Cycle: We don’t need more memorization. We need more meaning. Today’s students aren’t being taught how to learn, they’re being told what to believe. That’s not teaching that’s indoctrination. And when real life shows up, they’ll be…
When We Erase Consequences, We Erase the Lesson
Faithful Cycles: <When We Erase Consequences, We Erase the Lesson Real Life. Real Struggles. Real Truth. Truth Cycle: A lie at work. A shortcut to success. A law passed to silence conviction. We’re living in a world where consequences are seen as cruel instead of corrective. But when we dodge discipline, we delay growth. And…
When Virtual Filters Distort Reality
Faithful Cycles: When Virtual Filters Distort Reality Real Life. Real Struggles. Real Truth. Truth Cycle: The latest filter promises a flawless face, a slimmer figure, a ‘better’ you. With a swipe, imperfections vanish. But when the screen goes dark, reality remains. The gap between the virtual and the real widens, leaving you feeling less than…
When the Sure Thing Falls Through
Faithful Cycles: When the Sure Thing Falls Through Real Life. Real Struggles. Real Truth. Truth Cycle: The path was set. The patterns were predictable. The turkeys flew in, the deer walked out, like clockwork. You scout, you plan, you prepare. You bring others to witness the ‘sure thing.’ And then nothing. The patterns change. The…
When Substance Gets Overlooked for Showmanship
Faithful Cycles: When Substance Gets Overlooked for Showmanship Real Life. Real Struggles. Real Truth. Truth Cycle: They get the spotlight. They get the promotion. You get the workload. You’ve done the work, held the line, and built up others while they built up themselves. But the higher ups don’t see it. Or maybe… they just…
When Speaking Truth Makes You the Enemy
Faithful Cycles: When Speaking Truth Makes You the Enemy Real Life. Real Struggles. Real Truth. Truth Cycle: The report comes. The survey’s sent. The meeting opens. And you speak. Not to be difficult but to be honest. Yet silence fills the room around you. Everyone’s afraid to stand. Afraid to be seen. Afraid to be…
When ‘Skinny’ Becomes the Standard
Faithful Cycles: When ‘Skinny’ Becomes the Standard Real Life. Real Struggles. Real Truth. Truth Cycle: Scrolling through your feed, you stumble upon #SkinnyTok videos promoting extreme thinness as the ideal. Tips that blur the line between health and harm flood your screen. The pressure mounts, whispering that your worth is tied to your waistline. Biblical…
When Simplicity Speaks Louder Than Society
Faithful Cycles: When Simplicity Speaks Louder Than Society Real Life. Real Struggles. Real Truth. Truth Cycle: We’ve traded purpose for popularity. We’ve embraced noise over stillness, convenience over conviction. And the irony? Some of the people we mock those who live simply, quietly, and with clear values are closer to the Word than we are….
When Sickness Changes Everything
Faithful Cycles: When Sickness Changes Everything Real Life. Real Struggles. Real Truth. Truth Cycle: One moment, everything was normal. The next it wasn’t. The diagnosis. The accident. The pain that doesn’t stop. You ask, ‘Why, God? What did I do?’ And in the silence, you wrestle with a God who says He loves you, yet…