Why You Feel Stuck In Your Faith (and How to Move Forward with Purpose)

Can you believe another month is already coming to an end?

As we step into May and all the fun summer brings, I’ve been reflecting on the difference between movement and momentum.

Movement happens any time we take a step. It’s showing up—attending church, reading a devotional, praying for our kids, checking the spiritual boxes.

Movement matters. But by itself, it can leave us stuck in a cycle of starting and stopping, always doing but never quite becoming.

Momentum is different.

Momentum builds. It compounds. It carries us through resistance and helps us push past the plateaus where so many of us lose steam.

The small shifts we’ve been exploring—reconnecting with purpose, stripping things back, paying better attention—aren’t just nice spiritual practices. They’re building blocks of something deeper.

They’re how we move from occasional engagement with God into sustainable relationship.

Here’s what I’m learning: Transformation isn’t measured by how intense I am. It’s measured by how consistent I’m willing to be.

Some days, I feel energized. Clear. Motivated. Other days, it takes everything I’ve got just to show up and choose faith when my feelings haven’t caught up yet.

But I’m realizing that those resistance-filled days? They’re not detours. They’re actually the exact places where the deepest momentum is built.

So this week, I’m asking myself:

• Where am I settling for movement when God is inviting me into momentum?

• Where am I starting and stopping instead of building a rhythm that carries me?

In a culture that glorifies the sudden breakthrough, the viral moment, the overnight success— there’s something revolutionary about choosing the sustainable.

What if the bravest thing we could do is simply keep showing up?

What if faithfulness—not flashiness—is what actually changes everything?

The path forward may not always look impressive or exciting. But it can be steady. Strong. Sacred.