The Cost of Comfortable Faith

There was a time when I thought following Jesus would make life easier.

Not easy-I knew better than that. But easier. More peaceful. A faith that would settle things, not stir them up.

Thirty years later, I can tell you: I was wrong.

Following Jesus has cost me more than I ever anticipated. It has made me uncomfortable in rooms I used to fit into. It has put me at odds with people I love. It has required me to say hard things when silence would have been so much simpler.

And I've learned that this is exactly how it's supposed to be.

When Truth Becomes Offensive

We're living in a strange time. A time when calling something true is considered intolerant. When standing on biblical conviction is labeled rigid, hateful, even dangerous.

I've watched it happen- Christian women speaking up for what is right, good, and holy, and being met with accusations that they're unloving. Judgmental. On the wrong side of history.

I've been in ministry long enough to see the beautiful and the ugly. I've seen scripture twisted to fit narratives, softened to avoid offense, and repackaged to make everyone feel comfortable.

But here's what I know: the gospel has never been comfortable.

Jesus himself warned us. In 2 Timothy 4:3-4, Paul writes:

"For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."

That time? It's here.

Comfortable Faith Costs Nothing- And Changes Nothing

Comfortable faith doesn't require courage. It doesn't ask you to speak when everyone wants you to stay silent. It doesn't challenge you to stand when everyone else is sitting down.

Comfortable faith fits in. It gets along. It avoids the hard conversations and the awkward silences and the relationships that suddenly go cold because you wouldn't bend.

But comfortable faith also doesn't transform. It doesn't shake anything. It doesn't reflect a Christ who flipped tables and offended religious leaders and ultimately hung on a cross because the truth He spoke was too threatening to ignore.

If we want a faith that matters- a faith that reflects the Christ we claim to follow- it's going to cost us something.

Maybe relationships.

Maybe career opportunities.

Maybe approval from people whose opinions we've valued for years.

So Why Speak Up?

Because truth matters more than comfort.

Because there are women out there who feel alone in their convictions and need to know they're not.

Because the next generation is watching us and learning whether faith is something we live out loud or hide when it gets hard.

Because I'd rather stand before God one day and give an account for being too bold than for being too silent.

This Is Why I'm Here

I started Unshakeable She because I believe there are women like me. Women who love Jesus and want to honor Him with their whole lives. Women who are tired of being told that speaking truth makes them unkind.

This space is for you.

Here, we don't water things down. We don't twist scripture to make it palatable. We open our Bibles, seek what's true, and then we go live it out- even when our voice shakes, even when we stand alone, even when the cost is real.

Because that's what it means to be unshakeable.

Not unmoved by emotion. Not cold or harsh or indifferent.

Unshakeable because we're rooted in something that cannot be shaken. Anchored to a Christ who never asked us to be popular- only faithful.

Your Invitation

If this resonates with you, I'm glad you're here. Stick around. Read your bible. And then go live boldly, speak truthfully, and stand firm.

The world needs more women willing to pay the cost.

Will you be one of them?