The enemy’s playground

 

The Enemy’s Playground

Theme: Justification & Toxic Cycles

There’s something really twisted about how we learn to justify pain. Not just to others, but in our own heads. I spent years justifying dysfunction—calling it love, calling it loyalty, calling it “just the way things are.” But deep down, I knew better.

When you live with toxic patterns long enough, you start to become what you hate. Not out of malice, but out of survival. I didn’t know how to do better back then. I didn’t know how to break cycles, only how to survive them. And the enemy had a field day in my mind, feeding me lies that said, “This is normal,” “This is your fault,” or “This is all you’ll ever have.”

But God has been teaching me: survival isn’t the same as healing. Excusing trauma doesn’t redeem it. And staying silent doesn’t equal peace.

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Scripture Meditation:
“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who can know it?” — Jeremiah 17:9

Reflect:
Where have you justified dysfunction in the name of peace?
What pain have you labeled as normal just to make it through?

Prayer:
Father, open my eyes to the places I’ve justified what You never meant for me to endure. Uproot every lie I’ve believed in the name of survival. I want to live free and whole. Teach me how.

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