Mess it Up Show 432 - Fidelity

Mess it Up Show 432 - Fidelity

Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This conversation between "bowtie guy" and returning guest Kayla Moreira circles around faithfulness, recovery, and what it really means to stick it out when life feels messy. The episode sits inside their Fruit of the Spirit series, zooming in on faithfulness as more than a tidy religious word.

Kayla explains why she chose this topic over the more obvious fit of joy, saying faithfulness has been “top of mind over the last couple years” as she’s watched “God’s faithfulness” show up in real situations.

For her, faithfulness looks like trust: “stepping on faith and trusting that God is going to be who he says he is.” They chat about the difference between trusting God and trusting people, how past hurt can make it hard to believe anyone will stay, and why doubt doesn’t disqualify anyone from faith.

Paul talks honestly about projecting his own failures onto God, and how recovery from shame often starts by naming doubt out loud instead of pretending it isn’t there. There’s plenty of gentle humour too, from childhood rotary phones to Survivor references, but it all loops back to real-life practice: building “faithfulness as a muscle,” developing spiritual “muscle memory,” and keeping an “Ebenezer” list of times God has come through as a way to face future uncertainty.

Community is a constant thread. Kayla stresses, “just practice it in community,” and they both point out that sharing stories — including messy recovery journeys and prison experiences — turns personal chaos into something that can actually help someone else. If you’ve ever wondered whether God, or people, can really be trusted after everything you’ve been through, this chat might give you a few new questions, and maybe a little hope too. Where might your own “faithfulness gym” start today?