There are seasons when the ache of loneliness goes beyond being alone in a room. It could be waking up next to someone and still feeling unseen. It’s scrolling through your phone, searching for a connection that doesn’t feel forced. It’s sitting in church, surrounded by people singing praises, and wondering why you feel so far from God. That kind of loneliness—the kind that lingers in the cracks of your soul—can make the world feel unbearably heavy.
In those moments, the silence can feel deafening, the weight of disconnection almost too much to bear. Yet, it’s often in these quiet, lonely spaces that we hear God the loudest. With no distractions, no opinions, just the stillness and the whisper of His presence.
Sometimes, isolation is not a punishment—it’s an invitation. An invitation to draw closer, to hear the voice of God clearer than ever, to be stripped of all the noise we’ve carried and released. It’s when the world is quiet that we can truly listen to what God is saying.
And here’s a little of my own story…
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