God's Nearness in Lonely Evenings
About this episode
This episode discusses the experience of loneliness and how to bring that raw need to God in prayer.
Loneliness settles in quietly — in the evenings when the house feels too still, in the summers when the rhythms that kept us connected suddenly disappear, in the scrolling through other people's highlight reels while sitting alone, wondering why our own life feels so empty by comparison. And we live in a world where it is epidemic. One in two adults reports significant seasons of loneliness. The very devices designed to connect us have, in many ways, only deepened the isolation. We were made for community — and when that community is stripped away, even temporarily, something in us aches in ways we often cannot fully name. But here is what we must not miss: loneliness is not something we have to hide from God. Psalm 25:16 does not dress itself up. It does not arrive with a tidy resolution or a quick pivot to better feelings. It simply says, with stunning honesty: I am lonely and afflicted. Turn to me. Be gracious to me. That is the whole prayer. Raw need, brought directly to the One who can meet it. And He can meet it — because He knows what loneliness feels like from the inside. Forty days alone in the wilderness. The garden of Gethsemane, where the disciples…
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