Seen, Known, and Still Searching: Wrestling with Loneliness and God’s Presence

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Have you ever felt unseen - even when surrounded by people? Have you reached for God in prayer, only to wonder if He's still near?

In this deeply personal episode, I reflect on my own season of emotional and spiritual loneliness and the soul-deep longing for belonging, connection, and meaning.

Through vulnerability and scripture, I wrestle with the ache of feeling invisible, the struggle to wait on God, and the paradox of being faithful in a season that feels silent.

You'll hear honest questions like:

• What do I do when I feel unseen?

• How do I keep believing when God feels far away?

• Is this waiting season wasted?

You’re not alone in these questions - and this episode is your reminder that even in the silence, you are seen.

Scriptures referenced in this episode:

Psalm 68:6

“God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.”

Lamentations 3:25–26

“The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”

Psalm 42:1–2

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?”

Thank you for spending this time with me today. If this episode spoke to you, would you consider sharing it with someone else who might need a reminder that they are not alone?

Leave a comment, a review, subscribe, or just reach out and let me know how God is working in your life. I love hearing from you. You can also find me on Substack at Why Faith Over Fear.

Episode 8: Shift Your Perspective

What if the thing that’s wearing you down isn’t the weight you’re carrying… but the way you’re seeing it?

In today’s episode, I invite you into a quiet, honest moment that began on an evening walk and turned into a divine whisper: “Shift your perspective.” Not your role. Not your circumstances. Not the people around you. Just your perspective.

Through the lens of caregiving, unmet expectations, and emotional exhaustion, I unpack how tunnel vision can lead us into bitterness, isolation, and assumptions. But what if the silence we hear isn’t rejection—but God’s invitation to see differently?

This episode explores:

• The emotional toll of unspoken expectations

• The power of reframing pain through God’s truth

• The danger of isolation and assumption

• What it means to see like Jesus and serve with compassion—even when we feel unseen
  

Scriptures referenced:

Romans 12:2 (NIV): “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Philippians 2:3–4 (NIV): “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV): “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

I share how one whisper from God began shifting everything - not my situation, but my mindset, and how that same shift may be exactly what you need today. I also share a powerful moment I had with my daughter that confirmed the message wasn’t just for me, but for someone else too.

If you've been sitting in silence, stewing in unmet needs, or waiting for someone to notice your pain - this one is for you. God might not be trying to remove your burden, but to reveal something sacred within it.

Tune in now and ask yourself: What if this hard place is actually holy ground?

Leave a review, share this episode, and reach out if this message resonated with you.

Let’s keep walking this faith journey together - shifting fear into faith, one perspective at a time.

What do you do when the tears won’t stop? When life keeps shifting, stretching, and breaking your heart in places you thought had already healed? In this deeply personal episode of Faith Over Fear, I share the raw reality of what it means to live in the in-between—a place where peace and chaos collide, and faith becomes an act of daily surrender.

From the overwhelm of caregiving to the ache of parenting adult children to navigating emotional cycles that revisit without warning, I open up about a moment in a parking lot—sparked by TobyMac’s song “Goodbye”—where my pain bubbled over in a flood of tears. But it’s in this vulnerable, tear-streaked moment that I encounter the nearness of God—not to fix everything, but to sit with me in the silence.

Through scripture, personal story, and gentle reflection, I invite listeners into the sacred space of not being okay, and still trusting anyway. If you’ve ever felt undone, stuck, or like you’re still wrestling with the same wounds in a different season—this episode will remind you that you are not alone, that your tears are seen, and that healing is rarely linear.

This is a tender, unfiltered conversation about grief, faith, depression, and the hope that holds steady in the unraveling. Because maybe… just maybe… the breaking is part of the healing.

Featured Song: Goodbye by TobyMac

Scripture: Psalm 56:8 – “You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle...”

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