OneWordStudy+FollowWhen Faith Feels Empty, Not Wrong Emptiness frightens believers more than doubt. Because doubt asks questions. Emptiness feels like nothing is there. But Scripture uses tohu—formless, unfilled, not evil. It describes the earth before creation, not after sin. Emptiness in the Bible is often a stage. Not a failure. If your faith feels quiet, thin, or stripped down, you may not be losing faith. You may be standing at the edge of something new. God works in empty spaces too. #SpiritualEmptiness #HebrewWord #ChristianDepth #FaithJourney #BibleTruth131Share
How Are You Feeling+FollowTo anyone who wonders why prayer feels harder with age I used to pray easily. Now I have to make myself sit still. Distraction, fatigue, wandering thoughts—they creep in slowly. That’s why I think about Jesus in Gethsemane, asking His closest friends to stay awake, only to find them sleeping. Not because they didn’t care. Because their bodies couldn’t keep up with their intentions. Scripture doesn’t shame them. Jesus names their weakness and stays anyway. If prayer feels heavier now than it used to, you’re not becoming less faithful. You’re becoming more human—and the Bible already made room for that. #PrayerLife #FaithAndAging #Gethsemane #SpiritualHonesty #ChristianDepth151Share
OneWordStudy+FollowYou Thought “Wait on the Lord” Meant Be Patient. It Didn’t. Most of us were taught that “waiting on the Lord” means staying calm. Don’t complain. Don’t rush God. So we sit quietly, anxious on the inside, telling ourselves this is what faith looks like. But the Hebrew word qavah doesn’t mean passive waiting. It means to twist together. Like strands of rope pulled tight under pressure. Biblical waiting is not sitting still. It’s tension. It’s holding on while something inside you is being stretched. If you’ve ever felt tired of waiting, irritated with God, or quietly resentful that nothing seems to move— that isn’t a failure of faith. That is qavah doing its work. You’re not weak for feeling the strain. You’re being woven into something stronger than comfort ever could. #BibleStudy #HebrewWord #FaithAfter50 #ChristianDepth #SpiritualFatigue #WaitingOnGod815Share
How Are You Feeling+FollowTo anyone who feels emotionally exhausted by prayer I didn’t stop praying. I just stopped expecting anything to change. That’s when I finally understood biblical lament. In Hebrew, lament is not emotional release. It is structured persistence. Many laments repeat the same complaints, almost word for word. Not because the writer lacks faith—but because nothing has shifted yet. The Bible keeps those prayers. It doesn’t edit them for optimism. If prayer feels repetitive, heavy, or empty right now, Scripture suggests this: you may not be spiritually cold. You may be enduring longer than you ever expected to. #PrayerFatigue #BiblicalLament #SpiritualEndurance #FaithAndEmotion #ChristianDepth111Share
How Are You Feeling+FollowTo anyone who feels quietly resentful toward God I never shouted at God. That felt disrespectful. What I felt was resentment—the kind you swallow and carry for years. Then I noticed something in the story of Jonah. He doesn’t just disobey. He resents God for being too merciful. In Hebrew, Jonah says he knew God would be compassionate, and that knowledge makes him angry. The Bible doesn’t soften Jonah’s bitterness. It records it in detail. Resentment, here, isn’t ignorance. It’s the frustration of someone who understands God’s character and still struggles with it. If resentment lives in you today, you’re not faithless. You’re wrestling with God’s goodness the same way Jonah did—and Scripture lets that tension remain unresolved. #FaithAndResentment #Jonah #BiblicalTruth #SpiritualHonesty #ChristianDepth60Share
How Are You Feeling+FollowTo anyone who feels disappointed with God but won’t say it I never said I was angry with God. Anger felt too aggressive. What I felt was quieter than that. Disappointment. Then I noticed how Moses speaks in Numbers 11. He doesn’t curse God. He tells Him, plainly, “Why have you treated your servant so badly?” In Hebrew, it’s not poetic. It’s blunt. Administrative. Almost tired. Scripture doesn’t treat Moses as rebellious here. It treats him as overwhelmed. Disappointment, in the Bible, is often the voice of someone who stayed faithful longer than they had strength for. If you feel let down today, you’re not betraying God. You’re standing where many faithful people stood—still speaking, because the relationship is real enough to risk honesty. #FaithAndDisappointment #Moses #BiblicalHonesty #ChristianDepth #EmotionalFaith40Share
