Have you ever had seasons in your life where you pour out your heart to God only to get crickets?

It turns up a lot of emotions in our hearts. Today we are talking about why God sometimes feels

silent and what to do when God is silent. How does it help our faith? How do we pray? We'll look at

two people who experience God's silence in the Bible and give you practical faith-building tips

in the silence.

Plus, this episode is super special because there's a free musical resource, especially

for Shepu's faithful listeners to help us hide God's word in our hearts.

Welcome to the Shepu's Faithful podcast, episode number 51, truth and encouragement to live gospel-centered lives every day.

I'm your host, Lauren Lushak.

Hello, Sheeproose Faithful listeners.

Thank you so much for joining me today. We have had an excellent day so far. We got to go on a walk and I just want to let everybody know that Chewy is still missing.

Chewy is a neighborhood cat. We don't actually know Chewy, but we see his posters every time we go for a walk. So I don't know the condition of Chewy, but my daughter would like us all to be on the lookout. So I'm really excited about today's episode because if you're like me,

there have been times or seasons in your faith journey and your life where you have called out

to the Lord, sometimes on repeat for what seems like ages, and you just get crickets.

What do we do? Why is God doing this? How does this benefit us? How does it glorify God?

And we're answering a lot of good questions, hard questions today with some really good scriptures.

Before we dive in, I want to talk about two things. First,

I have loved podcasting on the Sheep who's Faithful podcast. It has been a joy and a delight to me.

Most of the things I talk about are things I'm currently experiencing or have been studying in the

Word of God. And it's been a blessing to be able to teach and share with other

women who might be going through the same thing or can disciple others or instruct their children

or encourage their spouse or friends or whatever it is. So it's been such a gift. I want to keep

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