WEBVTT 00:23.977 --> 00:38.112 [SPEAKER_00]: and gently let it out, as you settle into this moment, allow the noise of the day to fade into the background. 00:40.375 --> 00:44.799 [SPEAKER_00]: You don't need to rush, you don't need to fix anything. 00:45.961 --> 00:53.629 [SPEAKER_00]: Right now, simply trust that God is near. 00:54.537 --> 01:01.527 [SPEAKER_00]: who knows your story, and who walks with you in every season is here with you. 01:01.547 --> 01:20.815 [SPEAKER_00]: The Lord is near to the broken hearted and saves the crushed in spirit, Psalm 34-18. 01:22.162 --> 01:40.685 [SPEAKER_00]: The quiet just feels so heavy, because I feel deeply alone, long to share life with someone, to be known, to be chosen, and to walk alongside another heart in companionship and love. 01:42.487 --> 01:50.937 [SPEAKER_00]: And sometimes that longing aches more than I know how to explain. 01:51.912 --> 01:55.176 [SPEAKER_00]: Do you know how heavy the quiet can feel sometimes? 01:56.638 --> 02:04.467 [SPEAKER_00]: Help me to trust that you see this pain exactly as it is, and that you know what my heart needs today. 02:11.656 --> 02:15.781 [SPEAKER_00]: Take a moment to notice where loneliness shows up for you most often. 02:17.103 --> 02:21.548 [SPEAKER_00]: Is it a tightness in your chest? 02:22.844 --> 02:24.846 [SPEAKER_00]: or the way you carry through your day. 02:24.886 --> 02:28.971 [SPEAKER_00]: Invite God into each of those places. 02:44.348 --> 02:47.932 [SPEAKER_00]: Lord, your word tells me that I am not alone. 02:49.294 --> 02:51.096 [SPEAKER_00]: Even when it feels that way. 02:51.633 --> 03:00.562 [SPEAKER_00]: You tell me not to fear, because you are with me, and to not be disheartened, because you will strengthen and help me. 03:01.843 --> 03:21.302 [SPEAKER_00]: Father, help me now, as the weight of solitude presses in, draw me close, and let your presence meet me in the lonely places of my life. 03:21.518 --> 03:26.004 [SPEAKER_00]: Allow your heart to rest in the truth that God is with you right now. 03:26.985 --> 03:32.313 [SPEAKER_00]: Proverbs 1312 says, Hope deferred makes the heart sick. 03:33.354 --> 03:36.679 [SPEAKER_00]: But a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. 03:46.732 --> 03:50.277 [SPEAKER_00]: Father, you know how long I've been waiting. 03:51.522 --> 03:58.071 [SPEAKER_00]: You know the prayers I whispered, and the hopes I've carried year after year. 03:59.573 --> 04:05.340 [SPEAKER_00]: Some days, the waiting feels exhausting, and disappointment settles in. 04:06.442 --> 04:13.731 [SPEAKER_00]: That's what I wonder how much strength I have left to keep hoping for something that seems so out of reach. 04:15.514 --> 04:21.141 [SPEAKER_00]: I confess that sometimes I grow weary, and I'm afraid to hope again. 04:22.302 --> 04:25.487 [SPEAKER_00]: fearful of being let down one more time. 04:25.507 --> 04:33.739 [SPEAKER_00]: I bring you my fatigue, my discouragement, and the questions I don't have answers to. 04:37.465 --> 04:39.828 [SPEAKER_00]: Let yourself acknowledge the heaviness of waiting. 04:40.950 --> 04:48.141 [SPEAKER_00]: What hopes feel heavy today? 04:58.398 --> 05:06.848 [SPEAKER_00]: Lord, your word tells me that even in seasons of grief, you are compassionate and faithful. 05:07.870 --> 05:10.633 [SPEAKER_00]: So stain me when my hope feels fragile. 05:11.674 --> 05:13.316 [SPEAKER_00]: Teach me how to wait with you. 05:14.298 --> 05:15.359 [SPEAKER_00]: Not apart from you. 05:16.701 --> 05:20.105 [SPEAKER_00]: Help me trust that you are at work. 05:20.125 --> 05:21.807 [SPEAKER_00]: Even when I can't see it. 05:26.815 --> 05:29.858 [SPEAKER_00]: Father, this isn't where I thought I'd be. 05:31.060 --> 05:38.588 [SPEAKER_00]: My life looks different than I expected, and at times, I feel left behind as others move forward. 05:40.170 --> 05:43.574 [SPEAKER_00]: I grieve the future, I imagine what already be here. 05:44.595 --> 05:55.607 [SPEAKER_00]: But right now, I release the timelines I've held so tightly, and give them to you. 05:56.532 --> 06:05.307 [SPEAKER_00]: I trust that you are not finished, that you are not late, and that this season is not empty or meaningless. 06:09.014 --> 06:21.696 [SPEAKER_00]: Take a moment to surrender expectations, comparisons, or timelines that feel heavy, place them before God, and allow Him to carry them with you. 06:31.767 --> 06:34.391 [SPEAKER_00]: Lord, help me to trust your here. 06:34.431 --> 06:39.459 [SPEAKER_00]: Not just in the future I hope for, but in the present. 06:41.222 --> 06:43.425 [SPEAKER_00]: Teach me to rest in your faithfulness today. 06:44.687 --> 06:46.389 [SPEAKER_00]: Align my heart with yours. 06:48.112 --> 06:54.602 [SPEAKER_00]: And remind me that you are leading me forward gently and faithfully. 06:58.598 --> 07:09.195 [SPEAKER_00]: rest for a moment in the truth that God is holding you, your loneliness, your waiting, and your future with care and love. 07:14.603 --> 07:21.033 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you, Father, that you see me, hear me, and haven't forgotten me. 07:21.094 --> 07:25.180 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for walking with me in every season of my story. 07:27.758 --> 07:29.283 [SPEAKER_00]: I trust you with my heart. 07:30.787 --> 07:32.472 [SPEAKER_00]: I trust you with my future. 07:33.716 --> 07:41.920 [SPEAKER_00]: And today, I choose to rest in you in Jesus name, amen.