We have all been there. You sit down to pray and the words feel hollow. You open Scripture and the pages seem flat. God, who once felt so near, now feels a thousand miles away.
First, know this: feeling distant from God is not the same as being distant from God. Emotions are real, but they are not always reliable interpreters of reality. The same David who wrote “The Lord is my shepherd” also wrote “Why do you hide your face from me?”
Here is what I have learned in thirty years of walking with people through spiritual dryness: the distance you feel is often an invitation, not an abandonment. God uses these seasons to move us from a faith built on feelings to a faith built on truth.
What do you do when prayer feels like talking to the ceiling? You keep praying. Not because it feels good, but because faithfulness is not measured by feeling. You anchor yourself in what you know to be true, even when you cannot feel it.
