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When God Feels Silent: Trusting Him in the Waiting

Have you ever prayed, waited, and asked God for direction—only to feel like He isn't answering?

In this episode of The Counseling Room, Dr. Darlene Turner explores what happens when God feels silent and how those seasons can affect us emotionally and spiritually. When we don't have answers, our minds can begin to fill in the silence with fear, worry, and worst-case scenarios.

But God's silence does not mean God's absence.

Using Isaiah 40:31 as a foundation, Dr. Turner reminds us that waiting isn't necessarily a season of weakness. It can be a place where God renews and strengthens us. Like a seed growing beneath the soil, God may be doing something beneath the surface that we cannot see yet.

Dr. Turner also connects faith with emotional health, encouraging us to recognize the anxiety that uncertainty can create and to resist the temptation to solve tomorrow today.

Whether you're waiting for an answer, healing, direction, or a change in your circumstances, this episode offers a reminder to keep trusting God—even when you cannot see what He is doing.

Keep trusting. Keep praying. Keep believing. God is still there in the silence.

In this episode of The Counseling Room, Dr. Darlene Turner unpacks Proverbs 18:10: “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.

”Discover what it means to let God be true — even when circumstances, emotions, or uncertainty try to define your reality. Dr. Turner reminds us that God is our solid, secure, and dependable strong tower. We don’t have to figure everything out alone. When we need wisdom, peace, direction, or simply a quiet heart, we can run to Him first.

Your circumstances don’t decide who God is. Your feelings don’t decide who God is. God is who He says He is.

Let God be true. Run to the tower.

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