A Prayer for When You Feel Alone

Father, the house is quiet in a way that presses on my chest, and the silence feels less like peace and more like proof that no one is thinking of me right now. I keep checking my phone for a name that does not come.

I confess I have started to believe the lie that I am invisible, that I could disappear and the world would not pause. I have nursed that ache until it grew teeth, and tonight it is biting.

So I turn to You, the One who sees me when no one else does. You knew my name before I had a face. You count the hairs on my head and the sighs I do not say out loud.

Sit with me here, right where I am. Make this empty room feel inhabited. Remind me that being alone and being abandoned are not the same thing, because You have promised never to leave me or forsake me.

I lay down the verdict I passed on myself. I let You be nearer than the loneliness. Tonight I am not forgotten, I am found, and Your nearness is enough to carry me into morning. Amen.