I Am Desolate

The Loneliness

David names desolate here, worth holding directly as this whole book’s continued pattern, honest, unflinching language, not softened into more comfortable words, worth examining whether this same, direct word actually, honestly describes your own current experience of genuine isolation.

Notice turn thee unto me, this specific request worth holding as active, direct address, worth examining against however much your own desolation has been endured silently, without this described, direct asking, worth practicing this same, honest request rather than merely, quietly enduring alone.

This is worth applying against whatever shame has made you hesitant to name your own loneliness this directly, worth holding David’s own example as permission, desolate, genuinely spoken to God, worth trusting this honest naming as legitimate prayer, not weakness to hide or minimize.

Whatever desolation genuinely describes your own current experience, speak it today as directly as David spoke his, turn thee unto me, for I am desolate, trusting this honest request as legitimate, worth actually bringing to God rather than silently, privately endured alone.