{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprayers-that-bring-us-home.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fpsalm-28-when-god-feels-silent-zjORo2Hi","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Psalm 28: When God Feels Silent","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ba382071-547d-4b9b-a875-bf5d7ab59d06/f2d5a880-9332-4bc0-9cc7-5219fa43c290/cropped_1788872998676.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/fa8912fa-e46b-4d0a-8b75-99484981c03c\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Psalm 28: When God Feels Silent\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"What do we do when God feels silent?\n\nPsalm 28 begins with the fear of being forgotten: “My Rock, do not be deaf to me.” The silence feels like the Pit. Yet the prayer keeps reaching toward God, refusing both despair and the false peace that speaks kindly while hiding harm.\n\nThen the Psalm turns: “Blessed be YAHWEH, for He has heard the voice of my Plea-for-Grace.” What begins as an individual cry becomes a prayer for the whole community: Rescue Your people. Shepherd them. Carry them.\n\nIn this episode, we listen for Jesus, the Anointed One who enters suffering and death but is not abandoned to the Pit. In him, we learn that even when God feels silent, we can keep calling, place Justice in God’s hands, and allow our own need for Rescue to widen into compassion for everyone who needs carrying."}