Most sermons talk about delayed answers. Few talk about prayers that stretch across decades. In Hebrew, the word sha’a means to cry for help—and not be answered. It appears in laments where silence, not rescue, is the response. The Bible never pretends every prayer gets a visible resolution. Some prayers become part of the relationship, not the outcome. If you’ve stopped praying out loud because it hurts too much to hope again, God already knows that silence. Faith is not measured by how often you speak. Sometimes it’s measured by how long you stayed. #UnansweredPrayer #HebrewBible #FaithAndWaiting #ChristianLife #OlderBelievers